Cornwall Bus Preservation Society

One of the last things I reported was that our Bristol VRBristol VR was Bristol's rear-engined bus chassis, designed as a competitor to the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline. 1003(VDV 141S) was being prepared for an MOT. Well, she came through that reasonably well after her exhaust problems were sorted and returned to Redruth. On the 30th May, 1003 and Bristol LHBristol Commercial Vehicles Light Horizontal engined 716(MUO 328F) attended Roselyn Coaches Running Day at Par and both vehicles were received well. A request from the Bodmin & Wenford Railway for two vehicles to be on a static display at Bodmin General Railway station on Saturday and Sunday 19th & 20th June for their Open weekend was gladly accepted. We sent 716 and 1003 for both days and they fitted in well with all the other cars and commercials that were invited. Most recently, we entered 716, 1003 and 38754(A754 VAF) our 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. in the Cornish Coastal Run on the 27th June. This annual event which involves some thirty or more vintage vehicles, always starts at the Fair field in Summercourt at around 10am and after crossing coast to coast ends up eventually at Summercourt around 4pm. All of our vehicles performed well on the day.   

We will be attending the Western National Bus Preservation Group's Rally at Plymouth Hoe on 25th July 2010