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7032 and a very smart looking 1794 on the 71A this afternoon.

BK13NZP on the 119 this morning ....

Unusual pairing on the 119 Asda Minworth turns today - 30929 (KX07OOW) and, up from Heathrow (?) in all-over white 30922 (B20WTS) ..

think it is already here as I saw a eyms liveried bus with a rear add on going in to Kidderminster busstation around 1pm today to far away to id it

Just a thought - was what you saw 418? It's in EYMS livery and has been around since 2012 per Tony's webpage:
http://wmbusphotos.com/Whittle/418.html
I saw it in Kidderminster bus station last Saturday.

12 (K212UHA) was parked up on Sutton Coldfield's departure stand SJ this morning, but displaying "Not in service", and to all intents appeared abandoned.  :o
It didn't seem to be working the X12, 82 duly came and went at 10:30.

Rode 2257 on route 112 Lichfield to Sutton last Wednesday afternoon, I thought CK operated that route, not WED. 

Made the mistake of sitting over the back wheel-arch, never again, I still haven't stopped vibrating!  ;D

Where are Stagecoach still using Olympians in the Coventry / Leamington / Stratford area? Are there regular workings weekdays and Saturdays that they would be expected to appear?

Potentially the X18 Stratford - Warwick - Leamington - Coventry?  I saw a couple of d/ds in Charlecote on a weekday last Autumn when visiting the Park, but couldn't identify them.

Also saw a d/d on the Kings Coughton - Studley road a couple of times last winter, on a Saturday.  Possibly route 26 Redditch - Stratford?

Longest off-route diversion I can recall: two or three years ago now, on an early evening City Centre - Sutton Coldfield bus (915, I think) which received a radio message just as we were departing - accident (serious one) had just happened at the Gravelly Hill / Kingsbury Road junction; avoid the Expressway.

The driver calmly took us on a non-stop run from Dartmouth Circus through Aston via the Lichfield Road to Spaghetti, then round the roundabout and along the Tyburn Road to the Buffet Island, then left up the Outer Circle to emerge at 6 Ways, Erdington from Wood End Road.  I think we got to Erdington pretty much on schedule!

Passengers who had wanted to alight between Gravelly Hill and Erdington were a bit disconcerted ....  ;D

7022 on the 71A this morning, somewhat unusual to see the ex-Dundees on this route, although there was also one in service one day last week, 7021 from memory.

Actually the majority of people in North Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield are totally underwhelmed by the changes and are struggling to identify the changes and how they will improve their travel experience!

I've identified a change!  The combined 115/914 departures from The Square Peg used to be every 15 minutes, now the pattern is 20 / 10 / 20 / 10.   Yep, hanging around the Square Peg for an extra 5 minutes - I'm totally underwhelmed by that "improvement" to my travel experience .......  ::)

Mercs in service in cov (8th june)

1547 1548 1551 1552 1563 1564 1566 1568 1591 1595 1596 1597 1604 1608 1625 1634 1636 1655 1656 1703, May have missed a few but i had a thought in my mind of some of these could be on death row by tomorrow

Red highlighted in service today, seen in about an hour's observation @ Pool Meadow, plus 1557, 1558, 1570, 1571, 1594, 1598, 1610, 1635, 1659.

New vehicles seen: 2155-58, 2165, 2168/69, 2171-73 and 4885-88, 4890/91/93/94. 

Still no sign of 4831/39, which keep avoiding me !!  ;D

I have the Ring & Ride depots as

CY              Unit 11,Henley Ind Park,Henley Rd,Coventry         
EB              Unit 21,Elmdon Trading Est,B37 7HE         
DY/SW/SE   Unit 2,Western Way Ind Est,WS10 7HQ            
NB               Park Rd(Upper Thomas St),Aston            
SB              Unit 2,Arden Road Bu Park,Frankley,B45OJA         
WN             Pool St, Wolverhampton,WV2 4HN            

Can anyone confirm these are current & correct,& I don't suppose anyone has any idea of allocations.

My friend & I are trying to compile an allocation list from observation & if it stopped raining we might get somewhere.

There's a WMSNT depot in Croxstalls Road, Bloxwich, next to the railway line.  It's not that large and there were only about three or four vehicles in it when I visited it back last year.

I've seen trainer T2 in Sutton Coldfield twice in the last couple of weeks.

286 was working the 71A this morning (29/05). 

Parked up in the centre stands @ West Bromwich Bus Station early afternoon 15/05/13.  Didn't catch which route it was working.

53/289 then

Don't recall it as being one of those, Matt.  From memory, I think it was displaying 40. Just wondering here if it was on a temporary loan to WB .....

Laying over in the centre stands @ West Bromwich Bus Station early afternoon 15/05/13.  Didn't record which route it was working - possibly the 40 from memory?