Colin writes: We walked most of the countryside route of the 44a, around Sheepbridge, finding places to photograph it to depict its rural / industrial route.

We got pics as it pulled up out of Newbold, as it meanders round the country lanes of Dunston and into the industrial estate of Sheepbridge.

Also there's a shot of M Pearson's mini bus picking up a full load of passengers at the coach Station.

The Olympian on the route 70 displays that it is spare(?) prompting a response from a lady passenger that she'd never seen kisses on a bus before!