Fred Dunning

It's been a while since I've posted on here. So greetings from Whitby, best run and best bus!! #LivingTheDream 👌

@GwVillager Yes. We have two in coastliner livery and currently two on loan in fleet livery.

@fdunning93 Hold on… Gemini 2 Coastliner? They still exist?

Perks of the job and all that 😎

@busdriverhazza Just camp in Rawcliffe mate, it's got a kitchen, showers and washing machine. I'm sure one of us could source you a camping bed 🤣.

@fdunning93 Closest transdev depot to me is team pennine, Honley 25 min drive 🫣

@busdriverhazza It misses you too mate.... come back all the best ones do 😉

@fdunning93 I miss it so much 😫

@busdriverhazza I would be too. Exactly why I'd never be a driver trainer. Today we practice handbrake turns 😉🤣

@fdunning93 It was very tempting 🫣

My view today was slightly different as I wasn’t in the drivers seat but the trainers seat! Preparing for the upcoming service changes in Sheffield I was tasked with showing a few drivers the new routes!

@gmcginley329 I dropped it at Anston for its warranty work, and then I believe its new home will be Burnley with the rest of the batch.

@fdunning93 Burnley or Blackburn?

Not much gets me out of bed voluntarily at the wrong end of the day, but I'll happily do this job 🎉 Literally living the dream this morning 👌

@gmcginley329 Absolutely 🙌

@fdunning93 Is that farewell 2019?

@busdriverhazza I saw a couple of X5s while I waited but not you 🙁

@fdunning93 I was looking out for you this morning on roads but obviously didn’t see you haha!

@darloscott Have a great time mate. Sounds like a great adventure ahead.

The biggest adventure yet starts today! 🇦🇺

@darloscott Nasty!

@fdunning93 0030 off WSM these days

Working a late shift tonight filling gaps in our output today… 1330-2530 for me! Started off with a return leg of a school trip, then onto S2, then across to Whitby for an evening of mine work. 4 trips up & back… 2330 now and we’ve got two hours left to go 😴

@darloscott Remember them day's oh so well. A lot to be said for a good driving session to ease the mind. Enjoy!

It’s been a rough couple of days… glad to be on the road nearly all day today as it’s the only place I find to chill out and switch off 🤔 Australia really can’t come quick enough ⏰

@kelpizzuti @harrogatebus Transfer request to Harrogate incoming! 😍

@TomDonYork @realbengilligan It was a lovely beast to drive when I was there.

@realbengilligan I’m liking the look of that Vanhool B12M tucked away in the corner!

Ending the week at Procters, good to get round the new businesses across the course of the week and spend time with our new colleagues. All hands to the pumps in the next few weeks once the schools return!

@darloscott Another of my former employers snapped up by the go-ahead group. Interesting acquisition.

Slightly surprised when I heard this news but it’s finally gone public… another operation becoming part of a big group! Interesting times ahead in our area 🤔

What an absolute emotional roller coaster that was. Most frustrating game I've ever watched in my life. Jhon Duran, hero of the night. Tomorrow, I'll be the biggest City fan going. What a season this has been, ready for it to end now. UTV!

@darloscott Long days though mate. I reminisce sometimes and miss the coach world.. then I remember the 15 hour splits on the mine 🤣

@fdunning93 Oh absolutely, I love doing weekends on this route as it’s so chilled 🤣

Was a long first half… been home for a sleep and now back out for my second half… bit shorter this afternoon only one & a half rounders 🚌