Monday, 15 February 2016
SVV 587W United Counties National2 in Northampton
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2 comments:
I always liked the National 2s, and it seemed a shame that they all vanished so much more quickly than the National 1s (although, of course, there were zillions of National 1s and far fewer National 2s). As you say, they sounded good, and somehow that also made them more pleasant to ride on.
I'm not sure I would have enjoyed the full trip on that particular National 2, though: Cambridge to Northampton is a long way to be sat on plastic bus seats! A DP National 2 would have been OK, but I don't think UC had any.
You are right the National2's were more like a proper bus, I took a ride on a dp Mark1 at Alton and it was surprisingly civilised. But even these could be hot and unpleasant and especially if they had not been looked after properly stinking of oli and diesel like many buses today.
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