Ben Bailey #LLP🕊️

@BusesDepth i think any spotter means, how it sounds or looks not necessarily what it’s like to drive cause they’d never know..

You know what I hate.. When bus spotters tell me how good the bus I'm driving is..... 😂😂😂

Red Rose Volvo B7TL (East Lancs Vyking) PN52XBP working 50/55’s

A few Redline motors today!

N168PUT / 2168 | 17/05/25

Been a while since i’ve posted on here, here’s a few snaps from yesterday!

@edwardbdart i rate that, good effort

A bit of a mess about with the drone and paint.net tonight has led to the creation of this poster, which definitely needs to be made a bit busier, but for a first attempt at something like this, what's everyone's thoughts?

@modelbusdoctor i’ve had that one on the X2 was a gooden

@ShiresBusVeg Funnily enough, so was I, caught this on my way back to my hotel for the night

thought i’d go deep into Oxfordshire for some Thames Travel Action, here’s some snaps - FF55OXF banging euro 3 citaro!

slightly random day out in Aylesbury, today saw the transfer of X154 FBB, a fantastic B7TL from Redline to Red Rose as a replacement for accident damaged E400 LK08 NVL, HJ02 HFF working 50’s, Redline’s smart Volvo B9TL (MCV DD103) BF62 UYN and CX58 EXL / 2919 (cause it’s epic)

@Ethan62462226 @edwardbdart well, who knows the future for it.. the darts have been fazed out at red group, redline don’t operate any. AE07’s have been sat a long time now and Pointer Dart HW54BTV as been scrapped. the only darts that remind are Y358/359LCK, SN53LWR and BU05HFZ

@edwardbdart Hope to catch LWK soon when it’s next out. Every time I’m in Aylesbury it’s always there at the wrong time!

A lesser-spotted type of Dart is the Egyptian MCV bodied example, of which 4 operate/d with Red Group of Aylesbury. Only 1 of the 4 - AE56 LWK - is still roadgoing, albeit parked up in the compound of death currently with AE07 DZB & C, AE56 LWL having suffered a fire long ago.

THROWBACK | Vale Travel Dennis Dart (East Lancs) M454LLJ working school contract 2707 from Lord Williams School’s to Kingston Blount, Seen on the 30th of September 2022, This was the last service it ran since it was put up for sale. It remains in the Vale Travel yard to this day

Carousel Mercedes-Benz Citaro O295 (VU18 OPK) Working 103’s to and from Windsor, Seen in High Wycombe 03/01/25

@edwardbdart not at all!

@ShiresBusVeg hardly a bad thing eh 😂😂

A lot of Former Go-Ahead London today.. Redline Volvo B7TL (Alexander ALX400’s) V112/V119LGC (AVL12/19) and Preserved Dennis Dart (Plaxton Pointer) Y803TGH (LDP130)

Good evening from @ldp130 !!

Red Rose Dennis Dart (Plaxton Pointer 2) HW54 BTV in Aylesbury bus station last night. Which i can only assume broke down because it didn’t do anymore runs prior to this photo and wasn’t out today.. this runs daily!

@MarcJF241 oh wow, didn’t know there were more kicking about thought they were all withdrawn lol

@ShiresBusVeg Saw 18410 - KX06 JYB on Saturday afternoon at Northampton.

Throwback Thursday | Haven’t posted in a little while so thought id do a throwback.. this week is Stagecoach Northampton’s old Dennis Trident (Alexander ALX400’s) KN54 ZXP, KX04 REU and PX04 DPE all seen in Northampton - Such nice motors shame they were all withdrawn!

Red Rose Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointers (BU05 HFZ and HW54 BTV)

@colinblackwell4 @edwardbdart @Samuel_Packman yeah they have some nice ones

@ShiresBusVeg @edwardbdart @Samuel_Packman Wow chambers of Clacton are amazing and fantastic buses to go on

Had a great day out with @edwardbdart & @Samuel_Packman in Bury St Edmunds, Loads of interesting buses there, highlight of the day was Simonds Coaches DAF DB250 (East Lancs Lowlander) YJ56 KCK. What a bus that was!