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  1. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    SK63KMZ - I passed it in Cleeve
  2. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    The only bus older than the 57reg'd Geminis is Volvo B7RLE Eclipse 69253 YJ07WFV which is in regular use on service 20 at Weston-super-Mare , still in Barbie livery.
  3. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    There are photos of the first two unregistered Streetdecks in Badgerline 3 livery without vinyls on the First Bus West of England Enthusiast page on Facebook.
  4. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    It would appear that 47552/3 will be the only buses in Excel livery to survive the arrival of the new Streetdecks , so they are being repainted in Badgerline livery and sent to Weston in exchange for the red fronted pair 47661/2. Can anyone confirm that the Streetdecks will all be in Badgerline...
  5. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    North Somerset Services 56 / 991 /992 appeared in Notices and Proceedings on 29th April 2021 , although they appear to have started well before this. They were in the name of the Council not Weston and District Community Transport.
  6. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Travelling around the Wills / Hartcliffe roundabout at around 12.30 today I passed 66935 WX55UAB operating on service 93. I thought that these 2005 B7RLEs had all been withdrawn , and the tracker shows that this was its first outing since 18th June .
  7. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I was not seriously suggesting that the Eclipses would be used, but options are limited unless something is drafted in from elsewhere. The gas buses were obtained with Government funding applied for by South Gloucestershire, so they should not really be available for the 349.
  8. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    There are also five 2005 Volvo / Eclipses kicking around that have recently been taken out of service from the 72 and W20 !
  9. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    It will not be a problem soon. I read in the local paper a few weeks ago that North Somerset and West of England Combined Authority are going to provide a fabulous new integrated transport and bus service for the area along the lines of Transport for London!
  10. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    On Sunday the Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-super-Mare stopping services were provided mainly by Bristol Community Transport with Enviro 200s. Yatton station had clear signs showing where the buses should stop, but no-one seems to have told the drivers, some of whom went to the wrong platform...
  11. NJ51

    West Country Independents

    North Somerset Services 56 / 991 /992 only appeared in Notices and Proceedings on 29th April 2021 , although they appear to have started on 12th April. Hopefully timekeeping might improve on the 53/54/55 with the revised timetable ? 15 minutes late was often the norm.
  12. NJ51

    West Country Independents

    Thanks to you Andy I have been able to track down service 56 this morning , although I was waiting at the wrong bus stop. Still run with a Citroen. https://flic.kr/p/2kVj1d4
  13. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    As I learned at my last speed awareness course the speed limits for HGVs were increased from 6th April 2015 to 50mph on a single carriageway road and to 60 mph on a dual carriageway.
  14. NJ51

    West Country Independents

    I have only seen 1352/3 which BusListsOnTheWeb has recorded as 1353/4 in error. I have posted photos on flickr. https://flic.kr/p/2kQ9gCG https://flic.kr/p/2kGYkvQ
  15. NJ51

    West Country Independents

    It was new to Andybus , Easton Grey on 1st September 2009 as AJ09BUS. It was reregistered when it was sold to Fromebus.
  16. NJ51

    West Country Independents

    Thanks Andy. I know that Clevedon school set the minibus run up themselves when the X7 stopped , as I spoke to one of the governors about the licensing issues. The school also paid Carmel Bristol to run the service around Clevedon for a few weeks when Coombs stopped running the 985 , but could...
  17. NJ51

    West Country Independents

    Yes , this is still the case , except that the coaches are now run by Blue Iris / Glenvic. My grandson is in the sixth form at Clevedon School having been there since he was 11 and does not want to change schools at this late stage. There are a few students from Yatton who go to Clevedon , who...
  18. NJ51

    West Country Independents

    My grandson has just moved to Yatton this week , and we were pleased to see there was going to be a bus service to Clevedon again , in addition to your weekly service , so that his mother or I would not need to drive him to school in Clevedon. However in spite of representations by the school...
  19. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    It is notable that according to the tracker the Weston Streetlites in Badgerline livery have been used on the 20 ( and the 1 ) for the last few days. So perhaps the 20 will be part of the "town" services this year . Two open toppers and 39005 for spare / wet weather should cover the 1 for the...
  20. NJ51

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    32290 received damage to the upstairs front nearside from overhanging branches, probably on service 1 on 20th August , if the tracker is accurate. 32006 received similar damage on the 20 on 28th August , after which both services have been run mainly with single deckers .

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