I know I don't usually take photos of coaches, but it was an opportunity!
If I may say so myself, a really good photo of one of Ensign's new Gemini 2s on route 73.
15016 ready to pick up... well, realistically... nobody!
RT3232 ready to work the Ensign Extravaganza feeder service!
The first photo stop, by the Tower Of London
I kindly got allowed to get in the cab! I can't believe how people drive these things! They're so basic!
A quick snap at Embankment, then the tour started!
The first proper photo stop on the tour, at Bow Church
Some photographers, including me, got off at Stratford and let the bus drive round the block so we could get a photo!
RT3232 next to the station nearest to my home. Upminster. (Unfortunately, the sign wasn't up, but the banner for We Are FSTVL shows that it is Upminster!)
An Ensignbus MCV Evolution (All photos are now at Purfleet Depot)
An ex-Western Greyhound bus in the Ensign sales fleet.
Pointer Sandwich - Two fairly mouldy slices of President and some yummy Pointer as the filling!
A bus with tricky lighting inside the Ensign garage building.
Not the greatest photo, but a lovely line-up of lots of old RMs, RTs and so on.
A very rare (I think it's one of a kind!) bus
An ex-Stagecoach ALX400 just after centre door removal
Two lovely old RTs (RT8 and RT1499) standing in the yard, ready for weddings.
The second bus for the day, RCL2226 on its one and only photoshoot at Tilbury Docks
The bus in a mirror near Aldgate
RCL2226 on the Embankment, ready to run the Lakeside feeder. It ran from Embankment to Kennington Road for a driver change, then Kennington Road, over Tower Bridge to a place near Barking to pick up another driver, but he wasn't there in time, so we just ran back to Lakeside. On the day, we passed the same place in Barking about three times!
Back at Lakeside, about an hour and a half late. At least we got our money's worth!
After that, it was dinner at Wagamama, then 370 and 248 home to watch what was left of Eurovision.
See earlier post for some drama at Lakeside.
