‘Scene’ Coaching on the Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is becoming my second home it seems. Getting there by ferry from Gunwharfe Quay in Portsmouth is always an enjoyable experience and it is there, waiting to board that the first two images were captured.

 

BT14 LCT ‘Leon’s of Stafford’ Neoplan N5216-3SHDC Starliner.

 

YN64 AOK ‘Dunwood Travel’ Scania 360EB4 / Irizar i6.

 

‘Dunwood Travel’ of Dudley are part of the ‘Leons of Stafford’ group.

 

EDZ 114 ‘Avanti Coach Travel’ SETRA S250.

 

Originally R762 NFW.

 

‘Avanti Coach Travel’ is the trading name ‘E. Pitchers’ of Blofield, Norwich and the coach was with a company called ‘Hodson’s before that.

 

YT62 HZY ‘P & D York Travel’ Scania 360EB4 / Irizar i6.

 

‘P & D York Travel’ are based in Wolverhampton. 

 

It was previously operated by ‘Solus Coaches’ of Tamworth.

 

TL07 DGE ‘Group Travel’  (‘Moon & Benney’) SETRA S415GT-HD.

 

‘Moon & Benney’ hail from Bodmin in Cornwall.

 

The livery and the registration however identify the coach as previously being operated by ‘Lodge Coaches’ of High Easter, Chelmsford, Essex.

 

MT61 HUP ‘Happy Days’ Neoplan Tourliner.

 

‘Happy Days’ are based in Stafford.

 

What an excellent choice of company name and livery.

 

BX14 KPE ‘Globe Holidays’ King Long XMQ6129Y.

 

Chinese built and operated by ‘Globe Holidays’ of Barnsley, South Yorks.

T871 JBC ‘A.L.S Travel’ MAN 24.400 / Noge Catalan.

 

‘A.L.S Travel’ are based on the Isle of Wight at Lake near Sandown.

 

It was new to ‘Bennett’ (Hamiltons of Uxbridge) in March 1999 before moving to ‘Irvine’, Law in Scotland in 2003 and then to ‘Calne Travel’ where it was re registered EIG 3277.

It then went to ‘Swallow’ of Rainham in Essex before moving to ‘Anicks Travel’ of Bristol.

 

All that before finding yet another home on the IoW !

 

CDL 647 ‘Seaview Services’ Volvo B12B / Van Hool Alizee.

 

Owned by ‘Robinson’, of Sandown who trade as ‘Seaview Services’.

 

New to Nuttall (Redline Coaches) of Penwortham, Lancashire as YK04 FWB. 

 

It was re registered by them to 12 RED in February 2009.

 

It regained its original registration when it passed via ‘Plaxton’ sales in 2011 to 

 

‘M&M Coaches’ of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.

 

It then worked for ‘Amport & District’ at Thruxton in Hampshire in September 2012 before coming to its current owner in October 2012 who re registered it yet again to its current mark.

 

YJ13 GZB ‘Birmingham International Coachways’ Van Hool TX15 Alicron / Van Hool.

 

YD02 PXM ‘Albert Wilde & Son Coaches’ Bova Futura.

 

‘Albert Wilde & Son Coaches’ are local to me being based in Heage in Derbyshire.

 

Previously operated by ‘K & M Coaches’ of Chesterfield.

 

JMM 758B 1964 Morris Minor.

 

The first car ever to appear in my blog.

 

I could not resist this because my very first car was the same model in the same colour but not I might add in this condition.

 

The total instrumentation was a speedometer which had a mileometer set in it, a battery charge light at one side balanced by an oil pressure light at the other and that was it.

 

To cap it all, for a pound sterling I got 4 gallons of petrol and some change.

 

Those really were the days !!!