D Stazicker Photography
a stride backwards
Something of an enigma to this photograph...P177VDW spent its entire life at Newport until July 2011 when it was collected by connexions buses along with sister 93 for a new life in Yorkshire. Four years hard work and it was time to be replaced, holding the fort as the final Strider in the connexions fleet it was fitting that Cardiff Preservation Group were interested. On 21st July 2015 almost 4 years to the day when it went North, it was driven down to South Wales for them. By strange co-incidence connexions had acquired some vehicles from Newport again which needed picking up so 77 dropped a vip driver off on its way to Barry. Here it sits in the yard at Newport 4 years after leaving, you may think a "foreign" bus parked there may receive a frosty reception, but no.. staff came out of the offices & workshops to admire & take pictures of their old friend which had returned to say hello...all had positive comments recalling the "striders" as the best buses they ever had !
a stride backwards
Something of an enigma to this photograph...P177VDW spent its entire life at Newport until July 2011 when it was collected by connexions buses along with sister 93 for a new life in Yorkshire. Four years hard work and it was time to be replaced, holding the fort as the final Strider in the connexions fleet it was fitting that Cardiff Preservation Group were interested. On 21st July 2015 almost 4 years to the day when it went North, it was driven down to South Wales for them. By strange co-incidence connexions had acquired some vehicles from Newport again which needed picking up so 77 dropped a vip driver off on its way to Barry. Here it sits in the yard at Newport 4 years after leaving, you may think a "foreign" bus parked there may receive a frosty reception, but no.. staff came out of the offices & workshops to admire & take pictures of their old friend which had returned to say hello...all had positive comments recalling the "striders" as the best buses they ever had !