Round Robin ... 3.
The third and final part of the afternoon's shunting jigsaw saw PYM deposited at the 'DobiesX2' family bus storage facility, from whence I retrieved their former Crosville Leyland Olympian. GFM 104X is to undergo a makeover to mark it's re-launch into the world of the preserved.
The bus survived the breakers initially by passing from PMT to a Stoke on Trent area dance troupe ... one of the few authorised routes out of 'First' which doesn't spell doom. After serving with them several years it was replaced by something more modern and moved into preservation ... but to an owner who, shortly afterwards, became disillusioned with the bus preservation thing. Salvation came once more as mentioned above for the elderly Olympian from a fellow flickrite husband and wife team so now it's to be made to look like it's loved again!
Currently the bus wears a not quite cunningly modified First scheme but something more appropriate beckons...
The above picture was taken alongside the lake a Madelely (Staffs) where traffic had just been brought to a standstill by two 'scrapping' ducks (!) leaving the road clear for me to obtain this record.
Round Robin ... 3.
The third and final part of the afternoon's shunting jigsaw saw PYM deposited at the 'DobiesX2' family bus storage facility, from whence I retrieved their former Crosville Leyland Olympian. GFM 104X is to undergo a makeover to mark it's re-launch into the world of the preserved.
The bus survived the breakers initially by passing from PMT to a Stoke on Trent area dance troupe ... one of the few authorised routes out of 'First' which doesn't spell doom. After serving with them several years it was replaced by something more modern and moved into preservation ... but to an owner who, shortly afterwards, became disillusioned with the bus preservation thing. Salvation came once more as mentioned above for the elderly Olympian from a fellow flickrite husband and wife team so now it's to be made to look like it's loved again!
Currently the bus wears a not quite cunningly modified First scheme but something more appropriate beckons...
The above picture was taken alongside the lake a Madelely (Staffs) where traffic had just been brought to a standstill by two 'scrapping' ducks (!) leaving the road clear for me to obtain this record.