MONDAY AFTERNOON OBSERVATIONS

For a change i visited Ipswich in the afternoon and it lead to some unusual sightings to say the least, of the new IB Enviro 200's, 101 as seen above stepped in for an Optare Versa on Park and Ride duties, sister 104 was spare on Tower Ramparts, 103 was on the 111 to Hitcham, before turning up on the 15 at 1520. Trident 14 which as i mentioned was previously dedicated to the 202 Shotley run popped up on the afternoon 4's, where Optare Excel 172 delighted me with an excellent comfortable run, branded 4 Darts 84 was on the 8/13, while sister 87 was on the 15A, Darts 138/39 were on the X3 with sister 142 on the X1. 2 of the ex Lothian Darts were seen on routes which they usually don't appear, 137 below on the X1 with 136 on the 19, while Scania/Optare Deckers 68/69 seem to be stuck on X5's. First Ipswich wise Volvo B7TL 32488 was on the X7 and ADL E 200 44516 was on 60/61.