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RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - DanPicken - 07 Feb 2016 (07 Feb 2016, 12:53 am)GX03 SVC 6th February 2016 Looks like a good day. Why didn't you get a child single on the Metro. RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - biglugs@yahoo.com - 07 Feb 2016 Outing on 07/02/16 1031 136. 635 Thompson road to southwick shops 1041. 35a. 5298. Southwick shops to stadium way 1048. 20. 5217 wheatsheaf to cleadon village 1058. 30. 36464. Cleadon village to south shields 1145. Ferry. Spirit. South. To. North 1204. 17A 550. North shields to tyne tunnel 1230. Pt1. Bg65vxs Tyne tunnel to Jarrow 1245. 27. 5330. Jarrow to south shields 1307 20. 4945 south shields to wheatsheaf 1333 56. 6096 wheatsheaf to southwick shops 1336. 135 628 southwick shops to Thompson road Today well the achievers are Some last rides on the pb scanias A last ride on north Tyne links dart And a first ride on bg65vxs. A great day RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Charles41 - 07 Feb 2016 Just a quick update about my outing yesterday. I travelled on GNE, GCT, Stagecoach and the Metro to Jarrow and South Shields visit small independent and non-psv operators. I visited the following despite the increasingly bad weather: Gateshead Council – Shearlegs Road, Gateshead – spotted what I could in the yard including a new transit for Gateshead College. Unable to get the reg of this vehicle though. Also present Whickham School and Age UK vehicles. Gateshead Central Taxis – had a good look around the yard, 6 deckers present. Plenty of interesting withdrawn stock. Carruthers - Wardley Coaches – Proprietor’s son let me look round – got some good photos. Age UK – Star Centre, Hebburn – Single Renault Traffic present, one of a pair of identical vehicles. St Josephs School – 16 seat Maxus present. They also have 2 Transits, not present during this visit. Spayne – MS Travel – Operator appears to have ceased. Hebburn Comprehensive – Iveco Daily present, Variety Club. HCI Care Home - Witty Avenue, Hebburn – Renault Master present. Keelmans Way School – Peugeot Boxer and Iveco Daily (Variety Club) present. Laws – Lotus Travel – Oxford Crescent, Hebburn – restricted licence recently revoked, operator has just applied for standard national o-licence – Ford Transit present. Convery – Harron Minibuses – Howe Street, Jarrow – Ford Transit operated – no vehicles present during this visit. Gateshead Central Taxis – Albert Street, Jarrow – former operating centre, withdrawn vehicles still present are 2 Renault Traffics and a VW Transporter with I believe Bluebird bodywork Withers – Traveline – Oak Street, Jarrow – operator appears to have ceased. Nicholas/Bell –Viking Travel – Maple Street, Jarrow – operator appears to have ceased, now seems to be working for Dial A Cab. Thoburn – Dels – Beech Street, Jarrow – operator has just applied for a 4 vehicle international o-licence, no vehicles present at residence Jarrow Bus Station – got some OK photos here, preferred it in the 1980s when GNE had a garage with an allocation of dual door Atlanteans. Wilkinson – Tyne Dock – full fleet appeared to be present. A & J Coaches – Tyne Dock – owner operator, sole vehicle is a Volvo B10, present. Security at Tyne Dock is strict and I could only spot from a distance. Pippet – Budget Buses – Taylor Street, Shields – operator appears to have ceased and seems to be working as a taxi driver. Milldam Portland – Shrewsbury Terrace, Shields – not the main operating centre but a Ford Transit present. Mortimer Community College – Reading Road, Shields – Peugeot Boxer present. Ashleigh Primary – Temple Park Road, Shields – Ford Transit present also Citroen Relay belonging to Laygate School Busways – Chichester – not much stock in the garage unsurprising given time of day. Preserved decker present though. Dial A Cab/Tate – Laygate, Shields – number of Transits and non-psvs present including withdrawn stock. Plenty of this operator’s taxis observed during the day. Recently granted a standard national o-licence. Harkers – Tudor Road, Shields – cracking location, increasingly rare withdrawn stock. Main garage was open, was OK to get some photos. Rain quite heavy though so did not come out well. Sports Recycle, Henry Robson Way, Shields – Section 19 Operator – secure industrial estate with electric gate. Did not want to try and enter after my experience at Sleekburn. Mission To Seafarers – Harton Quay, Shields – Ford Transit present which looked like it had seen better days. Shields Bus Station – got some OK photos here mainly of newish Stagecoach Stock but also of GNE Wrightbus stock working the 20/20A and Citaros on the 27. City Richmond/Dels – Victoria Road, Shields – two transits present here one of which was brand new. Tiffin – A2B Travel – Westhoe Road, Shields – no vehicles present, operator appears to have ceased. Westhoe Crown Primary, Shields – two deckers present both used as classrooms/libraries for the children. One of them is ex-Stagecoach. Bamburgh School, Shields – 14 year old LDV present, last stop of the day rain was too heavy and I was getting soaked so decided to call it a day. I managed to visit over 25 operators (non psv included) and got some good photos. You may wish to ask how much this trip cost, well it was £2.00. The cost of a Tandori Chicken Baguette from Greggs. I also got a nice lamp fitting at Wilkos. I used my travel pass for all my journeys. I could have used a Tyne and Wear day ticket for around £7.00. Last weekend I forked out £15 to visit two locations at Annitsford and Acomb. Perhaps I should start organising trips…now all I need is the reg of Gateshead College’s new transit. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Charles RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Diamond One - 07 Feb 2016 (07 Feb 2016, 3:02 pm)Charles41 Just a quick update about my outing yesterday. I travelled on GNE, GCT, Stagecoach and the Metro to Jarrow and South Shields visit small independent and non-psv operators. I visited the following despite the increasingly bad weather: my old school was indeed Bamburgh School some memories were ok some were bad best class was 2006 was amazing sure was a good class one of the students had the same birthday as me for a joke we used to say happy birthday to each other when our birthdays came one day when i was there it was pointless brining a pencil as i was on 2 trips i was tempted to bunk off a few times but could not be bothered met a few great people one of which has supported me through everything my pal Michael i have met some good people in that school some i keep in contact today that how my dream of going to NASA first started studying about the systems i used to enjoy Xmas there as we had the choice of 2 trips and was epic most of class of 2006 was just amazing we all gelled in and got stuck in whatever happened around us i was milk monitor for the full seniors and i enjoyed it kept me warm for one thing at least and worse thing was when i ended up leaving the football team i had no intention it was the staff who made me i was a tackler in my later years was like a roy keane for the ball although i was glad to leave that school disaster stuck me closer to home where my Grandma had died and my world i felt was lost she looked after me and my sister i was so upset about loosing someone who i was close to who i helped out in her final years doing the shopping with my step-granda and waiting for my dad to help her out too my last words to grandma was "your the best grandma in the world" her memory and legacy lives on in the family RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Davie - 07 Feb 2016 (07 Feb 2016, 3:02 pm)Charles41 Just a quick update about my outing yesterday. I travelled on GNE, GCT, Stagecoach and the Metro to Jarrow and South Shields visit small independent and non-psv operators. I visited the following despite the increasingly bad weather:Great review, Charles. ;-) RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Diamond One - 07 Feb 2016 (07 Feb 2016, 3:02 pm)Charles41 Just a quick update about my outing yesterday. I travelled on GNE, GCT, Stagecoach and the Metro to Jarrow and South Shields visit small independent and non-psv operators. I visited the following despite the increasingly bad weather: my old school was indeed Bamburgh School some memories were ok some were bad best class was 2006 was amazing sure was a good class one of the students had the same birthday as me for a joke we used to say happy birthday to each other when our birthdays came one day when i was there it was pointless brining a pencil as i was on 2 trips i was tempted to bunk off a few times but could not be bothered met a few great people one of which has supported me through everything my pal Michael i have met some good people in that school some i keep in contact today that how my dream of going to NASA first started studying about the systems i used to enjoy Xmas there as we had the choice of 2 trips and was epic most of class of 2006 was just amazing we all gelled in and got stuck in whatever happened around us i was milk monitor for the full seniors and i enjoyed it kept me warm for one thing at least and worse thing was when i ended up leaving the football team i had no intention it was the staff who made me i was a tackler in my later years was like a roy keane for the ball although i was glad to leave that school disaster stuck me closer to home where my Grandma had died and my world i felt was lost she looked after me and my sister i was so upset about loosing someone who i was close to who i helped out in her final years doing the shopping with my step-granda and waiting for my dad to help her out too my last words to grandma was "your the best grandma in the world" her memory and legacy lives on in the family RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - omnicity4659 - 07 Feb 2016 (07 Feb 2016, 7:46 am)DanPicken Looks like a good day. Why didn't you get a child single on the Metro. I'm too old for child fares on Metro. They're for under-14s only. RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - DanPicken - 07 Feb 2016 (07 Feb 2016, 4:12 pm)GX03 SVC I'm too old for child fares on Metro. They're for under-14s only. Ah, I thought it was U16. RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Dan - 07 Feb 2016 (07 Feb 2016, 4:19 pm)DanPicken Ah, I thought it was U16. Under 16 with a POP card - which Tommy doesn't have, as he doesn't live in Tyne & Wear. RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Jimmi - 09 Feb 2016 At the moment, I'm trying to get some rides on the Lowlander's before they bite the dust. Annoyingly I went to Crook yesterday and ended with Sapphire Streetlite 1595 on the 46 to Durham, typical especially as I just missed 7444 by about a minute in Crook. Hopefully I'll do better in the upcoming weeks. RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - BusLoverMum - 10 Feb 2016 (09 Feb 2016, 8:36 pm)Jimmi At the moment, I'm trying to get some rides on the Lowlander's before they bite the dust. Annoyingly I went to Crook yesterday and ended with Sapphire Streetlite 1595 on the 46 to Durham, typical especially as I just missed 7444 by about a minute in Crook. Hopefully I'll do better in the upcoming weeks. 1595 is on its home turf, today. Now's your chance RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Diamond One - 12 Feb 2016 Monday I will photograph vehicles in a top secret location I have never been before clue is there football team is rubbish RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Charles41 - 12 Feb 2016 (12 Feb 2016, 1:01 am)Diamond One Monday I will photograph vehicles in a top secret location I have never been before clue is there football team is rubbish So you're going to the corner then? Charles RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - citaro5284 - 12 Feb 2016 (12 Feb 2016, 9:59 am)Charles41 So you're going to the corner then? haha...Is that Cling On Corner? RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - MurdnunoC - 12 Feb 2016 (12 Feb 2016, 1:01 am)Diamond One Monday I will photograph vehicles in a top secret location I have never been before clue is there football team is rubbish West Allotment Celtic? Won't photograph much going past there. RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Diamond One - 12 Feb 2016 (12 Feb 2016, 9:59 am)Charles41 So you're going to the corner then?Nope not in the north east (12 Feb 2016, 10:23 am)citaro5284 haha...Is that Cling On Corner?Nope it's not in the north east (12 Feb 2016, 1:52 pm)MurdnunoC West Allotment Celtic? Won't photograph much going past there.My last quote said there local football team is rubbish not even in the premier league they were once but we're only a one off RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Davie - 12 Feb 2016 (12 Feb 2016, 1:57 pm)Diamond One My last quote said there local football team is rubbish not even in the premier league they were once but we're only a one off Hull? RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - MurdnunoC - 12 Feb 2016 He didn't specify which premier league, my guess is Partick Thistle. RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Diamond One - 12 Feb 2016 (12 Feb 2016, 3:07 pm)Davie Hull?Nope not in the championship either (12 Feb 2016, 3:09 pm)MurdnunoC He didn't specify which premier league, my guess is Partick Thistle. Nope nowhere near its not even in Scotland RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews - Davie - 12 Feb 2016 Wigan? |