Wilts & Dorset Roe Bodied Olympian

 The Privatised Wilts and Dorset bought a number of used Leyland Olympians including this example in Bournemouth with a less common Roe body that had been new to London Country as LR45, and then part of the North East after the LCBs was split-up. 

Skibby Rejser in Roskilde

 In Denmark there was still that feeling of catching the village bus as many long established family owned independents operated one or two routes from there like this Skibby Rejser DAB-Leyland about to make the return trip from Roskilde.

Arriva VDL 3784 in Stafford

 Arriva buses in Stafford used to be a very familiar sight but not so much these days. Even though like this bus which has come in from Telford the service terminates at Earl Street so the buses can only really be seen going passed the sttion and the park. That's rather a pity as I rather like their bodied Wright bodied VDL's like 3784. 

Frormer Glenton AEC Reliance EUU 117J

 In Summer Blackpool could offer a fascinating assortment of buses along with so many visiting coaches. Some were very unusual like this former Glenton AEC Reliance with a rare centre-entrance body built to their specification for touring..

Warstone's (Green BUs) Leyland Atlantean No.9 UET-678S

 In the Eighties and Nineties Wolverhampton was alive with interesting Independents with Warstone's Green Bus being the most interesting. As time went on it's fleet became a lot more modern but nevertheless in it's old-fashioned dark green and yellow livery and graphics buses like this quite modern looking former South Yorkshire PTE Alexander bodied Atlantean still had a curious vintage look about them.

Reviving the old East Kent

 The best liveries have a timeless appeal and this East Kent Plaxton Paramount bodied Leyland Tiger standing on the London Embankment looked particularly pleasing and smart in an updated version of it's traditional colours which had been swallowed up by the NBC till now. No.8641 had been FKK-841Y. 

The Snowdon Hoppa!

 A most unusual vehicle in National Express livery was this Iveco minibus No. MCF277 Reg. F77 CJC belonging to Crosville Wales (Cymru). Having arrived with London on the blind it was in reality just doing a feeder to meet the London coach at Shrewsbury and then returning to Pwllheli.

Esjberg Ice-Cream Girl looking Cool

 In Britain we are currently experiencing extremely hot weath in the region of 33'c, and it reminds me of when I arrived in Demnark off the ferry at Esjberg in 1986. It was hot and humid and people were trying to stop the sweat going in their eyes. Then along came a very cool loooking blond girl with her ice-cream. As usual out of town buses depart outside the railway station and a fairly new DAB-Leyland of Strandgaad is on the bus stand for Varde and Skjern a bit further up the Jutland coast. That evening there was a very loud thumder storm.

Midland Red Leyland National 626 in Banbury

 The Seventies and here the Eighties is far enough away for us now to feel nostalgia for the NBC and even it's ubiquitous Leyland National. That applies even more so to them when they were nicely turned out in suitable surroundings like Midland Red 626 here in Banbury where they were still pleasingly using the old 'BMMO' B for 'Banbury Town Service' prefix.

Harrow Buses M1455 E455 SON at Heathrow

 As it carries a Birmingham registration it would be easy to surmise that this MCW Metrobus Mk2 with Harrow Buses at Heathrow was a West Midlands surplus bus but in fact they were new. One of the many slightly odd things at happened during that busy period towards the end of the Eighties.

Bristol City-Line Olympian-Roe

 Before I start blogging again I just want to make sure the posts are displaying properly and this City-Clipper 9528 looks okay.

Wythall and I: Dismount and Start Again: Welcome Back

I'm pleased that this my old Busworld Photography blog is still live on Blogger and that a few people still visit and leave messages. Those who want to visit will be pleased to know I plan to start posting on here again. I always liked the look of the pages so I am not going to change anything much, but I do have a lot of new images to post especially as I now have a really good scanner to bring to life the old monochrome negatives which have sat in a suitcase for thirty-eight years. 

I grew up in Midland Red country and I am still fond of BMMO buses and coaches and I particularly like the buses built before the lightweight era like this solid S12 belonging to the Wythall Transport Museum.