I know it's a bit late but here is the write up for yesterday's outing:
0932 7 Newton Aycliffe - Durham (ANE 1516)
As ever not a great deal I can think to say about this journey hundreds of times and it does get really boring after no time so in typical fashion I had my earphones in and just browsed the internet. I'd quite to see this example stays on the 7 as this one has the steel man (In Our Image) as the local landmark behind the drivers cab so I would be sad to see this one disappear.
1050 X12 Durham - Stockton (ANE 7620 - I think)
Not done the X12 route in a while and thankfully it there wasn't many on board this journey which was good as the last time I did this service we stopped at EVERY STOP between Durham and Coxhoe. As ever I thought the Gemini was okay but was not the best on hills. Like that it now has been refurbished to MAX standard as it now has WiFi which will be good if I get bored on the X12/X2. This left Durham late due to an issue with the ticket machine.
1225 21A Stockton - Middlesbrough (ANE 4658)
Feels weird riding Omnicity's that haven't been refurbished to MAX standard. I parked myself down in the seats at the back by the fire door so I could stretch my legs out. This journey was quite quiet.
1320 X93 Middlesbrough - Guisborough (ANE 7401)
Annoyingly I missed catching shots of Stagecarriage services and a better shot of 7485 which I thought the image I took caught the LED but it didn't so I missed out on a shot of a rare working. I am not sure what to make of the seats on these B9TL's can't decide if they are comfortable or not but it felt like there wasn't a great deal of leg room, I guess I didn't notice this before because when I rode them on the first day of service I sat on the seats behind the stairs. Quite enjoyed this journey though and I hope these will continue to perform well on this route.
1358 5 Guisborough - Middlesbrough (ANE 1551)
I decided to be nice and let less able people get on first. Quite a nice ride these now, better than when I rode them on their first day in service.
1532 X66 Middlesbrough - Darlington (ANE 4656)
Again done this route quite a lot so not a great deal to say, although I thought we were never going to leave Middlesbrough Bus Station as people kept turning up at the last second, and nearly all these people had Middlesbrough College passes where they can get on pretty much any service with all these getting off in Stockton. Other than that it was an alright journey.
1710 16A Darlington - Home (Scarlet Band YT51 EAW)
By this point I was tired and didn't fancy walking far to get home but unfortunately service 5 didn't turn up so I was left with a dilemma get the 7 and walk home or go right round the west end of Darlington on the pink bus, I chose the lazy option, god I forgot how long this route is. What was surprising a passenger got on in Heighington and got off in School Aycliffe then another passenger got on by OakLeaf Sports Complex, god knows what was going through the drivers head as I imagine it is normally dead after Mowden apart from maybe the odd passenger heading to School Aycliffe.
I was too tired to put this up last night and this would have been up earlier tonight but blame Jimmi for that!
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