(06 Apr 2015, 1:21 pm)citaro5284 wrote Just gone through Whitley Bay and it is gridlocked with traffic...no wonder coastal services are operating late.
My wife and I decided the dog needed a Bank Holiday too so we caught the Metro to Whitley Bay today and it was exactly as Citaro 5284 said, bumper to bumper. We caught a 1 back to Gateshead and our poor driver, having been decent enough to stop for a running woman with buggy and one other small monster berated him for being 15 mins early! The driver explained that he was actually running very late but our lovely mother type didn't bother to thank him for stopping or being in the wrong. Oh, the joys of being a driver!