Round Trips

[Sh4318]

- 69 Walsall to Wednesfield (for a hot pork butty :D)

More than likely the same stall Nath buys his from. In fact I remember him saying he thought he saw you at one point

I'll try a sandwich from that place sometime. I've got no excuse not to. I've heard from a few people that they're good.

Back to buses - a Trident free day is good.

Hey, the Tridents are the best buses in the fleet ;) particularly the 09-plates at Pensnett..

They're Enviros. 41**s are the best, IMO  :)

[nitromatt1]

- 69 Walsall to Wednesfield (for a hot pork butty :D)

More than likely the same stall Nath buys his from. In fact I remember him saying he thought he saw you at one point

I'll try a sandwich from that place sometime. I've got no excuse not to. I've heard from a few people that they're good.

Back to buses - a Trident free day is good.

Hey, the Tridents are the best buses in the fleet ;) particularly the 09-plates at Pensnett..

They're Enviros. 41**s are the best, IMO  :)

I was waiting for someone to say that! Nope, they're ADL Tridents, with Enviro400 bodywork.

I would agree the 41**s are the best Voith Tridents though.

[NXWM Spectra]

- 69 Walsall to Wednesfield (for a hot pork butty :D)

More than likely the same stall Nath buys his from. In fact I remember him saying he thought he saw you at one point

I'll try a sandwich from that place sometime. I've got no excuse not to. I've heard from a few people that they're good.

Back to buses - a Trident free day is good.

Hey, the Tridents are the best buses in the fleet ;) particularly the 09-plates at Pensnett..

They're Enviros. 41**s are the best, IMO  :)

I was waiting for someone to say that! Nope, they're ADL Tridents, with Enviro400 bodywork.

I would agree the 41**s are the best Voith Tridents though.

It was the ALX400 Tridents I was talking about. I'm sick of seeing them. The best ones avoid me too.

[John]

A round trip I used to do most Sundays when I has my free college bus pass was a 997 from by mine into Walsall, 529 to Wolverhampton, 254 or 255 to Merry Hill and a 138 into Birmingham, stopping in Merry Hill and Wolverhampton for some pics. (Those were my very early camera phone pictures!). Some times I would do it in reverse

[nitromatt1]

A round trip I used to do most Sundays when I has my free college bus pass was a 997 from by mine into Walsall, 529 to Wolverhampton, 254 or 255 to Merry Hill and a 138 into Birmingham, stopping in Merry Hill and Wolverhampton for some pics. (Those were my very early camera phone pictures!). Some times I would do it in reverse

After the 138, would you then do a 997 back home?

[John]

A round trip I used to do most Sundays when I has my free college bus pass was a 997 from by mine into Walsall, 529 to Wolverhampton, 254 or 255 to Merry Hill and a 138 into Birmingham, stopping in Merry Hill and Wolverhampton for some pics. (Those were my very early camera phone pictures!). Some times I would do it in reverse

After the 138, would you then do a 997 back home?

Yes Matt! Should have said that  :)

[Kevin]

EDIT - The moment I hit "post" I realised this thread is actually on the NXWM board - any chance it can go on a more general board instead?

Had a nice round trip on Arriva's buses yesterday

51 - home to Walsall
x35 - 08:00 Walsall to Lichfield (an E200 full to the brim with schoolkids - not fun)
62 - 09:05 Lichfield to Cannock (yep - it's Arriva - some buses were bound to break down - quote from the driver to another driver "they know about it but still havent done anything")
60 - 09:10 Lichfield to Cannock (instead)
70 - 10:10 Cannock to Wolves (got off in the Scotlands and got the 11)
59 - Wolves to Wednesfield for a pork bap and ideally a Spectra - alas I just missed a B5 and had a Trident, saw lots of Spectra's going the other way - typical
68 - 11:50 Wednesfield - Great Wyrley
1 - 12:20 Great Wyrley - Walsall
35B - 13:05 Walsall - Lichfield (holy mother of god that route is insane - especially on a crappy dart)
112 - 14:18 Lichfield - Sutton (alas - the same dart - didn't think it would interwork - quote from the driver at the time "they knew about it at the depot - so why did they send it out in service" no idea what about)
110 - 14:51 Sutton - Tamworth (of all the B5's and Mercs I get a bloody Omnilink)
115 - 15:30 more like 4pm by the time it left Tamworth - Coleshill
90 - (gave up on times, they all went to pot by this point) Coleshill - Chelmsley Wood
14 - (driven by our esteemed Tony) Chelmsley Wood - City
110 - 18:25 City - Erdington
--> pub

[BU07 LGO]

One I did today starting in pheasey

936 - 4884 to town
61 - 4368 to northfield
49 - 4357 to maypole
27 - 1413 to kings Heath
11a - 40xx to erdington
28 - 17xx to hawthorn
33 - 4849 to pheasey

[Kevin]

My plan for tomorrow (with a couple of non enthusiast friends)...

Go to Wetherspoons at Perry Barr for breakfast
Get 11C to another pub, have a drink
Get 11C to another pub, have a drink
Get 11C to another pub, have a drink
...repeat until arrival back in Perry Barr, possibly a little bit intoxicated by the end of it

[Liverpool Street]

My plan for tomorrow (with a couple of non enthusiast friends)...

Go to Wetherspoons at Perry Barr for breakfast
Get 11C to another pub, have a drink
Get 11C to another pub, have a drink
Get 11C to another pub, have a drink
...repeat until arrival back in Perry Barr, possibly a little bit intoxicated by the end of it

Don't get too loud Kev ;)

[Stu]

My plan for tomorrow (with a couple of non enthusiast friends)...

Go to Wetherspoons at Perry Barr for breakfast
Get 11C to another pub, have a drink
Get 11C to another pub, have a drink
Get 11C to another pub, have a drink
...repeat until arrival back in Perry Barr, possibly a little bit intoxicated by the end of it

I'm sure we've covered this in another thread here before, but some places I can recommend you stop off at on your travels:
- Inn On The Green, Westley Road, Acocks Green (might turn out nice tomorrow, so sit outside and spot a few buses while you're at it!)
- The York, Fox Hollies Road, Hall Green
- The Red Lion, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath
- The Old House At Home, Lordswood Road, Harborne
- The Bear Tavern, Bearwood Road, Bearwood

[nitromatt1]

I'm planning to do a "Birmingham Outer Outer Circle" adventure at some point, possibly next Saturday, should comprise of...

002 home - Bartley Green
18 Bartley Green - Northfield
27 Northfield - West Heath
49 West Heath - Shirley
5 Shirley - Solihull
966 Solihull - Buckland End
71 Buckland End - Sutton Coldfield
6 Sutton Coldfield - Aldridge
936 Aldridge to Brownhills
33 Brownhills to Pelsall
89 Pelsall to Wednesfield
25/25A Wednesfield to Wobaston
6 Wobaston to Hordern Rd
62/62A Hordern Rd to Tettenhall Rd
1 Tettenhall Rd - Chapel Ash
4 Chapel Ash - Penn
255 Penn - Kingswinford
256/257 Kingswinford - Stourbridge
142 Stourbridge - Halesowen
9/241/002 Halesowen - home

It should take 10-11 hours, I am trying to avoid Walsall/Wolverhampton centres and staying as close to the edge of the county as I can, hence all the messing around up there.

[Kevin]

Well good luck with it kid, I tried similar things while desperately avoiding doing uni work at uni, can't remember it exactly but I remember it involved the 196 (?) to Balsall Common, 192 to Cov and the 900 back... failed spectacularly as was inevitable thanks to late running buses and traffic

[Rob H]

I'm planning to do a "Birmingham Outer Outer Circle" adventure at some point, possibly next Saturday, should comprise of...

002 home - Bartley Green
18 Bartley Green - Northfield
27 Northfield - West Heath
49 West Heath - Shirley
5 Shirley - Solihull
966 Solihull - Buckland End
71 Buckland End - Sutton Coldfield
6 Sutton Coldfield - Aldridge
936 Aldridge to Brownhills
33 Brownhills to Pelsall
89 Pelsall to Wednesfield
25/25A Wednesfield to Wobaston
6 Wobaston to Hordern Rd
62/62A Hordern Rd to Tettenhall Rd
1 Tettenhall Rd - Chapel Ash
4 Chapel Ash - Penn
255 Penn - Kingswinford
256/257 Kingswinford - Stourbridge
142 Stourbridge - Halesowen
9/241/002 Halesowen - home

It should take 10-11 hours, I am trying to avoid Walsall/Wolverhampton centres and staying as close to the edge of the county as I can, hence all the messing around up there.

If you get 2107 on the 71 Matt just keep an eye on its ticket printer because the last time I got 2107 it printed several tickets without the driver pressing any key on the machine at all its done it twice so far :)

[Sh4318]

129 (4274) West Smethwick Park - Bearwood
11A Bearwood - Cotteridge
49 (4334(?)) Cotteridge - Solhull
70 (4634) Solihull - Birmingham
89 (4527) Birmingham - Smethwick (a B7RLE on the 120, 4274 on 129 & 4711 on 87 all arrived, but I opted for the 89 because it drops me literally on my doorstep)