Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

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RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
I was in Keswick at 12.30pm yesterday when open-top Olympian came in from Seatoller on service 78. It seemed to have a problem as after a few phone calls, the driver "borrowed" Solo 47721 during its lunchtime layover to cover the 12.25 78. 16329 was then parked up. No sign of o/t Trident 17217 which was on the service last week.

There seemed to be an extra Solo on the 77/77A as both 47016 and 47474 were on it probably because of the road closure at Whinlatter.

Eventually 16329 left out of service and afterwards 47722 arrived, presumably to replace it.

On the A66 earlier I saw an Olympian on tow heading east but I could not identify it. It was not one of Carlisle's as I saw all four in service (16336 on 38 Silloth - very rare, 16337 on 104 and 16343 on 108 - both out of Penrith, and 16343 on 554 Keswick) so it was probably a Lillyhall one.

Finally, back in Carlisle, 22137 was on the 61 - the first time I have seen one of the ex-Manchester ALX300s out on service.