CLACTON BUS RALLY

The gorgeous preserved Eastern National Bristol RE 1516 FWC 439H seen here outside the now redundant First Harwich depot.

Yesterday i ventured down to what was my first visit to the Clacton Bus Rally held at the Clacton Shopping outlet on the outskirts of town, unfortunately the weather put paid to many packing up early, however there there was a good amount of stalls on site and at least seven routes of which i only got to go on two as i undertook the longest one up to Harwich on the Bristol RE as seen above, who can pass up such an opportunity, i managed to photo what i think was everything, as i took over sixty i can't put everything so below is a selection of the best.

London Bus Company provided RM 159 159 CLT which was plucked from a barn and only restored and MOT'd in recent weeks seen here on a very wet and windy Clacton sea front!.

Looking rather fine and repainted back into it's original 50 years of Leyland Buses for London is Leyland Titan T1983 OHV747Y.

First Hadleigh provided what is from the latest batch of  the shorter Wright Streetlite 47646 SN15 AFF, not my favourite looking bus!

The old and the new Panther Travel provided a nice little selection of buses including this very fine Leyland Olympian with dual purpose seating BIG 9249 and a newly acquired Enterprise Plasma/Plaxton Primo re registered SB07 PAN.

Eastern National Bristol VR 3107 UAR 597W in NBC Green livery.

 A double Bristol delight  from companies down south here we see Southern Vectis Bristol Lodekka 570 YDL 315 and a Bristol VR 1448 KRU 848W in deregulation Wilts and Dorset Livery.

 One of Hedingham's latest acquisitions from within the Go Ahead group is Scania Omnidekka 1519 YN06 JYD.

 One of Four Scania Omnicity double deckers ex Stagecoach East London for Sullivan Buses DS52 LX59 CPO.

 Patrick Burnside's Eastern Counties Bristol SC/ECW 3006 AH presents a brave face.

Now preserved Thamesway ex First Eastern National Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer 909 K909 CVW with ex London Transport Leyland National KJD 535P.