September 2011
'Royal Blue' back in Wadebridge 2011 | Sat, 18/06/2011 | VRT1147
Thu, 29/09/2011 - 7:54pm — VRT1147The 2011 'Royal Blue' run took us across country from Oxford to Weston-Super-Mare and 'back home' to Cornwall. Colin Billington's superb 1951 Bristol half cab motors into Wadebridge just in time for 'scones with jam and cream' in the tea house in sunny June.
CBPS news update for September 2011
The evenings are closing in and the 2011 rally scene is drawing to a close and September is almost gone. We have four vehicles on the road, those being LeylandLeyland Bus was a British bus manufacturer. It emerged from the Rover Group (formerly British Leyland) as a management buyout of the bus business. It was subsequently acquired by Volvo Buses in 1988 and the name finally disappeared in 1993 OlympianLeyland Olympian was a double-decker bus built by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. 34754(A754 VAF), Bristol LHBristol Commercial Vehicles Light Horizontal engined 716(MUO 328F), Mercedes VarioMercedes-Benz Vario (model designation W670) is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz 52529(S529 RWP) and Bristol VRBristol VR was Bristol's rear-engined bus chassis, designed as a competitor to the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline. 1003(VDV 141S). Read more
Bristol H and Bristol FLF's ready for Kingsbridge 2011 | Fri, 16/09/2011 | VRT1147
Sun, 25/09/2011 - 8:36pm — VRT1147Bristol FLF 1969(468 FTT). Bristol H 137(FJ8967) and Bristol FLF 2019(824 KDV) at Loddiswell ready for the Kingsbridge Running Day 2011.
A view of a depot in the 1960's? No - Loddiswell 2011 | Fri, 16/09/2011 | VRT1147
Sun, 25/09/2011 - 8:22pm — VRT1147This could be a shot of a depot in the 1960's. But no, it features Colin Billington's freshly re-painted Western National Bristol FLF 1969(468 FTT) garaged alongside the 'Company's' Bristol K6A 353(FTT704) now owned by the Bristol Vintage Bus Group, at Loddiswell ready for the Kingsbridge Running Day 2011.
'Royal Blue' coaches at Padstow in June 2011 | Sat, 18/06/2011 | VRT1147
Sun, 25/09/2011 - 7:59pm — VRT1147A brief stop at Padstow for these two 'Royal Blue' coaches spanning 30 years of travel on the 'Royal Blue Run' - Oxford to Newquay June 2011.
A 'Bristol' at Bristol Harbourside 2011 | Sun, 22/05/2011 | VRT1147
Sun, 25/09/2011 - 7:43pm — VRT1147We gave Steve Cock's 'Royal Blue' Bristol LHBristol Commercial Vehicles Light Horizontal engined 1318(BDV 318L) a day out to the Bristol Harbourside event where she felt 'at home' with all the other Bristol's!
Vario at Start Point on Service 159
Sun, 25/09/2011 - 7:27pm — editorA photographic stop for our Vario on Service 159 at the spectacular Start Point on the Kingsbridge Running Day 2011.
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'Loddiswell Station' on Kingsbridge Running Day 2011
Sun, 25/09/2011 - 7:17pm — editorThe LH pauses at 'Loddiswell Station' on service 103 - Kingsbridge to California Cross on the Running Day 2011.
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CBPS vehicles 'on tour' at Kingsbridge 2011
Sun, 25/09/2011 - 7:09pm — editorOur Vario 52529(S529 RWP), Bristol VRBristol VR was Bristol's rear-engined bus chassis, designed as a competitor to the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline. 1003(VDV 141S) and Bristol LHBristol Commercial Vehicles Light Horizontal engined 716(MUO 328F) at Tally Ho's yard on the Kingsbridge Running Day 2011.
