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One of the advantages of modern phones is the ability to download applications.
One such app is the Stagecoach bus tracker.
This enables one to track specific vehicles via live information, providing the journey details have been entered into the ticket machine.
To this end I determined that 47617, the first Lillyhall based Solo to receive the new livery, was operating the Keswick - Seatoller 78 service.
Lockdown meant that there was no way I could get to phot' it in the fabulous sunlit scenery of The Lakes but I was able to formulate a salvage mission.
With a reduced service meaning that one bus worked the day's entire diagram it was possible to determine what time it would return to the depot at the end of its shift by referencing the duty sheet of the driver who was working its last run. I was able to do this using a second app' rolled out for Stagecoach employees by the company.
Returning to the depot 47617 would pass within a mile or two of my house and so I would be able to plan my daily exercise to allow me to intercept it on the A595 at Winscales.
An extra bonus was that the driver did not sign out of the ticket machine in Keswick, choosing to wait until his return to Lillyhall, meaning that I could actively track it and set off on my bike at exactly the right time.
Bingo!
I understand that the manufacturer who supplies the fleetname transfers is currently closed.
Seen running dead after froming a C1 HoW College shuttle from the Bromsgrove campus is one of Johnsons' smart Optare Tempos.
Johnsons' YJ59 GEY is seen on Church Road, Redditch (outside the Diamond egineering depot), while heading away from the town out of service after dropping off the last students on the C1. The C1 is fully funded by the Heart of Worcestershire college, and enables students to travel for free between the Redditch and Bromsgrove campuses. YJ59GEY was new in September 2009 to Johnsons. Johnsons of Henley-in-Arden are a smart family run independent. It is an Optare Tempo X1200.
The Smart Roadster was introduced in 2003. It is powered by a 82 PS turbocharged 698cc 3-cylinder engine in the rear. In late 2005 production was stopped after some 43,000 were built.
Nicolas Hayek, der Schweizer Gründer der Swatch-Gruppe, hatte 1994 einen Traum: Von einem Swatch-Mobil, das klein, günstig und vor allem mit einem umweltfreundlichen Elektroantrieb unterwegs sein sollte. Daimler-Benz realisierte 1998 die Vision – allerdings erst ab 2007 auch mit einem emissionsfreien Elektromotor.
Nicolas Hayek, the Swiss founder of the Swatch Group, had a dream in 1994: of a Swatch mobile that should be small, inexpensive and, above all, with an environmentally friendly electric drive. Daimler-Benz realized the vision in 1998 - but only from 2007 with an emission-free electric motor.
I think it's maybe because I have spend so much time in a smart male office suit in my working life - I love this type of outfit
a few minits after we left this "smart ball" (=pinball) place, we saw Takeshi Kitano was entering into Asakusa Rock-za (Actually my friend saw, I thought he was joking first. I just saw his and his bodyguards' back).
This area is the place where Takeshi Kitano has started his comedian career about 35 years ago.
Singapore Zoo
She has figured out how to extract a drink of water from a hole in the rock, using the ends of a coconut leaf....
Stagecoach Midlands' LX51 FMP (17494) is seen parked next to the Stratford Information Centre in the Tourbus turn around point. It wears branding for the Stratford-upon-Avon sightseeing tour. In the sun, it looks very smart. LX51FMP was new in September 2001 to Stagecoach East London, as their TAS494. When the operation was sold in August 2006, it came under Macquarie Bank ownership. In October 2010, it was reacquired by Stagecoach. TAS 494 has been used for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, where it was used as a Shuttle Bus. It was also used on a branded rail replacement service for Stagecoach Merseyside on Merseyrail services. It was then converted to open top for use as a tour bus at the Stratford-upon-Avon garage.
Seen waiting time at Bank Square, Wilmslow is one of Wincham's ex-Goodwins Solos. The three vehicles have dummy airhorns on their roofs; unlike the E200s at Crewe that came from the same source, which have working airhorns.
D&G Bus' YJ60 KFE (129) is seen waiting time on Green Lane, Wilmslow before operating an 88 towards Altrincham Interchange. The 88 operates up to every hour between Altrincham and Knutsford Bus Station with 2 hourly extensions up to Macclesfield, with the alternative run hour continuing on as an 89 towards Northwich. YJ60KFE was new as one of five slimline Solos in September 2010 to Go Goodwins, as their SOLO6. These all came with extra side lights, smart interiors and fake air horns. It is an Optare Solo M880SL.
As a side note, the driver is sound as a pound!
Car: Smart Roadster.
Date of first registration: 1st March 2005.
Registration region: Cardiff.
Date taken: 15th January 2019.
Album: Street Spots
The smart marque began as a collaboration between Volkswagen and the Swiss watch brand Swatch. After VW pulled out from the project, Daimler-Benz stepped in to provide the vehicle architecture.
The first smart brand car was launched in 1998. The car was a short two-seat city car. The car was known as the Smart City Coupe and Smart City Cabriolet.
A second line was added in 2003 the Smart Roadster (R452) shown, and the Smart Roadster Coupe (C452). The two shared the basic architecture and design, differing primarily in the Roadster having a flat luggage/engine lid behind the rollbar, while the Roadster Coupe had a glass hatch section in the place. Both cars had a removable 'targa' panel over the two occupants, spanning the windscreen and the rollbar.
The Roadster and Roadster Coupe also shared many mechanical systems with the Smart city car (to be renamed Smart Four-Two in 2004), including the engine/transmission systems and suspension. The Smart Roadster and Roadster Coupe had a much lower set 'Tridion' safety cell.
For such an appealing compact sportscar, the Smart Roadster had a short lifespan, being removed from market at the end of 2005.
Helm Medical Services Smart Fortwo Pulse compact car, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, B.C.
Nikon D700
Tamron Adaptall-2 300mm ƒ/5.6 54B
Woodstones Coaches' BU16 UWW and BV17 CME are seen parked on Church Green West, outside St Stephen's Church. On the LED of both is "School Children," but seeing as there was none around I took the photo. Both wear the rather smart livery of the Kidderminster based operator. BV17CME was new in March 2017 to Woodstones and BU16UWW was new a year earlier in 2016 to the smart operator. The two coaches are Volvo B8R/Plaxton Leopard vehicles.