Skills Toyota C22 LRR at Sheffield Pool Meadow

These little Toyota midi-buses were more common than one would expect as rhey were an ideal tool for small parties and feeder work. They appeared in the odd well know fleet as well if this one with Skills of Nottingham is anything to go by and it was seen in Sheffield.

Bryn Melvyn Volvo B7 in Bridgnorth

A cup of coffee and a few minutes to watch the world go by in Bridgenorth Low Town. Being on a town service we saw this Plaxton Centro bodied Volvo B7 numerous times and it was usually stuck in traffic like these roadworks by the bridge over the Severn.

PTT Setra 214 at Nessnau

The Swiss PTT had almost one-hundred of these Setra 214's like this one at Nessnau on the run to Buchs. Mercedes 405's were more coommon in the urban areas but these impressive coach-like vehicles were favoured for touristic areas, however they were very prone to salt erosion.

United Auto Bova B725 MBC in Blackpool

Even in the Nineties during the season Blackpool could be a mecca for interesting coaches like this Bova Futura in United's red and white livery and bearing a Leicester number making it slightly more worthy of attention. But re-registrations were in abundance too adding to the problem and we can see one, a Leopard probably as AEC's were getting scarce which at first glance looks like has an Isle of Man number B423 MAN. I'm glad I stopped spotting when I was a youngster when change moved very gradually and the orderly bus world was well documented.

Midland Red North Iveco Daily in Stafford

In the Nineties it seemed the minibus in various sizes was about to push out the normal sized big bus and that was certainly the case in Stafford on local routes at least. There was a good variety of them with Midland Red North at least and one of the more pleasant looking was this of the less numerous Iveco Daily 49 10 buses with Robin Hood City Nippy bodywork and which came from Crosville Cymru.

BVG 1889

On what was formerly Route 28 before Reunification was this BVG MAN turning into Monument Strasse on it's way to Templehof.

Cambridge Blue VR of Cambus JAH 402L

n Cambridge was an ECW bodied Bristol VR of Cambus going to one of the city's best known destination Kings Hedges Road. Before dark blue areas were added to the pale blue and cream livery this fleet formed from the local Eastern Counties operation looked very bland indeed.