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Hi. Mike. Hope you enjoyed your break, good to be back on your adventure with you. If George Cave had known about those Skada Coaches in the 70s, he would have had a fleet of "em.

Hi. Peter. You are very much appreciated I am sure for what you do, if I still lived up there I would come and help.

I took these two photo,s of 71000 as it came through Highbridge yesterday pulling the Torbay Express in place of Tornado

Am looking forward to seeing the photo,s and video Bammot, you do a good sevice for us bus nuts. John70

Thats great news you being able to drive 2903 and in service Mike, very pleased for you, must have brought back a lot of memories to you. It shows the high regard the garage managers have for you to let you do this, should not imagine thier are many drivers they would do it for. Know what you...

Sorry I let the cat out of the bag Mike, 51 Years is an exellent achievment, and as I have said before you are a credit to the bus industry, pleased 3472 is allmost ready for the road, will have to come up to see it soon. Wishing you all the very best for your future. John.

Thanks for all these updates and photo,s Mike, have enjoyed reading them. Happy retirement to you.

Hi. Robert. Shouldnt think it was the same boat then, as Dad landed in Plymouth at 6pm, very interesting though, thankyou for your interest.

Hello Robert. Its interesting what you say about your father. all I know about my fathers escape from France is he landed at Plymouth on the 19th. of June at 6pm and the boat he should have been on was bombed and blew up which I have wondered if it could have been the Lancastria at St. Nazaire...

Hi. Mike. I hope you manage to find someone who would have taken a photo on that day, as you say a very special day for you, I would have enjoyed being on as a passenger if that was your last run, you have such a lot of great memories of your many years as a bus and coach driver, and have been a...

Thanks again Mike, love the photo of the waiting tram passengers seeing 3247 coming along.

Re: Refuge Collecting Vehicles Hi., Mike. Would this have been the one anly Reg.?.

Far from boring Mike, very interesting in fact, be great to see the other pics. and hear about the other trips also, hope you and Drin are keeping well.

Thanks again Mike, it was a great trip, nice to hear some of the detail about it.

Hi. Mike. Thanks for the photo,s and updates of your trip, wish I had been with you all. Nice to know 3247 is still in use and going to be preserved I hope, its had an interesting existance all in all, after spending most of its life at Liverpool St. where in the country is it now with its new...

Thanks again Mike, I remember you going on that trip but didn,t know any details about it, find it very interesting, pity 3247 could not have been preserved. Kind Regards. John.

Thanks for your reply Thylacine, I have a soft spot for the D7 as I passed my PSV test on 4727, and as far as I know only one is in preservation, 4482 at Whythall transport museum, I guess 4114 is in quite a poor condition now if its been standing outside for over 30 years, seem to remember...

Thanks for hat video BammoT, any idea when and where the last D7 ran in service?.

Hi. Mike. Thankyou for putting that on, look forward to seeing the rest of the photo,s.

This could have been in the early 70s when the Atlanteans were based at Yardley Wood, I was there then and loved these buse personally, and we had then on the 90s to Pheasey Estate from Hall green occasionally.