Potteries Bus Rally 2011

As usual the annual POPS Bus Rally was held at the Wedgwood Visitor Centre in Barlaston. Despite the weather forecast the day was quite pleasant and sunny. As with many recent events the numbers of buses and stalls seemed slightly down on previous years. However there was still a good selection of buses on display at what must now be one of the biggest bus rallies in the Midlands. As expected there were plenty of PMT buses present, including the first time I have seen Leyland National KRE279P.

Bus rides were on offer to Trentham, Stone, Hanley and Stoke with a good choice of buses to choose from.  To summarise it was an excellent day.

For a selection of photos please see my Flickr page:

Potteries Bus Rally 2011 Photos

Llandudno Transport Festival 2011

Yesterday was my first visit to the Llandudno Transport Festival. Arriving at around 11.00 I soon saw that this was a big event, not just for buses, many other types of vehicle were present including cars, lorries, tractors and more. Back to the buses there were about 60 on display, including some I have not seen before.

Another feature of the event is the regular shuttle bus service to the town centre, operated by about 10 preserved buses, these included several Routemasters, WMPTE Daimler Fleetline JOV613P and MCW Metrobus B811AOP from Wythall, Southern National Bristol VR AFJ766T, Devon General Leyland National 2 FDV829V, Birmingham City Transport Daimler JOJ707 and Bristol KSW UHY362.

A rear view of buses lined up for service is seen here. For a selection of other bus photos from the event please see my Flickr page:

Llandudno Transport Festival Photos

Cobham Bus Museum Spring Gathering - A hot day at Dunsfold Park!

Today was my 5th visit to a Cobham Bus Museum Open Day, this year held at a new venue Dunsfold Park, better known as the home of Top Gear. The weather couldn't have been better, hot and sunny all day and its still only April!

There seemed to be less opportunities for bus rides this year, with long queues for some of the day, but it was still an excellent day and I'm sure these were just teething problems at the new location. I particularly enjoyed a ride on the internal service on Safeguard AEC Reliance 200APB.

As usual there were plenty of London Buses on display, plus a slection of others. The main theme of the day was the 60th anniversary of the London Transport RF, there was a large display of these and a cavalcade.

Please see my Flickr gallery for a selection of photos.

Cobham Bus Museum Open Day Photos

Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog. I am planning to post regular reports and photos from bus rallies and events that I visit. Many will be from the Midlands area, but my first visit is expected to be the Cobham Bus Museum Open Day at Dunsfold Park this Sunday. To start off here is a photo of a Routemaster in Stratford Blue livery from last years Cobham Open Day at Wisley.