Back in Bournemouth
I begin to lose track of what I've posted here on Flickr, but today I got to thinking about the 'old days' when we could get out and about to events with our preserved buses.
This one was taken in 2017 when we took Weymann bodied Leyland Leopard CRU 103C back to Bournemouth. Photographed here outside the old Bournemouth Echo building on Richmond Hill, the Leopard looks quite appropriate. I can recall visiting back in 1978 when the Roadliners were in their last days and one was to be usually found working the Park & Ride service which travelled this way. My 'luck' was such that it had been relieved on the previous journey by one of this trio of Leopards. Not that I'd ordinarily mind such a Leopard, but it wasn't quite in the same interest league as a Roadliner!
Since taking this picture, 103 has undergone some more restoration, having had all the side window rubbers, the cove window rubbers and those on the rear screen replaced, which has enabled a complete re-trim.
Back in Bournemouth
I begin to lose track of what I've posted here on Flickr, but today I got to thinking about the 'old days' when we could get out and about to events with our preserved buses.
This one was taken in 2017 when we took Weymann bodied Leyland Leopard CRU 103C back to Bournemouth. Photographed here outside the old Bournemouth Echo building on Richmond Hill, the Leopard looks quite appropriate. I can recall visiting back in 1978 when the Roadliners were in their last days and one was to be usually found working the Park & Ride service which travelled this way. My 'luck' was such that it had been relieved on the previous journey by one of this trio of Leopards. Not that I'd ordinarily mind such a Leopard, but it wasn't quite in the same interest league as a Roadliner!
Since taking this picture, 103 has undergone some more restoration, having had all the side window rubbers, the cove window rubbers and those on the rear screen replaced, which has enabled a complete re-trim.