Wednesday July 14th 2010 ~ Room With A View

An unusual view of King's Lynn bus station taken from the FEC block this evening. DS

Thundery showers and rainbows were the order of the evening at King's Lynn tonight. 37578 off L11 stands to the right of 37158 which had come in on K3 and by this time should have been washed and put to bed for the night. Photo D Speed.

Here's 37160 photographed by Grahame Bessey today on K5 at Norwich bus station.

I can't recall seeing a single X1 service taking the Nene Quay route out of Wisbech from my work today. Just when I thought the day would pass without such an event,I found myself quite by chance following 37568 down the Quay on L10 tonight. I have to admit that at one point the clearance is a little tight, but no more so than the South Gates at Lynn which have to be negotiated on a daily basis. Come on you X1 drivers, we don't want you getting a reputation for being less than the excellent chauffeurs you actually are !

Now briefly going back to yesterday and a correction to begin with. The reason 37578 was removed from K15 was not because of screen damage, in fact it failed at Swaffham with power loss. Today it was given a test run and then replaced 37579 on L11 for the 13.32 to Lowestoft. 579 wasn't out of action for long though as 37576 failed at Wisbech on K15 14.05 from Peterborough - again with a loss of power and 579 replaced it from Lynn on the 15.32 to Lowestoft.

The Beast (20107) was surprisingly on Y6 this morning, but on arrival at Lowestoft was changed for the infinitely less appealing 37156. This B7 had begun the day on K1 but 37572 was substituted for it on the 11.55 ex Lowestoft.

37566 did the first part of K1 yesterday but then went on to an X2 turn which involves a school contract. 566 did not appear today, but all the B7s save 37159 did. The latter was on Lynn local 7110 diagram which is booked for a B7.

This chap is practicing for next years Tour De France (OK we all know he's on Gorleston seafront). The photo is included as his bike goes marginally faster than 37562 !