Salisbury Reds 1134 (HF09 BJK) had a very friendly driver on 05/02/2022 who spoke to me after taking this shot. She's seen here in Castle Way having just completed an X7 run to Southampton. 1134 is a Scania N230UD OmniCity

Today (18th February 2022) was the day Storm Eunice battered the South of England bringing 125.4mph winds at the Needles on the Isle of Wight. Therefore the bus operator, Southern Vectis, suspended its services from midday until 4pm. Before and after this single deckers were used as they have a lower centre of gravity and included Vectis Blue Optare Solos 3803/4/5/7/9 and 3814 on a variety of rare routes including the 7 and 12 to Alum Bay, the 1 to Cowes, the 5 to East Cowes, the 38 Newport Town Service and the 9 to Ryde. Green Liveried Optare Solo 3813 was on the 6 and Scania single deckers 2004/7 appeared on routes 7 and the 9/12 respectively. A blue solo on the 38 isn't that rare as before COVID the route 38 and 39 buses used to swap between each journey. Bluestar and Salisbury Reds services were also suspended for a time on 18/02/2022

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