Thursday 14th March ~ Out to Hackney Wick

Started off with hybrid Gemini-2 HW5 on the 141 from Harringay Green Lanes to Bank. This possibly being the hybrid I saw yesterday on the 141. However all the other buses I saw on the 141 today were still the older VLW types. Talking of which my next move was aboard Gemini VLW91 on the 242 from Threadneedle Street to St. Paul's, this bus dates from 2003. Then a walk down to Queen Victoria Street for my main objective today, which was to travel the entire route of the 388, this I did aboard Lolyne HTL10. This departed at 12.30 and the journey to Hackney Wick took 45 minutes in total.

Lolyne HTL2 at the 388 terminus at Hackney Wick

Enviro400 DN33621 starts it's journey on the 30 at Hackney Wick

I returned from Hackney Wick to Bishopsgate/Liverpool Street aboard Lolyne HTL2 on the 388 again. Next it was a stroll across to Liverpool Street bus station to board Enviro400 DN33776 on the 23 which I took to Aldwych, where I had a coffee break and watched the buses and the world go by... I had intended to then take one of the 13's Omnidekkas but didn't see any 13's in the 15 minutes or so I was sat there or subsequently after. It could be that they were being terminated early due to the ongoing closure of Regent Street... anyway I decided to board a similair model, Vyking VLE21 on the 9 at it's first stop on the Aldwych, for the ride to Hyde Park Corner, this running via Pall Mall. These Vykings date from 2004. Then it was on to brand new Gemini-2 VW1403 on the 52, which I took to it's terminus at Victoria. On then to a very busy OmniCity SP122 on the 148 which I took from Victoria Street/Palace Street to County Hall. This being a rare downstairs ride for me. Finally it was the familiar ride back on the 341, with Enviro400 T146 doing the honours from Waterloo (County Hall) to Harringay Green Lanes.