THarris123
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This is a thread for details of any adventures any of us go on and want to do a ramble on what happened on the trip. It should save a few long worded posts on some of the other threads.
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I meant to post this about a week or so ago...
Last Saturday I did a rather large trip visiting 5 different depots of First.
First of all it was onto 376 from Wells to Street with 35164 to grab a £10 day ticket. On 376 was also 35161 and 35162. Going past Wells depot, 69441, 66724, 69457 and 2 Streetdecks were in. Then changed onto 8.34 29 to Taunton with 40581. I noticed 40581 had its registration plate changed back to the YJ51 version, implying it's ready for selling soon. The driver was one of the old experienced drivers, so it was a nice old pleasant and joyful ride. The bus is fairly awful and I had a very painful backside getting off at Taunton. On the journey, I saw 69013 on 75, 40585, 40584 and 47543 on 29,77,54.
In Taunton depot were 23014 (with a L plate), 66745, a dart and 23312.
I then transferred onto 10.35 30 to Axminster. I was very pleased to have one of my favourite sort of buses - 33380. A very comfortable joyful journey all the way to Axminster (although the driver did question the validity of my day ticket which was a bit annoying). Only problem is it was raining and the bus ended up into Axminster quite late. Luckily I had about 5 mins in the train station to swap onto X51 with 36001 to Dorchester. A lovely Scania as always - something I did note though there was quite a bit less branding. It was another lovely ride. Single was £7. Only thing to note was 69212 heading out of Dorchester on X51 as we got in.
After looking around Dorchester for 10 mins, I caught 10 to Weymouth. This was a very lovely B7 - 69542. A very nice comfortable ride again and I really think its a nice choice of vehicle for the route - powerful, comfortable and a really really smooth ride. Made it in Weymouth with just enough time to look around the depot - quite a lot of ALX400s sat at the front of the workshop and a few tridents sat at the back of the depot. Then onto the train to Yeovil Pen Mill - this was one of the GWR refurbished trains. A complete overhaul had been done and I really enjoyed it - the seats are brilliant and its so nice to see next stop info on them. A really good job has been done on refurbishment. Quick walk to Yeovil and look around Yeovil. 40581 then turned up on the 77 back to Wells, so after having a lovely day on so many lovely vehicles/train, I ended up with a knackered backside walking home from the bus station.
Overall it was a lovely day out. It could have been better in terms of weather and it'll be much better when the B6s have gone and replaced by B7s. Overall £29.50 (£10 WoE plus day, £7 X51 single, £3.50 to Weymouth, £9 train single) spent out on travel, which is a little annoying, considering I expect I could have done that once upon a time on a First South West Day Ticket for £7 (plus the train fare).
Observations on the day were:-
29, 77 & 54 40581/4/5, 47543, 45114, 67600
376 35161/2/4
Wells depot 69441, 66724, 2 Streetdecks
Taunton depot 23014, 66745, Dart, 23312
P&R 47537/8, 55102
21A 48273 (with OIG1796 now)
4 44601, 55108
28 67710, 67701
75 69013
Taunton bus station 40570, 67705/6, 67709 (went onto 22A), 44922, 33377, 55105
21/A 69018, 40592, 32947, 48272, 43822
22/A 62192, 33381
30 33380, ALX400 Trident
99 47540
1 44924/44932
3 45111/45112(?)
X51 36001, 37583, 37586, 37585, 69212
X53 36006, 36003
Damory - 3828, 3762 (44) in Bridport
10 69210, 69542, 69545, 69546
Weymouth 2 47408, 63187, 47405
Weymouth 4 53613
Not in service 69211
Depot 33057, 32887, Scania, 37583, 32031/3/6/8/46, 42953 and 63181 (?) - back panel knocked off
Yeovil - 1 53110, bus station 50466, 58 42951, 1 2xHoppa, 58 53610
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
I meant to post this about a week or so ago...
Last Saturday I did a rather large trip visiting 5 different depots of First.
First of all it was onto 376 from Wells to Street with 35164 to grab a £10 day ticket. On 376 was also 35161 and 35162. Going past Wells depot, 69441, 66724, 69457 and 2 Streetdecks were in. Then changed onto 8.34 29 to Taunton with 40581. I noticed 40581 had its registration plate changed back to the YJ51 version, implying it's ready for selling soon. The driver was one of the old experienced drivers, so it was a nice old pleasant and joyful ride. The bus is fairly awful and I had a very painful backside getting off at Taunton. On the journey, I saw 69013 on 75, 40585, 40584 and 47543 on 29,77,54.
In Taunton depot were 23014 (with a L plate), 66745, a dart and 23312.
I then transferred onto 10.35 30 to Axminster. I was very pleased to have one of my favourite sort of buses - 33380. A very comfortable joyful journey all the way to Axminster (although the driver did question the validity of my day ticket which was a bit annoying). Only problem is it was raining and the bus ended up into Axminster quite late. Luckily I had about 5 mins in the train station to swap onto X51 with 36001 to Dorchester. A lovely Scania as always - something I did note though there was quite a bit less branding. It was another lovely ride. Single was £7. Only thing to note was 69212 heading out of Dorchester on X51 as we got in.
After looking around Dorchester for 10 mins, I caught 10 to Weymouth. This was a very lovely B7 - 69542. A very nice comfortable ride again and I really think its a nice choice of vehicle for the route - powerful, comfortable and a really really smooth ride. Made it in Weymouth with just enough time to look around the depot - quite a lot of ALX400s sat at the front of the workshop and a few tridents sat at the back of the depot. Then onto the train to Yeovil Pen Mill - this was one of the GWR refurbished trains. A complete overhaul had been done and I really enjoyed it - the seats are brilliant and its so nice to see next stop info on them. A really good job has been done on refurbishment. Quick walk to Yeovil and look around Yeovil. 40581 then turned up on the 77 back to Wells, so after having a lovely day on so many lovely vehicles/train, I ended up with a knackered backside walking home from the bus station.
Overall it was a lovely day out. It could have been better in terms of weather and it'll be much better when the B6s have gone and replaced by B7s. Overall £29.50 (£10 WoE plus day, £7 X51 single, £3.50 to Weymouth, £9 train single) spent out on travel, which is a little annoying, considering I expect I could have done that once upon a time on a First South West Day Ticket for £7 (plus the train fare).
Observations on the day were:-
29, 77 & 54 40581/4/5, 47543, 45114, 67600
376 35161/2/4
Wells depot 69441, 66724, 2 Streetdecks
Taunton depot 23014, 66745, Dart, 23312
P&R 47537/8, 55102
21A 48273 (with OIG1796 now)
4 44601, 55108
28 67710, 67701
75 69013
Taunton bus station 40570, 67705/6, 67709 (went onto 22A), 44922, 33377, 55105
21/A 69018, 40592, 32947, 48272, 43822
22/A 62192, 33381
30 33380, ALX400 Trident
99 47540
1 44924/44932
3 45111/45112(?)
X51 36001, 37583, 37586, 37585, 69212
X53 36006, 36003
Damory - 3828, 3762 (44) in Bridport
10 69210, 69542, 69545, 69546
Weymouth 2 47408, 63187, 47405
Weymouth 4 53613
Not in service 69211
Depot 33057, 32887, Scania, 37583, 32031/3/6/8/46, 42953 and 63181 (?) - back panel knocked off
Yeovil - 1 53110, bus station 50466, 58 42951, 1 2xHoppa, 58 53610