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Seen here in Leeds working route 240 for National Express.
Skill are now running 12 coaches on the network
Skills SN10JKE Volvo B12B Plaxton Elite C54FLt coach at Broad Marsh Bus Station in Nottingham on National Express 240 to Heathrow on 10 October 2015.
Ex Parks Hamilton HSK650
The Championship Play-off Final starring Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest produced just over 200 coaches at Wembley in late May 2022. On this occasion, Forest won promotion to the Premier League.
M0308 hair | tram
Bat headband | Stoic
Ghost face paintings | Lovely
BoM sweater | Seams Legit | Daydream
Cosy cub jacket | Sleepy Fawn
Apple skirt | Papaya
Basic tights | Blush
Samantha shoes | Tippy Tap
Sleepy Bear | Sakura
Little chalkboard | Tiny Blep | Woodlands
Skills SIL6434 Neoplan N2216/3 Tri-axle Tourliner C61F coach leaving Derby Bus Station on National Express route 440 to London on 19 December 2015.
Originally registered YN57AEB.
It's always a good day out watching the coaches arrive at Wembley, especially when the less regular teams from outside the London area play.
If you haven't been since Covid then you'll be in for a shock! The new Pink and Green dedicated coach parks are almost entirely undercover which makes photography a challenge. Nevertheless, decent shots can still be obtained with good planning.
Here's a reminder of some of the visitors to Wembley Stadium seen in 2022.
Down goes the American Lumberjack, for winning final round for the Canadian team.It was a great show and these guys were both entertaining and great at their skills! The overall competition was won by the Canadian Team with the most wins per race and skill in the Lumberjack games! A fun time!
The Great Lumberjack Show.
Ketchikan, Alaska.
"Photo Title / Verse Title"
Photo:
The Spanish squad having fun at the pawsox baseball game.
Verse:
Come closer let me show you how it works,
Come on and hurry up but don't get nervous,
I will not charge you up, and consider it a free service,
look closely because this is what they call it skill,
Pure talent I never asked to pay bills,
We started from the bottom, and now we are up the hill,
I don't begin with a scratch, all I do is build,
Look again, you will see my home address,
Talent Street, Bldg. 96 Full blessed,
Wasn't born with and it didn't come with a package of success,
Don't be tried to say what you want to express,
Many things in my life will make sleep depressed,
But I am still standing here cashing checks,
Saturday 16th April 2022 saw Liverpool play Manchester City in an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. With the West Coast Main Line affected by engineering works, it was bound to produce a good selection of coaches with around 250 turning up. I noted 22 different coach body manufacturers to give plenty of variety to the day.
For several years Skills ran Monday express services to Sheffield and to Nottingham from Blackpool Pleasure Beach coach park.
On 21st September 1998, 2 Volvo/Van Hools brought their litle sister with them to helpout.
Seen here in Leeds working route 310 for National Express.
Skill are now running 12 coaches on the network
Skills bought several Leyland Panthers with Plaxton coach bodies. Some had "G" registrations and others had "J" registrations. One of each batch is seen here on Lonsdale Coach park, Blackpool on 24th June1978.
Skills SIL7024 Neoplan N2216 Tourliner P22 tri-axle coach at Derby Bus Station on 20 June 2015.
This is possibly ex MF11LVN ??
A remarkable survivor on the NEC car park shuttle services, this Dart is rapidly approaching 20 years old!!
As we'd parked in the East car park zone, we made use of this bus after the show, which was a first for me, I've never sampled a dual door Dart before!!
2012 passes the outdoor exhibitions for Euro Bus Expo 22 whilst on East Car Park shuttles.
Former London Dennis Trident/ALX400 SN53 EUX on 14.7.16 being used by Skills Coaches on the Unite Students contract between Nottingham City Centre and University Park.
Rear wheel trim is missing.
Our peaceful, Grade 1 registered garden is unlike any other with its romantic design and architecture, combining formality with nature and magnificent rural views across an unspoilt valley, whilst beautifully framed architectural gems and antiquities punctuate your visit throughout. Set on the last hill of the Cotswolds, within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, we hope that all who visit leave here feeling relaxed and inspired.
From its origins in the wool industry, through Georgian gentrification, then Harold Peto’s Edwardian structures, and right up to the present period, the passion of Iford’s inhabitants and its history are inextricably bound up in the beautiful garden’s unique design.
Today, Iford’s story continues to be written in this secluded corner of ‘Olde England’ with a new generation of owners, William and Marianne Cartwright-Hignett, who are taking the garden forward. Their appointment of Troy Scott Smith as Head Gardener (previously Head Gardener at Sissinghurst, Bodnant and The Courts) ensures there is much of horticultural interest throughout the season, as well as architectural and design. The gardens will be expanded yet further over the coming years, whilst refreshing the planting and preserving the heritage within the main garden itself. There will therefore be something new to discover on every visit.
The structural design seen today was largely created by Harold Peto, who lived at Iford from 1899-1933. A man of exquisite taste, with a talent for placing objects sympathetically to their surroundings, he designed gardens for royalty and aristocracy around the world. Trained as an architect, working in partnership with Sir Ernest George, Harold Peto ‘discovered’ a real passion for plants when undertaking work at Gravetye Manor, then home to ‘the father of gardening’ William Robinson.
Learning much about gardening directly from Robinson, Peto subsequently travelled the world, including Japan, Canada, America, Egypt and across Europe, learning about garden design and bringing back plants from all over the world. His skill for garden design, planting and architecture meant that he was in demand, especially on the Cap Ferrat in France where many of the world’s most expensive houses are today. Peto was the architect for several of those villas and gardens, to the extent that the Cap Ferrat was nicknamed ‘Peto Point’ in Edwardian times. Working for royalty, aristocracy and tycoons, his main patrons were the then Countess of Warwick and Isabella Stewart-Gardner.
Influenced mainly by his love of Roman, Italian and Japanese design, he was a promoter of the renaissance period and had a strong influence on the Arts and Crafts period. Striking the balance between formal and informal gardening, between soft planting and hard structure, Harold Peto’s work was appreciated in writings by Gertrude Jeykll and William Robinson.
During the past 55 years, today’s owners, the Cartwright-Hignett family, have lovingly restored the garden (once thought 'lost' after WW2) and continued to develop it, saving the buildings therein, finishing the Oriental Garden area designed by John Hignett and redesigning areas of the garden as they age, 100 years after Peto’s original plantings
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Skills FJ09DXU is a Scania K340EB4 with Caetano Levante bodywork. Seen at the depot, FJ09DXU was new to Silverdale of Nottingham.
Operating for National Express Coaches.
Skills Coaches
Volvo B11RT/Caetano Levante 3
BV19XPP
Sheffield Interchange
26 December 2022
AND THEY'RE OFF!! Day 1 at Royal Ascot today (Tuesday 17th June 2025) and I popped over to see what was occurring. It's a local event for me so I went over to suss it all out ahead of the big one - Ladies Day on Thursday, which is always the busiest day for coaches (followed by Saturday). So although today was one of the quieter days of the 5-day festival, a respectable 60 coaches turned up. And the weather was gorgeous!
Caetano Levante Scania K340EB4 new 10/2007 as National Express SC23 Taken on Elizabeth Bridge Victoria London