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Welcome to the Guest Book Archive. This section has come about following the closure of our original Guest Book on 15 October, 2003. In this archive, you will find a copy of every message left by visitors to our site, prior to the closure of the original Guest Book.

We hope you find the information contained here in this archive useful.

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Name: Moor Park Explore Club (Homepage)
Country: North Shields	Date: Sat Oct 11 19:20:55 2003
Comment: *IMPORTANT MESSAGE:* As of 15th October, 2003 our visitors Guest Book will close. We have been forced to close our Guest Book because the new service we are being offered by our Guest Book provider is no longer suitable for our needs. Therefore, you will not be able to leave any new messages, nor read any of the old, messages after this date. We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you but we currently have no other option open to us. Thanks for contributing. Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Name: Steven (Homepage)
Country: Whitley Bay, UK	Date: Thu Aug 7 12:36:33 2003
Comment: I went to catch a 44 from Newcastle at 5:50pm and found I'd just missed one. I went to check the timetable at the bus stop, but there wasn't one (and hasn't been one for 5 or 6 months, so I'm told). It's disgraceful considering this is the ONLY stop for this bus in Newcastle for this service! So, what time is the last 44 from Newcastle to the coast? Who knows!

Name: Carol (Homepage)
Country: North Shields	Date: Thu Jul 24 13:47:23 2003
Comment: On the subject of bus stop names, the stop at Chirton is called Chirton Green (it says so on the stop), but most drivers don't seem to know this, prefering to use its old name "Chirton Post Office" (the post office hasn't been at this stop more than 7 years). How do you ask for a stop when the drivers don't know what it's called? Perhaps someone should tell arriva/Go Coastline the name of the stop has changed.

Name: Mary (Homepage)
Country: Whitley Bay	Date: Thu Jul 24 13:36:52 2003
Comment: Have you tried the 308 service on an evening? Go Coastline make you change buses at Silverlink to continue the journey. Last time, the new bus drove away before everyone was off the old bus, leaving them behind. The new bus was then chased down the Coast Road by the old bus so the forgotten passengers could catch the new bus. What a farce!

Name: Brian (Homepage)
Country: Moor Park	Date: Thu Jul 24 13:33:06 2003
Comment: Why does Arriva and Go Coastline call the same stop by different names? On the 308 service, Murton House Farm (Arriva) is called Jacksons Farm by Coastline. If you don't know this, you'll be overcharged as a result... I was, I had to pay to the next stop because of this discrepency and it's unfair.

Name: Sandra (Homepage)
Country: Shiremoor	Date: Sun Feb 23 11:40:09 2003
Comment: I waited on Friday for the 356 at 9.30am so as to be in North Shields for 10am for an interview. The bus eventually arrived 20 minutes late and I was late for the interview as a result - it was after 10am when we reached North Shields. I'm told the service is ALWAYS unreliable. Someone should buy the drivers watches and teach them how to follow a schedule!

Name: Rob (Homepage)
Country: Moor Park	Date: Thu Jan 30 12:03:51 2003
Comment: The 356 service from North Shields to Newcastle which was due at New York at 9.40am this morning didn't arrive. It was bitterly cold with driving snow and there's no bus shelter to try to hide from the atrocious weather. I arrived at the stop at 9.30am, and I wasn't the first person there for this bus. At 10.05am the driver of the 356 travelling in the opposite direction told us that the bus we were waiting for had already gone - he'd been over 10 minutes early! How many others along the route had been stranded in freezing snow and driving winds waiting for the 356 that had already been? Worse - the following 356, due at 10.10am was late! I gave up waiting at 10.15am because I was frozen to the core and feeling ill with the cold. The other lady who'd been waiting for the same bus also gave up and went to phone her employer to explain why she was going to be very late for work. Because of the bus not keeping to it's scheduled timetable, there was now no reason for me to travel - whatever bus I caught, I'd arrive at my destination too late for my appointment. I'd also spent almost 45 minutes standing in a blizzard on one of the coldest days of the year so far. To say I'm not happy is an understatment! If anyone from Arriva or Nexus read this, I'd like an appology... but I'm not going to hold my breath!

Name: Norman (Homepage)
Country:	Date: Tue Dec 3 10:14:14 2002
Comment: When I wrote "whrote", I meant "wrote" in the previous correction. Let's hope this time my dyslexic fingers haven't made another mistake. Oh, and I still think the 44 to Newcastle (and back) is a brilliant service!

Name: Norman (Homepage)
Country:	Date: Tue Dec 3 10:11:37 2002
Comment: In my earlier comment, I meant "snail" when I whrote "sanil", but then you're intelligent folk, and you knew what i meant...

Name: Norman (Homepage)
Country: Whitley Bay	Date: Tue Dec 3 10:09:46 2002
Comment: I'd like to say how pleased I am about the 44 Bus service from Arriva - I have a choice of either catching the sanil 308 or the speedy 44, and i always go for the 44 - even when it's running a bit late. I thought it about time someone said something good about a basically good service, although I'd be even happier if it ran on Sunday's, too.

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These messages originally appeared in our online Guest Book prior to 15 October, 2003.
Some messages may have been edited before inclusion on this page. Prior to its closure on the stated date,
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