There's no pollen Honey: The Bee Line Buzz

I must admit I never really took to the dutch inspired Bee-Line livery with it's cartoon busy bees as part of the logo and it might sound like a bit like a contradiction in terms but this muted yellow with dark grey seemed a bit dull and drab. Maybe unlike say Badgerline down at Bristol it just seemed to lack flair and imagination giving the whole concern a transitory come and buy us out feel. The fleet inherited a lot of Leyland Nationals from Alder Valley and went on to buy Metro-Riders and Dennis Darts but my favourite new buses were a batch of these proper Northern Counties bodied Leyland Olympians bought soon after the new company was formed. One of these looking rather empty was seen leaving Reading Railway Station one Saturday Afternoon and would pass close to some expensive real-estate on this the London stockbroker-belt and convenient film star hop to Hollywood via Heathrow or even down the road to Elstree Studios. Yes the wide Thames Valley is the most affluent area of outer London but I've heard Sandbanks near Poole is now the most expensive place in Britain to buy property. Of course pockets of Central London like Westminster and Chelsea are even more pricey per-metre but close to Camberley where this bus is heading is the very Art-Deco sounding outer suburb of Virginia Water which gives you all that for the same money plus a large rustic villa or bungalow, garages, garden and of course swimming pool. No with some much affluence once beyond the rougher housing estates this is not really good bus operating country.