Round Trips

[Stu]

Had a bit of free time, and as the weather was nice, decided to do some travelling!

From Acocks Green, I got the 37 to Solihull town centre.
Got the 70 all the way to Birmingham (was a nice 1hr45min trip, must go and properly explore Coleshill at some point)
Had a wander around Eastside City Park, then back to Priory Queensway
Got the 67 to Castle Vale (what a bleak lifeless place! Was like a ghost town! Strange lack of bendibuses though, are they not used on Saturdays either?)
Got the 71 to Sutton Coldfield
Got the 905 back to Birmingham (always like a cruise down the Aston Expressway)
Then got the 957 to Yardley Swan Island (for a cruise along Small Heath Highway)
From there I walked to Acocks Green (for a bit of exercise lol)

[Justin Tyme]

Last Saturday afternoon I did a Solihull area trip.  Six buses, five operators:-

S3    Solihull Lodge - Hockley Heath           Diamond Optare Versa hybrid
X20  Hockley Heath - Marshall Lake Road  Johnsons Scania N230UD double deck
76    Marshall Lake Road - Solihull             NXWM Dennis Trident
S10  Solihull - Cranes Park                        Silverline Enviro 200
71E  Cranes Park Road - Solihull               Claribels VDL SB200
49    Solihull - Shirley                                 NXWM Volvo B7/Plaxton President

[Sh4318]

Train to Moor Street
2 (Enviro) to Yardley Wood Bus Garage
18 (President) to Parsons Hill
35 (Enviro) to Pool Farm
49 (President) to Shirley
6 (Trident) to Solihull
76 (Trident) to Yardley Wood
3 (Enviro) to Birmingham
Train home.

The routes I was expecting to get a Trident on turned out to be something else *yes, I'm unaware of usual workings for all these routes*

[trident4370]

Yesterday I did,
4727 to Kings Heath,
Green Bus 102 to town,
Branded X51 (Can't remember number) Gemini to Walsall
Refurbed 997 Enviro (Can't remember number) to Queslett,
4087 to Sutton Coldfield,
4115 back to New Oscott Tesco,
4127 Back into Sutton again,
323219 (I think) down to Selly Oak,
4103 back home again.

[John]

Yesterday I did,
4727 to Kings Heath,
Green Bus 102 to town,
Branded X51 (Can't remember number) Gemini to Walsall
Refurbed 997 Enviro (Can't remember number) to Queslett,
4087 to Sutton Coldfield,
4115 back to New Oscott Tesco,
4127 Back into Sutton again,
323219 (I think) down to Selly Oak,
4103 back home again.

The refurbished 997 Enviro400 you went on must be 4776 Joe, the only one to be done so far ;)

[trident4370]

Yesterday I did,
4727 to Kings Heath,
Green Bus 102 to town,
Branded X51 (Can't remember number) Gemini to Walsall
Refurbed 997 Enviro (Can't remember number) to Queslett,
4087 to Sutton Coldfield,
4115 back to New Oscott Tesco,
4127 Back into Sutton again,
323219 (I think) down to Selly Oak,
4103 back home again.

The refurbished 997 Enviro400 you went on must be 4776 Joe, the only one to be done so far ;)

That solves that mystery :P I had just assumed they'd got round to doing some more by now but clearly not! Thanks John ;)

[nitromatt1]

Today was fun! (colour coded based on operator)

007 home to Bromsgrove (Dart MX56 HYA)
144 Bromsgrove to Worcester (Enviro300 67650)
44C Worcester to Malvern (Centro 66692)
44C Malvern to Worcester (Enviro300 67637)
550 Worcester to Stoulton (Centro 66693)
551 Stoulton to Worcester (Enviro300 67648)
355 Worcester to Droitwich (Solo YJ06 YSG)
144 Droitwich to Worcester (Gemini 32647)
303 Worcester to Kidderminster (Dart 30382)
3 Kidderminster to Stourport (B10 174)
295 Stourport to Kidderminster (Dart 30383)
3 Kidderminster to Stourport Rd (B10 175)
3 Stourport Rd to Kidderminster (B10 176)
192 Kidderminster to home (B10 309)

[Sh4318]

@Matt that's quite a journey, I assume it took you all day?

My last one was:
129 from The Londonderry to West Bromwich
4 from West Bromwich to Walsall
77 from Walsall to Sutton Coldfield
5 from Sutton Coldfield to West Bromwich
80 from West Bromwich to Blue Gates

I plan to do one sometime next week, covering Walsall and Solihull, and possibly Acocks Green

[nitromatt1]

@Sh4318, yeah, the first 007 and the last 192 of the day. Amazing value at £6.50 for the day!

Next time I intend to go to Pershore & Evesham, and another day Redditch. It's amazing the area that ticket covers

[Trident 4609]

My round trip today was:

5511 on WN59 to Wolverhampton
4581 on WN126 to Dudley
4351 on the 140 to Quinton
4803 on the 9 to Halesowen
112 on the 22 to Town Hall
4590 on the 126 to Moor St
4735 on the 51 to Walsall
30412 on Diamond 301 to Bloxwich
4131 on the 89 home

[Kevin]

Today I made a snap decision to go out and about with me new Swift bus pass, no plans just go where the next bus coming takes me (with hindsight, knowing how much I travelled I should have taken note of the fleetnumbers...)

X51 Tower Hill - Walsall
335 Walsall - Alumwell (I've decided I love this route)
38 Alumwell - Wednesbury
79 Wednesbury - West Brom (I remember this was 4020)
5 West Brom - Kingstanding
934 Kingstanding Circle - Hawthorn Road
28 Hawthorn Road - Old Oscott
89 Old Oscott - Erdington
905 Erdington - Sutton
167 Sutton - Minworth
75 Minworth - Birmingham International
900 International - Sheldon
96 Sheldon - Olton
30 Olton - Blossomfield Road
76 Blossomfield Road - University
99 University - City centre
X51 City - Home

...all just on a whim....

[Sh4318]

83 to Birmingham
72E (2122) to Buckland Avenue
966 (4069) to Birmingham International
900 (4895) to Coventry
8 to Potters Green
8A to Wood End
21 to Riley Square
6A (4889) to Coventry
11 to Railway Station
11 (4696) to Tile Hill Lane
6A (4213) to Coventry
900 (4902) to Birmingham International
97 to Birmingham New Street
80 home

[Sh4318]

Today's round trip (on trains, color coded by TOC)
Smethwick Galton Bridge to Birmingham New St, London Midland, 323219
Birmingham New St to Birmingham International, Arriva Trains Wales, 158830
Birmingham International to Birmingham New St, Virgin Trains, Super Voyager
Birmingham New St to Birmingham International, Virgin Trains, Pendolino
Birmingham International to Smethwick Galton Bridge, Arriva Trains Wales, 158829
Smethwick Galton Bridge to Birmingham New St, London Midland, 323219
Birmingham New St to Smethwick Galton Bridge, Arriva Trains Wales, 158823

[Kevin]

My unnecessarily long and convoluted journey home from Scout camp by west mids safari park this morning:
125 to Stourbridge
246 to Dudley (a GRS bus - I feel dirty...)
126 to wolves
59 to Wednesfield (for an obligatory hot pork sandwich)
69 to New Invention
28 to Willenhall
529 to Walsall
X51 to Tower Hill

4 hours to do what should only be an hours journey purely because I had time to kill and a bus pass...

[the trainbasher]

@Kevin was it a pointer or a Marshall that you had no the 246?