Picture taken by Lee Shephard
Looking in need of a repaint, AFJ 749T at Camborne depotUnion Street - First Devon & Cornwall Cornwall operations office - engineering workshops.
Looking very smart at St Austell depotSt Austell after being repainted, these vehicles formed part of First Devon & Cornwall's 'Heritage Fleet'
On Sunday 15 August 2010, I was one of a group of 14 enthusiasts who set off from Camborne bus station at 06.30 hours to make the 360 miles round trip to Brislington in Bristol for the annual rally held by the Bristol Vintage Bus Group. Our mode of transport was a 1969 Bristol RELH 'Royal Blue' coach 1460 (OTA 632G) owned by the West Country Historic Omnibus & Transport Trust (WHOTTThe West Country Historic Omnibus & Transport Trust). She is based in west Cornwall and looked after by 'friend' Mel Williams with a little help from myself and a few other 'friends' from WHOTT. Read more
Mel and Paul with Bristol VRBristol VR was Bristol's rear-engined bus chassis, designed as a competitor to the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline. 1003 at the Penzance Running Day waiting to load and run out on one of the many trips undertaken by her that day.
Colin Billington's Bristol FLF 1969 (468 FTT) at Sennen Cove on the morning of the 18th April on the Penzance Running Day.
A step back in time with Western National at sunny Sennen Cove. Colin Billington's Bristol FLF (468 FTT) waits at the bus stop while Martin Stevens Bristol LD (VDV 760) pulls in behind on the Penzance Running Day. (picture by Angela O'Connor)