| Bus | From | To | Service | Operator |
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| 3805 | Sutton Coldfield, Stop SD | Erdington, Stop EH | 110 | Arriva Midlands |
| 1788 | Erdington, Stop EG | Great Barr, Stop GD | 28 | NX West Midlands |
| 1826 | Great Barr, Stop GD | Erdington, Stop EQ | 28 | NX West Midlands |
| E298 | Erdington, Stop EQ | Sutton , Stop SJ | X3 | NX West Midlands |
Today was the first full day of our weekend away. The plan was to go on a short bus trip and then to go to a party later on. Reaearch for the trip consisted of looking up places to park in Sutton Coldfield and to check the weather. The weather was forecast for dry weather with some sunshine. Matthew was alredy awake by 08:00 and he had his medication. Matthew got dressed and we headed to the bar to get fed. Matthew had a full English breakfast. After we had finisehd eating we returned to the room to get ready to go out. Around 09:30 we set off out of the hotel car park onto the B5404. We ram Westwards to Mile Oak and we turned left onto the Southbound A453. We ran though Bangley and past the HS2 building site. We crossed over the A38 at Bassett's Pole roundabout and we ran into Sutton Coldfield. We turned left onto the A5127 and we ran to the edge of town. We turned left into the car park and we parked up. Once out of the car, we said goodbye to mum and we headed down Mill Street where we saw National Express West Midlands E179 on a X3 to Lichfield.
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| NX West Midlands E179 in Sutton Coldfield |
We continued left onto Victoria Road. We crossed over the road and we went around the corner onto Lower Parade. We saw an Arriva bus at the far end of the street. As we got closer we saw it was Arriva Midlands 3805 on a #110 to Birmingham.
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| Arriva Midlands 3805 in Sutton Coldfield |
We got on the bus and we purchased a nBus family day ticket at £9.20 before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off dowm Lower Parade and we continued onto South Parade. We turned right onto the A5127 and we ran past Aldi. We followed the road to the left and we headed Southwards. We continued through Wylde Green and into Erdington where we decided to get up and get off the bus. Once off the bus Matthew got another picture of Arriva Midlands 3805 as it continued towards Birmingham.
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| Arriva Midlands 3805 in Erdington |
We decided to catch a #28 next, as we had seen on Bustimes that there were quite a few old Scania on the service, A quick look at the bus stop and we saw there was a bus due in 5 minutes. Whilst we waited we saw National Express West Midlands 1816 on a #66 to Birmingham. Almost immediately behind this bus was our bus. As it got closer we saw it was National Express West Midlands 1788 on a #28 to Great Barr.
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| NX West Midlands 1788 in Erdington |
We got on the bus and we flashed the nBus family day tickets to the driver before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off down the A5127 and we turned right onto Summer Road. We veered right onto Graelly Lane and we turned left onto Station Road. We turned rigth onto Small Heath Road and we headed Westwards.
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| NX West Midlands 1788 in Great Barr |
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| NX West Midlands 1826 in Great Barr |
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| NX West Midlands 805 in Erdington |
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| NX West Midlands E298 in Erdington |
We got on the bus and we placed flashed the nBus group ticket to the driver for the final time today before we went upstairs and sat down. The bus off Northwards up Sutton New Road. We ran through Wylde Green and into Sutton Coldfield. We followed the A5127 to the right past Aldi and we turned left onto South Parade. We turned right onto Lower Parade and we got up and got off the bus. Once off the bus Matthew took another picture of National Express West Midlands E298 as it continued towards Lichfield.
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| NX West Midlands E298 in Sutton Colfield |
Once off the bus we took a few more pictures before we went to find mum. We saw National Express West Midlands 4748 on a #5 to West Bromwich.
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| NX West Midlands 4748 in Sutton Colfield |
We walked into the town cente and we spotted mum in Boots. As we walked back towards the car we spotted National Express West Midlands 2237 on a #5 to West Bromwich.
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| NX West Midlands 2237 in Sutton Colfield |
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| YJ15 ENM in Bodymoor Heath |
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