User:Arriva436/gallery03

Wed Dec 22 22:20:12 GMT 2010

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  English: Bennetts of Cranberry (SN05 HDC), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD (more precisely a newer Alexander Dennis Pointer), in the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on town circular service 205, seen heading for the bus stands. Bennetts Travel has a rather attractive all-over purple livery.
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  English: The rear of Bennetts of Cranberry (SN05 HDC), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD (more precisely a newer Alexander Dennis Pointer), in one of the bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on town circular service 205, seen heading for the bus stands. Rather bizarrely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. It's all very chaotic!
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  English: The rear of Bennetts of Cranberry (SN05 HDC), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD (more precisely a newer Alexander Dennis Pointer), nearing the bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on town circular service 205, seen heading for the bus stands. Rather bizarrely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. It's all very chaotic!
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  English: Bennetts of Cranberry (SN05 HDC), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD (more precisely a newer Alexander Dennis Pointer), in the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on town circular service 205, seen heading for the bus stands. Rather strangely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. It's all very chaotic!
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  English: GHA Coaches AA56 GHA, a VDL SB120/Plaxton Centro, leaving the bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on route 146, for which it carries a dedicated livery. Rather bizarrely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic, which is what the bus has done here.
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  English: GHA Coaches AA56 GHA, a VDL SB120/Plaxton Centro, leaving the bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on route 146, for which it carries a dedicated livery. Rather bizarrely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic.
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  English: The rear of GHA Coaches AA56 GHA, a VDL SB120/Plaxton Centro, at one of the bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on route 146, for which it carries a dedicated livery. Rather bizarrely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. Obviously chaos ensues.
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  English: The rear of GHA Coaches AA56 GHA, a VDL SB120/Plaxton Centro, at one of the bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on route 146, for which it carries a dedicated livery. Rather bizarrely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. Obviously chaos ensues.
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  English: The rear of Helms of Eastham 102 (MX09 ANR), an Optare Versa, in bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on route 41. Rather strangely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. It's all very chaotic! The bus wears a special Chester Village Link livery for the service it operates on.
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  English: The rear of Helms of Eastham 102 (MX09 ANR), an Optare Versa, in bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on route 41. Rather strangely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. It's all very chaotic! The bus wears a special Chester Village Link livery for the service it operates on.
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  English: Helms of Eastham 102 (MX09 ANR), an Optare Versa, in the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on route 41, heading for the bus stands. Rather strangely, the bus station in Whitchurch is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. It's all very chaotic! The bus wears a special Chester Village Link livery for the service it operates on.
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  English: The rear of Travel West Midlands 4781 (BU08 DYB), seen on the southbound carriageway of the M6 motorway, I think just after Spaghetti Junction (junction 6, Gravelly Hill Interchange), on service E22.
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  English: A set of bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. The half-sort-of-bus station here is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. It's all very chaotic!
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  English: A set of bus stands within the car park of the Tesco supermarket in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. The half-sort-of-bus station here is a series of drive in, reverse out bays in the middle of a Tesco car park, which requires buses to drive through the car park to get to the stands, having to wait for cars going into spaces, or even wait behind cars waiting for spaces to be vacated. Even more strangely, the car park has two entrances and exits, and effectively forms a through road that many people use, which happens to pass right behind where the bus stands are, meaning buses have to reverse out into passing traffic. It's all very chaotic!

Wed Dec 22 20:57:48 GMT 2010

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  English: Arriva Midlands North 2349 (S349 YOG), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 SPD, on the B5070 Church Street, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales, stopped at the Church Street bus stop while heading for Oswestry on route 2A, covering for one of the newer route branded Darts or VDL/Wright Cadets that usually ply the route.
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  English: Arriva Midlands North 2378 (FJ55 BVT), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 (technically a newer Alexander Dennis Pointer), on the B5070 Church Street, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales, heading for Wrexham on route 2A, which is it route branded for, although I did photograph it two days earlier on Sunday service 5A, as seen in File:Arriva Midlands North 2378 FJ55 BVT.JPG.
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  English: Arriva Midlands North 2378 (FJ55 BVT), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 (technically a newer Alexander Dennis Pointer), on the B5070 Church Street, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales, heading for Wrexham on route 2A, which is it route branded for, although I did photograph it two days earlier on Sunday service 5A, as seen in File:Arriva Midlands North 2378 FJ55 BVT.JPG.
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  English: The rear of Arriva Midlands North 2378 (FJ55 BVT), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 (technically a newer Alexander Dennis Pointer), on the B5070 Church Street, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales, letting people alight at The Hand Hotel bus stop, while heading for Wrexham on route 2A, which is it route branded for.
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  English: Arriva Midlands North 2993 (YJ09 MKG), an Optare Versa, turning right from High Street into Cross Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, on route 449. The main daytime service on route 449 is run by Tanat Valley, with Arriva running an early morning and two late afternoon/early evening journeys. The first afternoon Arriva journey runs before the last Tanat Valley service, and I managed to photograph both. As seen here, Arriva were using a new Versa at the time, new in May 2009 so only a few months old when seen. In contrast, Tanat Valley were using a J-reg Leyland Lynx, File:Tanat Valley 268 J658 UHN.JPG.
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  English: Arriva Midlands North 2995 (YJ09 MKL), an Optare Versa, in Cross Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, on route 53. It is seen here parked in the bus stop at the end of the road (furthest away from the town centre, as car parking spaces are seemingly more important) laying over between duties. The bus was new in May 2009, so was just a few months old when seen.
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  English: The rear of Arriva Midlands North 2995 (YJ09 MKL), an Optare Versa, in Cross Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, on route 53. It is seen here parked in the bus stop at the end of the road (furthest away from the town centre, as car parking spaces are seemingly more important) laying over between duties. The bus was new in May 2009, so was just a few months old when seen.
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  English: Arriva Midlands North 2995 (YJ09 MKL), an Optare Versa, in Cross Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, on route 53. It is seen here pulling up at the bus stop at the end of the road before laying over between duties for a few minutes. The bus was new in May 2009, so was just a few months old when seen.
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  English: GHA Coaches N3 GHA, a Mercedes-Benz 709D/Marshall, on the B5070 Church Street, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales on route 60.
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  English: A timetable at one of a pair of bus stops on the B5070 Chirk Road, Gledrid, Shropshire, England, outside the Poachers Pocket pub, which the stops are named after. The stops are served by Arriva Midlands North route 2. This stop is for services towards Oswestry.
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  English: A timetable at one of a pair of bus stops on the B5070 Chirk Road, Gledrid, Shropshire, England, outside the Poachers Pocket pub, which the stops are named after. Unfortunately this timetable carries a typo, as can be seen it says "Packet" instead of "Pocket". The stops are served by Arriva Midlands North route 2. This stop is for services towards Chirk and Wrexham.
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  English: One of a pair of bus stops on the B5070 Chirk Road, Gledrid, Shropshire, England, outside the Poachers Pocket pub, which the stops are named after. The stops are served by Arriva Midlands North route 2, though the bus stops are provided by Shropshire County Council and don't carry any Arriva branding on the flags. This stop is for services towards Chirk and Wrexham.
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  English: A pair of bus stops on the B5070 Chirk Road, Gledrid, Shropshire, England, outside the Poachers Pocket pub, which the stops are named after. The stops are served by Arriva Midlands North route 2, though the bus stops are provided by Shropshire County Council and don't carry any Arriva branding on the flags.
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  English: A huge road sign on the B5070 Chirk Road, Gledrid, Shropshire, England, as it approaches a large roundabout, where it meets the main A5 road, which is mentioned on the sign.
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  English: Tanat Valley 268 (J658 UHN), a Leyland Lynx II, in Cross Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, on route 449. It is seen here parked in the bus stop at the end of the road (furthest away from the town centre, as car parking spaces are seemingly more important) laying over between duties.
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  English: The rear of Tanat Valley 268 (J658 UHN), a Leyland Lynx II, in Cross Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, on route 449. It is seen here parked in the bus stop at the end of the road (furthest away from the town centre, as car parking spaces are seemingly more important) laying over between duties.
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  English: Tanat Valley 268 (J658 UHN), a Leyland Lynx II, in Cross Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, on route 449. The main daytime service on route 449 is run by Tanat Valley, with Arriva running an early morning and two late afternoon/early evening journeys. The first afternoon Arriva journey runs before the last Tanat Valley service, and I managed to photograph both. While Tanat Valley had this elderley J-reg bus on the route, Arriva were using one of their few-month-old Optare Versas at the time, File:Arriva Midlands North 2993 YJ09 MKG.JPG.

Wed Dec 22 18:21:25 GMT 2010

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  English: Arriva Buses Wales 2511 (CX05 AAJ), a VDL SB200/Wright Commander, in Castle Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders, as seen here (some buses have since been repainted into new livery, and lost the branding). In this photo, the bus is displaying "Barmouth" as the destination. It was alternating between this and "Abermaw", which is Welsh for Barmouth. Note the route branding here on the offside is in Welsh, it is displayed in English on the nearside of the bus.
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  English: Arriva Buses Wales 2511 (CX05 AAJ), a VDL SB200/Wright Commander, stopped to pick up passengers in Castle Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders, as seen here (some buses have since been repainted into new livery, and lost the branding). In this photo, the bus is displaying "Barmouth" as the destination. It was alternating between this and "Abermaw", which is Welsh for Barmouth. Note the route branding here on the offside is in Welsh, it is displayed in English on the nearside of the bus.
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  English: Arriva Buses Wales 2511 (CX05 AAJ), a VDL SB200/Wright Commander, swings left into Castle Street, from Mill Street, in Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders, as seen here (some buses have since been repainted into new livery, and lost the branding). In this photo, the bus is displaying "Barmouth" as the destination. It was alternating between this and "Abermaw", which is Welsh for Barmouth.
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  English: The rear of Arriva Buses Wales 2511 (CX05 AAJ), a VDL SB200/Wright Commander, in Castle Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders, as seen here (some buses have since been repainted into new livery, and lost the branding). The TrawsCambria buses should carry bike racks on the rear of the bus, but as is obvious from this photo, 2511 was not.
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  English: The rear of Arriva Buses Wales 2511 (CX05 AAJ), a VDL SB200/Wright Commander, heads up a busy Castle Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, under a mass of bunting and banners, on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders, as seen here (some buses have since been repainted into new livery, and lost the branding).
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  English: The rear of Arriva Buses Wales 2511 (CX05 AAJ), a VDL SB200/Wright Commander, in Castle Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders, as seen here (some buses have since been repainted into new livery, and lost the branding). The TrawsCambria buses should carry bike racks on the rear of the bus, but as is obvious from this photo, 2511 was not.
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  English: Arriva Buses Wales 2511 (CX05 AAJ), a VDL SB200/Wright Commander, in Castle Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders, as seen here (some buses have since been repainted into new livery, and lost the branding). In this photo, the bus is displaying "Abermaw" as the destination, which is Welsh for Barmouth. It was alternating between this and "Barmouth". Note the route branding here on the offside is in Welsh, it is displayed in English on the nearside of the bus.
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  English: Arriva Buses Wales 2512 (CX05 AAK), a VDL SB200/Wright Commander, on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales, passing the Sun Trevor Inn while heading towards Llangollen on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders at the time, except 2512, which was the unbranded spare.
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  English: Arriva Buses Wales 7565 (R565 ABA), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, in Parade Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders at the time, however, in this photo a Dennis Dart was covering, with a hand-written board in the windscreen showing the destination of "Chester". Route X94 no longer runs to Chester, instead only going as far as Wrexham, mainly because other bus routes run frequently between the two towns.
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  English: The rear of Arriva Buses Wales 7565 (R565 ABA), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, in Parade Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, turning left into Castle Street on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders at the time, however, in this photo a Dennis Dart was covering, with a hand-written board in the windscreen showing the destination of "Chester". Route X94 no longer runs to Chester, instead only going as far as Wrexham, mainly because other bus routes run frequently between the two towns.
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  English: Arriva Buses Wales 7565 (R565 ABA), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, in Parade Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on TrawsCambria route X94. This TrawsCambria route was run with a fleet of route branded Wright Commanders at the time, however, in this photo a Dennis Dart was covering, with a hand-written board in the windscreen showing the destination of "Chester". Route X94 no longer runs to Chester, instead only going as far as Wrexham, mainly because other bus routes run frequently between the two towns.
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  English: Bryn Melyn R32 GNW, a DAF SB220/Plaxton Prestige, in Parade Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on route 5. Route 5 is branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express", and is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!
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  English: Bryn Melyn S200 CBC, a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 SPD, on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales, passing the Sun Trevor Inn while heading towards Llangollen on route 5, branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express". Bryn Melyn is owned by GHA Coaches. Trevor Uchaf lies between Llangollen and Trevor.
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  English: Bryn Melyn S200 CBC, a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 SPD, on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales, passing the Sun Trevor Inn while heading towards Llangollen on route 5, branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express". Bryn Melyn is owned by GHA Coaches. Route 5 is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!
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  English: Bryn Melyn S200 CBC, a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 SPD, on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales, about to pass the Sun Trevor Inn while heading towards Wrexham on route 5, branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express". Trevor Uchaf lies between Llangollen and Trevor. Trevor Uchaf itself is in the county of Denbighshire, whereas its larger neighbour Trevor has been in Wrexham (county borough) since 1974.
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  English: Bryn Melyn SIW 8268 (previously P385 FEA), a Mercedes-Benz 709D/Alexander, in Parade Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on route 64. Bryn Melyn is owned by GHA Coaches.
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  English: Bryn Melyn SK51 AYC, a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales, passing the Sun Trevor Inn while heading towards Llangollen on route 5, branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express". Bryn Melyn is owned by GHA Coaches, and route 5 is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!
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  English: Bryn Melyn SK51 AYC, a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales, passing the Sun Trevor Inn while heading towards Llangollen on route 5, branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express". Bryn Melyn is owned by GHA Coaches, and route 5 is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!
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  English: GHA Coaches N722 RDD, a Mercedes-Benz 709D/Alexander, in Parade Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on route 5. Route 5 is branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express", and is usually run with buses in a dedicated livery, but in this case this minibus had to cover, complete with "5" written on a scrap of paper in the windscreen for the route number. Route 5 is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!
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  English: GHA Coaches N722 RDD, a Mercedes-Benz 709D/Alexander, on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales, about to pass the Sun Trevor Inn while heading towards Wrexham on route 5. Route 5 is branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express", and is usually run with buses in a dedicated livery, but in this case this minibus had to cover, complete with "5" written on a scrap of paper in the windscreen for the route number. Route 5 is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!
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  English: GHA Coaches R276 CBU, a Mercedes-Benz Vario/Plaxton Beaver 2, in Parade Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on route 5. Route 5 is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!
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  English: The rear of GHA Coaches W677 DDN, an Optare Solo, Mill Street (part of the A539), Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on route 5, branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express". Route 5 is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!
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  English: GHA Coaches W677 DDN, an Optare Solo, in Parade Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on route 5, branded as the "Llangollen to Wrexham Express". Route 5 is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!
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  English: Bus stops in Parade Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales. This is the main bus terminus in the town.
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  English: A bus stop at the Sun Trevor Inn on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales. Trevor Uchaf lies between Llangollen and Trevor. This bus stop is served by buses heading towards Llangollen. The Sun Trevor Inn can be seen in the background.
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  English: A bus stop at the Sun Trevor Inn on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales. Trevor Uchaf lies between Llangollen and Trevor. This bus stop is served by buses heading towards Llangollen.
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  English: A bus stop at the Sun Trevor Inn on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales. Trevor Uchaf lies between Llangollen and Trevor. Trevor Uchaf itself is in the county of Denbighshire, whereas its larger neighbour Trevor has been in Wrexham (county borough) since 1974. This bus stop is served by buses heading towards Trevor and Wrexham.
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  English: A pair of bus stops at the Sun Trevor Inn on the A539 Trevor Road, Trevor Uchaf, Denbighshire, Wales. Trevor Uchaf lies between Llangollen and Trevor. The Sun Trevor Inn can be seen in the background.
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  English: GHA Coaches R276 CBU, a Mercedes-Benz Vario/Plaxton Beaver 2, in Castle Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, on route 5. Route 5 is jointly operated by Bryn Melyn and GHA Coaches, even though GHA Coaches own Bryn Melyn!

Sat Dec 18 12:53:48 GMT 2010

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  English: Arriva Midlands North 2296 (BF52 NZO), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, on the B5070 Church Street, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales on Sunday service 5A, which runs from Chirk to Wrexham via Llangollen and Ruabon. The deviation to Llangollen is rather lengthy, which is presumably why only the Sunday service takes it. On Mondays - Saturdays, Chirk is served by routes 2 and 2A, which run from Oswestry, through Chirk and onto Wrexham via Ruabon.
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  English: Arriva Midlands North 2296 (BF52 NZO), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, on the B5070 Church Street, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales on Sunday service 5A, which runs from Chirk to Wrexham via Llangollen and Ruabon. The deviation to Llangollen is rather lengthy, which is presumably why only the Sunday service takes it. On Mondays - Saturdays, Chirk is served by routes 2 and 2A, which run from Oswestry, through Chirk and onto Wrexham via Ruabon.
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  English: Arriva Midlands North 2378 (FJ55 BVT), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 (technically a newer Alexander Dennis Pointer), on the B5070 Church Street, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales on Sunday service 5A, which runs from Chirk to Wrexham via Llangollen and Ruabon. The deviation to Llangollen is rather lengthy, which is presumably why only the Sunday service takes it. On Mondays - Saturdays, Chirk is served by routes 2 and 2A, which run from Oswestry, through Chirk and onto Wrexham via Ruabon. The bus is actually branded for routes 2 and 2A, but is being used on Sunday service 5A anyway.
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  English: A bus stop in Church Street (the B5070), Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales, for Arriva Midlands North services 2 and 2A. It is also served by National Express coaches, with a pole and flag for this. There is nothing to show normal bus services stopping there, other than the bus shelter itself, with a timetable.
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  English: The timetable displayed at the Church Street (the B5070) bus stop, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales, for Arriva Midlands North services 2 and 2A.
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  English: A bus stop in Church Street (the B5070), Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales, for Arriva Midlands North services 2 and 2A. It is also served by National Express coaches, with a pole and flag for this. There is nothing to show normal bus services stopping there, other than the bus shelter itself, with a timetable.
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  English: A bus stop in Church Street (the B5070), Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales, outside the Hand Hotel. Services that serve the stop include Arriva Midlands North services 2, 2A and 5A, as well as National Express coaches. The very large bus stop flag incorporates a Real Time information display on the other side.
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  English: A bus stop at Chirk railway station, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales. The bus stop, situated in the road going straight ahead in this photo, is in Station Road. The road that runs left to right either side of the mini roundabout is Station Avenue. The road to the right is a bridge over the railway line, with the station below that (behind where I was standing when I took this photo).
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  English: A bus stop at Chirk railway station, Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun), Wrexham (county borough), Wales. The bus stop, situated in the road going straight ahead in this photo, is in Station Road. The road that runs left to right either side of the mini roundabout is Station Avenue. The road to the right is a bridge over the railway line, with the station below that (behind where I was standing when I took this photo).
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  English: First Berkshire & The Thames Valley 20367 (CV55 AGX), a Volvo B7R/Plaxton Profile, seen travelling northbound on the M40 motorway. This coach wears a special heritage Green Line livery like the old Green Line buses and coaches used to wear, and is usually used on Green Line routes 700, 701 and 702, between Bracknell, Slough, Windsor and London, so it was unusual to see it heading up country on the M40, out of service.
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  English: The rear of First Berkshire & The Thames Valley 20367 (CV55 AGX), a Volvo B7R/Plaxton Profile, seen travelling northbound on the M40 motorway. This coach wears a special heritage Green Line livery like the old Green Line buses and coaches used to wear, and is usually used on Green Line routes 700, 701 and 702, between Bracknell, Slough, Windsor and London, so it was unusual to see it heading up country on the M40, out of service.
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  English: The rear of First Berkshire & The Thames Valley 20367 (CV55 AGX), a Volvo B7R/Plaxton Profile, seen travelling northbound on the M40 motorway. This coach wears a special heritage Green Line livery like the old Green Line buses and coaches used to wear, and is usually used on Green Line routes 700, 701 and 702, between Bracknell, Slough, Windsor and London, so it was unusual to see it heading up country on the M40, out of service.
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  English: The rear of First Berkshire & The Thames Valley 20367 (CV55 AGX), a Volvo B7R/Plaxton Profile, seen travelling northbound on the M40 motorway. This coach wears a special heritage Green Line livery like the old Green Line buses and coaches used to wear, and is usually used on Green Line routes 700, 701 and 702, between Bracknell, Slough, Windsor and London, so it was unusual to see it heading up country on the M40, out of service.
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  English: First Berkshire & The Thames Valley 20367 (CV55 AGX), a Volvo B7R/Plaxton Profile, seen travelling northbound on the M40 motorway. This coach wears a special heritage Green Line livery like the old Green Line buses and coaches used to wear, and is usually used on Green Line routes 700, 701 and 702, between Bracknell, Slough, Windsor and London, so it was unusual to see it heading up country on the M40, out of service.
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  English: The rear of Stagecoach in Oxfordshire 50213 (OU09 FNG), a Van Hool Astromega, seen travelling northbound on the M40 motorway running the Oxford Tube service. A batch of 26 of these coaches entered service on the route in 2009, and this coach had only recently entered service when seen.

Thu Dec 16 2010

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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3101 (R301 CMV), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, in Horsell High Street, Horsell, Surrey, at the Horsell Crown bus stop on route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously (except one school journey which continued to run as far as Horsell). Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009. This photo was taken on the penultimate day of the old Woking - Guildford service. A last minute replacement was found in the form of route 97, which eventually ran from Woking to Knaphill Sainsbury's, covering where the 28 had been withdrawn from. However, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, as it had run before September 2009, this time with financial support from Surrey CC. This in turn enabled the withdrawal of route 97.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3101 (R301 CMV), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, in Horsell High Street, Horsell, Surrey, at the Horsell Crown bus stop on route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously (except one school journey which continued to run as far as Horsell). Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009. This photo was taken on the penultimate day of the old Woking - Guildford service. A last minute replacement was found in the form of route 97, which eventually ran from Woking to Knaphill Sainsbury's, covering where the 28 had been withdrawn from. However, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, as it had run before September 2009, this time with financial support from Surrey CC. This in turn enabled the withdrawal of route 97.
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  English: A pair of lorries parked in Knaphill High Street, Surrey, together making a nice blind chicane for drivers to have to drive through, with no idea of whether anyone was coming the other way, especially given the road curves behind the lorries.
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  English: A privately owned car, with an Arriva sticker in the back window, coming from the days when Arriva plc had a UK vehicle rental business. It sold its vehicle rental business to Northgate in 2006 for £129m, to focus on its primary UK bus and rail divisions. The car is a Ford Mondeo Mk II, and is seen parked in Kingsway, Woking.
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  English: Countryliner Coaches MCB432 (X432 KON), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in St John's Road, St John's, Surrey, seen at the Post Office bus stop on route 48. It was new to Johnsons, Henley-in-Arden, and came from them via a dealer. It was yet to painted into Countryliner livery and was still wearing the Warwickshire County Links livery when seen, as it still was by the same time next year. It had only just arrived to the fleet when seen, hence the destination display hadn't been programmed yet, and it only had a bit of paper showing the route number. The three Citaros Countryliner acquired have 3+2 seating, so are for use on school services mainly, but do find it onto other routes occasionally, the 48 being a favourite as it is more suitable for full sized buses.
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  English: Countryliner Coaches MCB432 (X432 KON), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in St John's Road, St John's, Surrey, seen at the Post Office bus stop on route 48. It was new to Johnsons, Henley-in-Arden, and came from them via a dealer. It was yet to painted into Countryliner livery and was still wearing the Warwickshire County Links livery when seen, as it still was by the same time next year. It had only just arrived to the fleet when seen, hence the destination display hadn't been programmed yet, and it only had a bit of paper showing the route number. The three Citaros Countryliner acquired have 3+2 seating, so are for use on school services mainly, but do find it onto other routes occasionally, the 48 being a favourite as it is more suitable for full sized buses.
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  English: A group of ex-Transdev London buses, seen here in Canal Bridge industrial estate, New Haw, Surrey. It is actually next to the River Wey Navigation, rather than a proper canal. The buses left the Transdev London fleet after new buses arrived there, and for a few months a good collection of these Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2s built up at this site. Various buses and coaches from other sources also turned up to be stored. The Transdev Darts have all found new homes now. This space was once occupied by actual bus companies: Thames Bus set up here in the early 2000s, and were later acquired by an expanding Centra. Centra eventually sold the business to Flights Hallmark (part of Rotala) in 2005, the company being rebranded as Surrey Connect. In 2007, Rotala sold the business to focus on their other, larger, operations. The buyer was Wiltax, the other bus company that occupied this site, although Surrey Connect's main routes, the 426 and 446, transferred to Travel Surrey based down the road (and who ironically ran the 426 and 446 before Surrey Connect. By June 2007, Wiltax had been acquired by Tellings-Golden Miller, who gradually scaled down operations at the site (moving it slowly to their Heathrow depot, and with some Surrey bus routes transferring to other companies), until September 2008 when operations at the New Haw site finally stopped. There have been no public transport buses based at the site since, with this area now being used to store buses and by private hire coach companies.
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  English: A group of ex-Transdev London buses, seen here in Canal Bridge industrial estate, New Haw, Surrey. It is actually next to the River Wey Navigation, rather than a proper canal. The buses left the Transdev London fleet after new buses arrived there, and for a few months a good collection of these Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2s built up at this site. Various buses and coaches from other sources also turned up to be stored. The Transdev Darts have all found new homes now. This space was once occupied by actual bus companies: Thames Bus set up here in the early 2000s, and were later acquired by an expanding Centra. Centra eventually sold the business to Flights Hallmark (part of Rotala) in 2005, the company being rebranded as Surrey Connect. In 2007, Rotala sold the business to focus on their other, larger, operations. The buyer was Wiltax, the other bus company that occupied this site, although Surrey Connect's main routes, the 426 and 446, transferred to Travel Surrey based down the road (and who ironically ran the 426 and 446 before Surrey Connect. By June 2007, Wiltax had been acquired by Tellings-Golden Miller, who gradually scaled down operations at the site (moving it slowly to their Heathrow depot, and with some Surrey bus routes transferring to other companies), until September 2008 when operations at the New Haw site finally stopped. There have been no public transport buses based at the site since, with this area now being used to store buses and by private hire coach companies.
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  English: A bus stop in Horsell High Street, Horsell, Surrey, outside the Crown pub, which the bus stop is named after. It is seen on 28 August 2009, when it was served by route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously. A last minute replacement was found in the form of route 97, which eventually ran from Woking to Knaphill Sainsbury's, covering where the 28 had been withdrawn from. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, and the 97 withdrawn. This stop is for services towards Woking.
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  English: A bus stop in Horsell High Street, Horsell, Surrey, outside the Crown pub, which the bus stop is named after. It is seen on 28 August 2009, when it was served by route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously. Notices explaining the changes were posted on affected bus stops, as seen here. A last minute replacement was found in the form of route 97, which eventually ran from Woking to Knaphill Sainsbury's, covering where the 28 had been withdrawn from. As can be seen from the information notice, the evening journeys on the 28, which were run under contract to Surrey County Council, were renumbered to 73 (the other route serving Woking and Horsell), and were diverted to run back to Woking via the route of the 73 (still running outbound via the 28 route). After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, and the 97 withdrawn. The evening journeys were renumbered back to 28, though continued to take the routing introduced in September 2009, as it serves a wider area.
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  English: A bus stop in Horsell High Street, Horsell, Surrey, outside the Crown pub, which the bus stop is named after. It is seen on 28 August 2009, when it was served by route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously. A last minute replacement was found in the form of route 97, which eventually ran from Woking to Knaphill Sainsbury's, covering where the 28 had been withdrawn from. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, and the 97 withdrawn. This stop is for services towards Knaphill.
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  English: A note on the Horsell Residents Association (HRA) notice board on Horsell Green, off Horsell High Street, Horsell, Surrey. It regards bus route 28, which from 1 September 2009 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously. This left some areas of Horsell without a bus service, which worried the HRA. A last minute replacement was found in the form of route 97, which was introduced by Countryliner commercially, on a "use it or lose it" basis. To try and encourage people to use the service, the HRA promoted it. In the end, route 97 was revised in February 2010, being extended to Knaphill Sainsbury's (thus nearly fully covering the old 28 route - at first before the 97 had looped around somewhere else) and with Surrey CC funding, so it turned out not to be a use it or lose it basis! After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, and the 97 withdrawn.
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  English: A bus stop in Horsell High Street, Horsell, Surrey, at the junction with Horsell Way.
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  English: A bus stop in Horsell High Street, Horsell, Surrey, at the junction with Horsell Way.
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  English: A bus stop in Redding Way, Knaphill, Surrey, outside the Vyne Health Centre, which the bus stop is named after. It is seen on 12 August 2009, when served by route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously. The affected bus stops had information detailing the changes posted on them, which is what is seen here, along with part of the bus timetable for the 28. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010. Routes 34, 35 and 91 also serve this stop.
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  English: A bus stop in Redding Way, Knaphill, Surrey, outside the Vyne Health Centre, which the bus stop is named after. It is seen on 12 August 2009, when served by route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously. The affected bus stops had information detailing the changes posted on them, which is what is seen here. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010. Routes 34, 35 and 91 also serve this stop.
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  English: A bus stop in Redding Way, Knaphill, Surrey, outside the Vyne Health Centre, which the bus stop is named after. It is seen on 12 August 2009, when served by route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously. The affected bus stops were updated with the "e-plate" for the 28 on the bus stop flag blanked over, as the route no longer served this stop. The stop after it was covered up can be seen in File:Knaphill The Vyne Health Centre bus stop 2.JPG. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, and this stop had 28 e-plates put back on. Routes 34, 35 and 91 also serve this stop.
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  English: Bus stops in Oriental Road, Woking, Surrey, served at the time by route 437 and also Access Bus service 602. As can be seen on the left of the photograph, construction works had caused one stop to be put out of use, with a temporary stop sited about 20 meters further along the road. It all seemed a bit pointless, and remained like it for a good few months, even managing to go through the bus stops being upgraded with new bus stop flags!

Wed Dec 15 23:32:37 GMT 2010

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  English: The rear of Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3035 (N235 TPK), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, in Commercial Road, Guildford, Surrey, on route 21.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3035 (N235 TPK), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, in Commercial Road, Guildford, Surrey, on route 21. As can be seen, the bus has been fitted with a new Plaxton Pointer 2 front, however the rest of the body is still the original Plaxton Pointer, as can be seen from this photograph of the back. It has only recently been done at the time. It is displaying "Cranleigh" on the blinds. The main service on route 21 runs from Guildford, through Chilworth and Shere, via Holmbury St Mary to Dorking and then onto Strood Green. However, one early evening journey runs from Holmbury St Mary to Forest Green and Cranleigh.
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  English: The rear of Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3733 (GN54 MYR), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, in Commercial Road, Guildford, Surrey, seen - unusually - on route 37, despite the fact it wears Guildford park and ride livery. After the arrival of two Volvo B7TL double deckers, to replace the pair of Dennis Dominators, odd workings like this increased slightly. This was because the new double deckers weren't allowed on the usual double decker routes due to low trees (the Dominators had more "substantial" roofs than the ALX400s...), so were instead put on the park and ride for a while, thus freeing up the park and ride B7RLEs to go on other routes.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3733 (GN54 MYR), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, in Commercial Road, Guildford, Surrey, seen - unusually - on route 37, despite the fact it wears Guildford park and ride livery. After the arrival of two Volvo B7TL double deckers, to replace the pair of Dennis Dominators, odd workings like this increased slightly. This was because the new double deckers weren't allowed on the usual double decker routes due to low trees (the Dominators had more "substantial" roofs than the ALX400s...), so were instead put on the park and ride for a while, thus freeing up the park and ride B7RLEs to go on other routes.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 6402 (GN04 UDP), a Volvo B7TL/TransBus ALX400, in Guildford Friary bus station, Guildford, Surrey, on route 4. Two B7TLs, 6402 and 6403, arrived at Guildford at the end of August 2009, to displace the step entrance Dennis Dominators (5214 and 5215). 6402 is seen in its first week of service at Guildford here. It was almost immediately sent for repaint into the interurban livery (which Arriva had decided should become the new group-wide livery at the time), so photos of 6402 in service at Guildford in its original livery are quite rare. 6402 and 6403 were new to Gillingham depot - in the Arriva Medway Towns part of Arriva Southern Counties - in 2004, as part of "Operation Overdrive", where a large batch of buses were purchased to upgrade the fleet in one go. Arriva stopped running on route 4 from 23 May 2010, after Arriva and Safeguard came to agreement to stop joint operation of town routes, with each operator getting complete control of certain routes, and stopping running on others.
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  English: The rear of Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 6402 (GN04 UDP), a Volvo B7TL/TransBus ALX400, in Guildford Friary bus station, Guildford, Surrey, on route 4. Two B7TLs, 6402 and 6403, arrived at Guildford at the end of August 2009, to displace the step entrance Dennis Dominators (5214 and 5215). 6402 is seen in its first week of service at Guildford here. It was almost immediately sent for repaint into the interurban livery (which Arriva had decided should become the new group-wide livery at the time), so photos of 6402 in service at Guildford in its original livery are quite rare. 6402 and 6403 were new to Gillingham depot - in the Arriva Medway Towns part of Arriva Southern Counties - in 2004, as part of "Operation Overdrive", where a large batch of buses were purchased to upgrade the fleet in one go. Arriva stopped running on route 4 from 23 May 2010, after Arriva and Safeguard came to agreement to stop joint operation of town routes, with each operator getting complete control of certain routes, and stopping running on others.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 6402 (GN04 UDP), a Volvo B7TL/TransBus ALX400, in Guildford Friary bus station, Guildford, Surrey, on route 4. Two B7TLs, 6402 and 6403, arrived at Guildford at the end of August 2009, to displace the step entrance Dennis Dominators (5214 and 5215). 6402 is seen in its first week of service at Guildford here. It was almost immediately sent for repaint into the interurban livery (which Arriva had decided should become the new group-wide livery at the time), so photos of 6402 in service at Guildford in its original livery are quite rare. Arriva stopped running on route 4 from 23 May 2010, after Arriva and Safeguard came to agreement to stop joint operation of town routes, with each operator getting complete control of certain routes, and stopping running on others. Unfortunately the destination display didn't come out in this photo, but it can be seen in File:Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 6402 GN04 UDP 2.JPG.
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  English: The rear of Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 6403 (GN04 UDS), a Volvo B7TL/TransBus ALX400, in Woodbridge Road, Guildford, Surrey, having just exited the bus station while on park and ride route 200. Two B7TLs, 6402 and 6403, arrived at Guildford at the end of August 2009, to displace the step entrance Dennis Dominators (5214 and 5215). 6403 is seen in its first week of service at Guildford here. While 6402 was almost immediately sent for repaint, 6403 had to wait for 6402 to go first, so photos of 6403 in service at Guildford in its original livery are more common than those of 6402. When the new double deckers first arrived, they weren't allowed on the usual double decker routes due to low trees (the Dominators they replaced had more substantial roofs than the ALX400s so could cope with hitting branches better), so were instead put on other routes, most often appearing on Guildford park and ride route 200. After a while the offending trees were seen to, and the double deckers took up their indented role, in particular school route 134. Because they are low floor, they are allowed the spend the day on the normal 34s and 35s, whereas previously, if possible (i.e. there were enough other vehicles available) the step entrance Dominators were taken out of service between school workings.
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  English: Countryliner DC37 (KU02 YBG), a Dennis Dart SLF/Caetano Nimbus, in Guildford Friary bus station, Guildford, Surrey, laying over out of service.

Tue Dec 14 22:24:03 GMT 2010

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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3090 (P290 FPK), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 28 to Guildford. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously (except one school journey which continued to run as far as Horsell). Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009, when this photo was taken. It shows 3090 was one of the two buses used on the main part of the service on the last day. The other bus in use was 4021, with 4017 doing the four evening journeys. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, so it turned out this wasn't the last 28 to depart Woking for Guildford after all.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3090 (P290 FPK), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 28 to Guildford. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously (except one school journey which continued to run as far as Horsell). Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009, when this photo was taken. It shows 3090 was one of the two buses used on the main part of the service on the last day. The other bus in use was 4021, with 4017 doing the four evening journeys. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, so it turned out this wasn't the last 28 to depart Woking for Guildford after all.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3939 (GK52 YVD), a DAF SB120/Wright Cadet, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on a short working of route 34 as far as Lightwater. Most 34s run the full route to Camberley. By early evening (when this photo was taken), the service thins.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 4017 (GN58 BUA), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Horsell High Street, Horsell, Surrey, passing the Crown pub on route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously. At the time there were four extra evening journeys, running from Woking to Horsell and back only, after the main Woking - Guildford service had finished, which utilised buses between duties on the evening service of route 91 (this meant that 91-branded Enviros were allocated to it, as seen here). These were operated under contract to Surrey County Council, so when the 28 was cut back from Woking by Arriva commercially, the four evening journeys were renumbered to 73 (the other route to serve Horsell and Woking). They continued to run from Woking via the route of service 28, but were amended to run back to Woking via the route of the 73, to provide a service to more of the area, as the route became one big loop. Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009, when this photo was taken. It shows the first evening journey of the night, the 1932 from Woking. The same bus was scheduled to run all four evening journeys, so 4017 should have run them all (and been the last bus to depart Woking on a 28) if everything went as normal. The two buses used on the main daytime service were 3090 and 4021. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010. The evening journeys were renumbered back to 28 (though kept the same routing of going back to Woking via the 73 route) - so it turned out this wasn't the last evening of the 28 in Horsell after all.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 4021 (GN58 BUJ), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously (except one school journey which continued to run as far as Horsell). Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009, when this photo was taken. It shows the last through journey to Guildford, the 1853 from Woking railway station (which departed at 1858 on Monday - Friday), pulling away from the Cawsey Way bus stops. 4021 was one of the two buses used on the main part of the service on the last day. The other bus in use was 3090, with 4017 doing the four evening journeys. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, so it turned out this wasn't the last 28 to depart Woking for Guildford after all.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 4021 (GN58 BUJ), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 28. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously (except one school journey which continued to run as far as Horsell). Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009, when this photo was taken. It shows the last through journey to Guildford, the 1853 from Woking railway station (which departed at 1858 on Monday - Friday), pulling away from the Cawsey Way bus stops. 4021 was one of the two buses used on the main part of the service on the last day. The other bus in use was 3090, with 4017 doing the four evening journeys. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, so it turned out this wasn't the last 28 to depart Woking for Guildford after all.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 4021 (GN58 BUJ), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Knaphill High Street, Knaphill, Surrey, on route 28, despite the fact it is wearing route branding for the 91. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously (except one school journey which continued to run as far as Horsell). Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009 - which is when this photo was taken, showing one of the two buses used on the main part of the service on the last day. The other bus in use was 3090, with 4017 doing the four evening journeys. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, as it had run before September 2009, this time with financial support from Surrey CC.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 4021 (GN58 BUJ), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Church Street, having just turned the corner from Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 28 to Guildford. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously (except one school journey which continued to run as far as Horsell). Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009. This photo shows the last through journey to Guildford, the 1853 from Woking railway station (which departed at 1858 on Monday - Friday), about to pull away from Woking for the final time as the traffic lights change. However, after a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, so it turned out this wasn't the last 28 to depart Woking for Guildford.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 4021 (GN58 BUJ), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Knaphill High Street, Knaphill, Surrey, on route 28, despite the fact it is wearing route branding for the 91. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously (except one school journey which continued to run as far as Horsell). Route 28 does not run on Sundays, so therefore the last day of the service running the full route was Saturday 29 August 2009 - which is when this photo was taken, showing one of the two buses used on the main part of the service on the last day. The other bus in use was 3090, with 4017 doing the four evening journeys. After a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, as it had run before September 2009, this time with financial support from Surrey CC.
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  English: A bus stop in Redding Way, Knaphill, Surrey, outside the Vyne Health Centre, which the bus stop is named after. It is seen on 29 August 2009. From 1 September 2009, route 28 was cut to only operate between Guildford and Knaphill Sainsbury's, rather than continuing to Woking via Goldsworth Park and Horsell as it had done previously. The affected bus stops were updated a couple of days early, and comparing this photo with File:Knaphill The Vyne Health Centre bus stop.JPG illustrates that the "e-plate" for the 28 on the bus stop flag had been blanked over, as the route no longer served this stop. However, after a year's gap, as part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 28 was extended back to Woking from August 2010, and this stop had 28 e-plates put back on.
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  English: A photo of the gas roadworks in Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, in late August 2010. At the time, the roadworks to replace the gas pipes were on the other side of the road to where I was stood, and to the right of the photo. They had just got to the point where they had reduced the width of the road where the secondary turn around the end of the one way system (for traffic coming out of Heathside Road) is, meaning there was not enough room for large vehicles to swing around properly. As seen here, a "no entry for buses and HGVs" sign was put up, with a diversion set up to send large vehicles all the way down to the Roundabout at the end of Egley Road/Guildford Road, and back up again, which is a considerable distance just for one turn.

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  English: The rear of Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 4019 (GN58 BUF), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Church Street, having just turned the corner from Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 91. The bus is one of a batch of six, five of which are branded for route 91, with the sixth acting as a spare. In November 2009, 4019 has its branding revised, with extra vinyls showing off the increased Sunday service on route 91 from 22 November 2009. As part of this, the people branding seen here on the rear (each bus carried a different version) was taken off, replaced by other details.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 4019 (GN58 BUF), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 91. The bus is one of a batch of six, five of which are branded for route 91, with the sixth acting as a spare. In November 2009, 4019 has its branding revised, with extra vinyls showing off the increased Sunday service on route 91 from 22 November 2009. As part of this, lime green vinyls were put on the sides.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 4020 (GN58 BUH), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 91. The bus is one of a batch of six, five of which are branded for route 91, with the sixth acting as a spare.
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  English: The rear of Carlone Buses S149 VKM, an LDV Convoy minibus, with what looks like bodywork by a seperate company, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 39. Since Carlone Buses started their new contract on the route, from 3 September 2007, the appearence of "proper" buses on the route has become quite rare, with these minibuses, the mainstay of the fleet, being the regular vehciles used. Osccaisonal a Mercedes-Benz/Plaxton Beaver is used. The previous operator, Dicksons Travel, regulalry used a Mercedes-Benz/Plaxton Beaver, and towrds the end of the contract used their newly delivered optare Solos sometimes.
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  English: Carlone Buses S149 VKM, an LDV Convoy minibus, with what looks like bodywork by a seperate company, in Church Street, about to cross over Victoria Way to go into Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 39. Since Carlone Buses started their new contract on the route, from 3 September 2007, the appearence of "proper" buses on the route has become quite rare, with these minibuses, the mainstay of the fleet, being the regular vehciles used. Osccaisonal a Mercedes-Benz/Plaxton Beaver is used. The previous operator, Dicksons Travel, regulalry used a Mercedes-Benz/Plaxton Beaver, and towrds the end of the contract used their newly delivered optare Solos sometimes.
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  English: A photo of the gas roadworks in Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, in late August 2010. At this stage, the roadworks were occupying the inside lane of the Woking-bound half of the road. With traffic able to use the other lane and traffic travelling in the other direction unaffected, traffic congestion was not too bad. During peak times, traffic turning right at the end of the outside lane would block progress of the much greater amount of traffic wanting to get back into the inside lane and go straight on, but in comparison with the things that happened later, disruption was minimal. However, there were still problems, such as here when a grab lorry attending to the roadworks caused this lorry towing a trailer to get stuck. File:Woking Guildford Road gas roadworks August 2009.JPG shows how little room was left for another lorry to successfully swing around the grab lorry. Eventually, after mounting various kerbs and flower beds, it got through. On the left of the photo is a RailAir coach, coming around the front of Blockbusters, on its way to Heathrow. Coaches usually leave town via Monument Road, so its appearance here would suggest traffic congestion on the usual route.
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  English: A photo of the gas roadworks in Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, in late August 2010. At this stage, the roadworks were occupying the inside lane of the Woking-bound half of the road. With traffic able to use the other lane and traffic travelling in the other direction unaffected, traffic congestion was not too bad. During peak times, traffic turning right at the end of the outside lane would block progress of the much greater amount of traffic wanting to get back into the inside lane and go straight on, but in comparison with the things that happened later, disruption was minimal. However, there were still problems, such as here when a grab lorry attending to the roadworks caused this lorry towing a trailer to get stuck. File:Woking Guildford Road gas roadworks August 2009.JPG shows how little room was left for another lorry to successfully swing around the grab lorry. Eventually, after mounting various kerbs and flower beds, it got through.
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  English: Countryliner DP19 (W364 ABD), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, on route 437. Route 437 turns left out of Heathside Road into Guildford Road, and uses the turn around the end of the one way system to turn back on itself and head along Guildford Road into Woking town centre. However, the roadworks to replace the gas pipes had reduced the width of the road, meaning there was not enough room for large vehicles to swing around properly. As seen in this photo, File:Woking Guildford Road gas roadworks August 2009 2.JPG, a "no entry for buses and HGVs" sign was put up, with a diversion set up to send large vehicles all the way down to the Roundabout at the ends of Egley Road/Guildford Road, and back up again. This took too long for buses, and with a seeming lack of communication, the bus seen in the photo ignored all the signs and try and squeeze around, ending up at a rather precarious angle on the sloped edge of the flower beds! The bus did actually go steeper than this but I didn't have the camera out in time unfortunately. A further part of the gas works saw the turn completely shut off to all vehicles, which saw buses taking the route missing the Hospital stop, or also coming out of Heathside Road, turning right a tiny bit (against the flow of the one way system), and sneaking straight across down the main turn around Blockbusters. Most people did this illegal manoeuvre while the turn was closed, and everyone got away with it, despite the fact it is right next to the police station.
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  English: Countryliner DP19 (W364 ABD), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, on route 437. Route 437 turns left out of Heathside Road into Guildford Road, and uses the turn around the end of the one way system to turn back on itself and head along Guildford Road into Woking town centre. However, the roadworks to replace the gas pipes had reduced the width of the road, meaning there was not enough room for large vehicles to swing around properly. As seen in this photo, File:Woking Guildford Road gas roadworks August 2009 2.JPG, a "no entry for buses and HGVs" sign was put up, with a diversion set up to send large vehicles all the way down to the Roundabout at the ends of Egley Road/Guildford Road, and back up again. This took too long for buses in service, and with a seeming lack of communication, buses on route 437 were taking all sorts of measures to avoid the turn. I saw one turn left out of Heathside Road, and then turn around using Mount Hermon Road, Montgomery Road and York Road, back onto Guildford Road facing the right way. I saw another go into York Road and squeeze around the mini roundabout there, to get back onto Guildford Road, and I saw one run directly from Heathside Crescent into Station Approach, and use the bigger, main turn around Blockbusters, which was free of roadworks and able to be used. Unfortunately this missed out the rather important bus stop outside the Community Hospital. As you may have guessed by now, the bus seen in the photo did none of the above options, and instead decided to ignore all the signs and try and squeeze around, ending up at a rather precarious angle on the sloped edge of the flower beds! The bus did actually go steeper than this but I didn't have the camera out in time unfortunately.
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  English: Countryliner DP2 (RL51 CXC), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 73.
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  English: The rear of Countryliner DP21 (W773 URP), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 81. It is seen after it received a new overall advert in July 2009, promoting Drugs campaigns, in association with Surrey Police. Previously, it wore a black version, with green writing saying "Drugs Destroy Communities". Before that, at the beginning if the partnership with Surrey Police, it had standard sized Drugs Destroy Communities adverts on the sides.
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  English: Countryliner DP21 (W773 URP), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 81. It is seen after it received a new overall advert in July 2009, promoting Drugs campaigns, in association with Surrey Police. Previously, it wore a black version, with green writing saying "Drugs Destroy Communities". Before that, at the beginning if the partnership with Surrey Police, it had standard sized Drugs Destroy Communities adverts on the sides.
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  English: Countryliner DP29 (YT51 EAE), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 72. As part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 72 was withdrawn in August 2010, replaced by the diversion of route 437. YT51 EAE is one of a number of ex-Connex Darts which having moved on now see service outside of London. A number of sister buses also operated around Woking with Travel Surrey, such as YT51 EAA. Sometime during 2010, YT51 moved to Countryliner's operations in Sussex, and finally gained full livery with the addition of a green skirt. The ex-Connex Darts with Travel Surrey (by then Abellio Surrey), left in late 2010.
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  English: Countryliner DP32 (GX04 AZA), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 462. Despite what is half showing on the destination display, route 462 actually runs from Guildford to Woking via Send and Burpham. It is its counterpart route 463 that runs via Send and Clandon.
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  English: Countryliner PP2 (MX56 NLZ), a Plaxton Primo, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 71. As part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 71 was withdrawn in August 2010, replaced by the diversion of routes 462 and 463.
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  English: Stagecoach Hants & Surrey 32632 (P632 PGP), a Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on Wednesdays only service 548, which brings Stagecoach into Woking once a week. This photo shows the return trip of the one journey each way service, loading up at the main town centre bus stops in the town, to head back to Tongham. The route does carry good loads each week, and a number of passengers can be seen here waiting to board.
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  English: Stagecoach Hants & Surrey 32632 (P632 PGP), a Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on Wednesdays only service 548, which brings Stagecoach into Woking once a week. This photo shows the return trip of the one journey each way service, loading up at the main town centre bus stops in the town, to head back to Tongham.
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  English: Stagecoach Hants & Surrey 32632 (P632 PGP), a Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash, in Victoria Way, Woking, Surrey, heading for the Cawsey Way bus stops on Wednesdays only service 548, which brings Stagecoach into Woking once a week. This photo shows the inward trip of the one journey each way service.
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  English: The rear of Stagecoach Hants & Surrey 32632 (P632 PGP), a Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on Wednesdays only service 548, which brings Stagecoach into Woking once a week. This photo shows the inward trip of the one journey each way service.
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  English: Stagecoach Hants & Surrey 32632 (P632 PGP), a Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash, turning right from Victoria Way into Church Street, Woking, Surrey, heading for the Cawsey Way bus stops on Wednesdays only service 548, which brings Stagecoach into Woking once a week. This photo shows the inward trip of the one journey each way service.
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  English: The rear of Travel Surrey 8096 (YT51 DZZ), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey, on route 426. As part of Phase 1 of Surrey County Council's Bus Review, route 426 was withdrawn in August 2010, replaced by an increased frequency on route 446, and the diversion of route 557.
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  English: A photo of the gas roadworks in Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, in late August 2010. At this stage, the roadworks were occupying the inside lane of the Woking-bound half of the road. With traffic able to use the other lane and traffic travelling in the other direction unaffected, traffic congestion was not too bad. During peak times, traffic turning right at the end of the outside lane would block progress of the much greater amount of traffic wanting to get back into the inside lane and go straight on, but in comparison with the things that happened later, disruption was minimal.

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  English: A car in Orchard Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, waits for a bus - Southern Vectis Scania OmniCity 1152 Watcombe Bay (HW09 BAA) - to reverse out of the bus station into the road, before being able to move on. The design of the new bus station is fundamentally flawed: It is too small. The bus station was designed for less buses than the amount that currently use it, so it often gets blocked up. The parking area for buses out of service consists of a 2x2 block of bays. This means that if the bus at the back needs to leave before the one parked in front of it, it has to reverse into the road, risking running someone over or hitting another vehicle, and clearly it's not particularly safe. Even more confusing it that the through road actually goes around an extra bus bay (just about visible in the left of this photo), so car drivers have to drive through the middle of manoeuvring buses.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen during Cowes Week 2010. This photo was taken from a passing Red Funnel ferry, on the second Saturday of Cowes Week - the final day of the event.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen during Cowes Week 2010. This photo was taken from a passing Red Funnel ferry, on the second Saturday of Cowes Week - the final day of the event.
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  English: Cowes Yacht Haven (also known as Cowes Marina), Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen during Cowes Week 2010. This photo was taken from a passing Red Funnel ferry, on the second Saturday of Cowes Week - the final day of the event.
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  English: A general view of Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen during Cowes Week 2010. This photo was taken from a passing Red Funnel ferry, on the second Saturday of Cowes Week - the final day of the event. In the foreground is the Red Jet terminal. The various areas of houses on the hills behind can be seen.
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  English: The Londis convenience store on Worsley Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. A very well used shop, it is still known by the locals as "Dow's", with that being the name of the original owner. I believe the shop is still owned by the family, but operates under a franchise agreement with Londis, as all Londis shops are.
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  English: A bus stop in Lower Church Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Lower Church Road Bottom" to distinguish it from the bus stop at the other end of the road. When seen here, it was not served by any bus routes. Wightbus route 32, their version of Southern Vectis' 27 (which Southern Vectis withdrew), served the other side of the road. The original, "proper" 32, ran down this road in this direction. Southern Vectis replaced the 32 which the 27, which followed a different route, and ran along here the other way, serving the other side. Annoyingly, when Wightbus took over the 27 they renumbered it 32, even though it followed the 27's route still, which is completely different to the route of the original 32.
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  English: A bus stop in Lower Church Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Lower Church Road Top" to distinguish it from the bus stop at the other end of the road. When seen here, it was served by Wightbus route 32, their version of Southern Vectis' 27 which Southern Vectis withdrew. The original, "proper" 32, ran down this road in the other direction, and served the other side of the road to the stop shown here. Southern Vectis replaced the 32 which the 27, which followed a different route. However, annoyingly, when Wightbus took over the 27 they renumbered it 32, even though it followed the 27's route still, which is completely different to the route of the original 32.
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  English: The Newsagents on Worsley Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight.
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  English: The old Post Office building at the junction of Worsley Road, Tuttons Hill and Church Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. The Post Office was in the building in the middle, on the left of the lamppost in the foreground. Plans to close the Post Office in 2003 were dropped after users did the usual complains and petitions, unfortunately however, after a while the owner decided they were no longer able to keep the Post Office open, and retired in 2005, with the Post Office closing - only "temporarily" at the time. After a spell as the "Two Fishes Delicatessen", followed by "Ratsey's Larder", it is now a hairdressers.
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  English: The Portland Inn public house, at the junction of Worsley Road, Tuttons Hill and Church Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. The name of the pub is used as the name of the adjacent bus stop.
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  English: Shore Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. This is a really narrow road with a tight bend, a 1 in 5 gradient and has a 6'-6" width restriction, as well as a ban of buses. However, buses on public services are permitted to ignore width restrictions, so until March 2008, Southern Vectis ran route 32 down the hill. It was always 'interesting' to meet a bus while you were going up - and buses had gone down the hill for many years. As can be seen in this photo, there were developments works taking place at the time, so hopefully it might mean that the road can be widened.
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  English: Shore Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. This is a really narrow road with a tight bend, a 1 in 5 gradient and has a 6'-6" width restriction, as well as a ban of buses. This top section is the widest part. Buses on public services are permitted to ignore width restrictions, so until March 2008, Southern Vectis ran route 32 down the hill. It was always 'interesting' to meet a bus while you were going up - and buses had gone down the hill for many years.
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  English: A bus stop in Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Solent View Road Bottom" to distinguish it from the bus stop at the other end of the road. When seen here, it was served by Wightbus route 30. The stop on the other side of the road can be seen. Historically, buses either came up and down the hill, or came out of the side road on the right and went up the hill (on a circular service), so the fact the bus stops were spread over the junction did not matter. Unfortunately, when this photo was taken, things had changed, the circular service coming down the hill and turning left, missing the bus stops. The other service, route 30 is very limited, which partially explains why Wightbus haven't bothered to put a bus stop flag on the stop going up the hill. From 5 September 2010, route 30 was to be withdrawn, this stop becoming served once a day by a variation of the 32 to serve Rew Street. The stops going up the hill became no longer used. However, in the end, the route number 30 continued to be used for the variation of the 32, even though it appears in both Wightbus and Southern Vectis' timetable books as the 32.
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  English: A bus stop in Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Solent View Road Bottom" to distinguish it from the bus stop at the other end of the road. When seen here, it was served by Wightbus route 30. Route 30 was very limited, which partially explains why Wightbus hadn't bothered to put a bus stop flag on the stop going up the hill. From 5 September 2010, route 30 was to be withdrawn, with once a day variation of the 32 to serve Rew Street. The stops going up the hill became no longer used. However, in the end, the route number 30 continued to be used for the variation of the 32, even though it appears in both Wightbus and Southern Vectis' timetable books as the 32.
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  English: A bus stop in Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Solent View Road Bottom" to distinguish it from the bus stop at the other end of the road. When seen here, it was served by Wightbus route 30. Route 30 was very limited, and from 5 September 2010, was to be withdrawn, with once a day variation of the 32 to serve Rew Street (providing a return journey from Cowes, despite the fact there is no inbound service provided...). However, in the end, the route number 30 continued to be used for the variation of the 32, even though it appears in both Wightbus and Southern Vectis' timetable books as the 32.
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  English: A bus stop in the middle of Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Albert Road" - the name of the side road it is adjacent to. When seen here, this stop was served by Wightbus route 30, with a journey towards Cowes. From 5 September, route 30 was cut, with no Cowes-bound journeys remaining. A Newport-bound journey is still provided when the bus returns to the depot. This runs via Rew Street (providing a return journey from Cowes, despite the fact there is no inbound service provided...). It was due to be renumbered 32, and appears in the Wightbus and Southern Vectis timetable booklets as such, however it now seems the sole journey continues to run as the 30. Regardless of this, this bus stop is no longer served by buses.
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  English: A bus stop in the middle of Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Albert Road" - the name of the side road it is adjacent to. When seen here, it was served by Wightbus routes 30 and 32. Route 30 was very limited, and from 5 September 2010, was to be withdrawn, with once a day variation of the 32 to serve Rew Street (providing a return journey from Cowes, despite the fact there is no inbound service provided...). However, in the end, the route number 30 continued to be used for the variation of the 32, even though it appears in both Wightbus and Southern Vectis' timetable books as the 32.
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  English: A bus stop in the middle of Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Albert Road" - the name of the side road it is adjacent to. When seen here, it was served by Wightbus routes 30 and 32. Route 30 was very limited, and from 5 September 2010, was to be withdrawn, with once a day variation of the 32 to serve Rew Street (providing a return journey from Cowes, despite the fact there is no inbound service provided...). However, in the end, the route number 30 continued to be used for the variation of the 32, even though it appears in both Wightbus and Southern Vectis' timetable books as the 32.
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  English: A bus stop in the middle of Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Albert Road" - the name of the side road it is adjacent to. When seen here, it was served by Wightbus routes 30 and 32. Route 30 was very limited, and from 5 September 2010, was to be withdrawn, with once a day variation of the 32 to serve Rew Street (providing a return journey from Cowes, despite the fact there is no inbound service provided...). However, in the end, the route number 30 continued to be used for the variation of the 32, even though it appears in both Wightbus and Southern Vectis' timetable books as the 32.
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  English: A bus stop in the middle of Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Albert Road" - the name of the side road it is adjacent to. When seen here, this stop was served by Wightbus route 30, with a journey towards Cowes. From 5 September, route 30 was cut, with no Cowes-bound journeys remaining. A Newport-bound journey is still provided when the bus returns to the depot. This runs via Rew Street (providing a return journey from Cowes, despite the fact there is no inbound service provided...). It was due to be renumbered 32, and appears in the Wightbus and Southern Vectis timetable booklets as such, however it now seems the sole journey continues to run as the 30. Regardless of this, this bus stop is no longer served by buses.
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  English: A bus stop in the middle of Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Albert Road" - the name of the side road it is adjacent to. When seen here, this stop was served by Wightbus route 30, with a journey towards Cowes. From 5 September, route 30 was cut, with no Cowes-bound journeys remaining. A Newport-bound journey is still provided when the bus returns to the depot. This runs via Rew Street (providing a return journey from Cowes, despite the fact there is no inbound service provided...). It was due to be renumbered 32, and appears in the Wightbus and Southern Vectis timetable booklets as such, however it now seems the sole journey continues to run as the 30. Regardless of this, this bus stop is no longer served by buses.
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  English: A bus stop at the top of Solent View Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, named "Solent View Road Top" to distinguish it from the bus stop at the other end of the road. This stop is actually situated in Worsley Road, at the junction with Solent View Road. When seen here, it was served by Wightbus routes 30 and 32. Route 30 was very limited, and from 5 September 2010, was to be withdrawn, with once a day variation of the 32 to serve Rew Street (providing a return journey from Cowes, despite the fact there is no inbound service provided...). However, in the end, the route number 30 continued to be used for the variation of the 32, even though it appears in both Wightbus and Southern Vectis' timetable books as the 32.
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  English: A now unused bus stop in The Avenue, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. Previously served by Southern Vectis route 32, when Southern Vectis replaced it with the 27 (which was not as good for the locals), this road was no longer used. As can be seen, the bus stop cage has been painted over, and you can still see the old clips that used to hold the bus stop flag onto the lamppost.
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  English: A now unused bus stop in The Avenue, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. Previously served by Southern Vectis route 32, when Southern Vectis replaced it with the 27 (which was not as good for the locals), this road was no longer used. As can be seen, the bus stop cage has been painted over.
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  English: A now unused bus stop in The Avenue, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. Previously served by Southern Vectis route 32, when Southern Vectis replaced it with the 27 (which was not as good for the locals), this road was no longer used. As can be seen, the bus stop cage has been painted over.
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  English: A bus stop in Woodvale Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, served by Wightbus route 32. It is named "Woodvale Close", after one of the side roads it is adjacent to.
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  English: A bus stop in Woodvale Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, served by Wightbus route 32. It is named "Woodvale Close", after one of the side roads it is adjacent to.
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  English: A bus stop in Woodvale Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, served by Wightbus route 32. It is named "Woodvale Inn", after the pub is it close to.
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  English: A bus stop in Woodvale Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, served by Wightbus route 32. It is named "Woodvale Inn", after the pub is it close to.
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  English: A bus stop in Woodvale Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, served by Wightbus route 32. Whereas other stops along the road are named after particular points along the road, this one has no side roads etc to be named after, so is just called "Woodavle Road", even though it is one of four bus stops on the road.
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  English: A bus stop in Woodvale Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, served by Wightbus route 32. Whereas other stops along the road are named after particular points along the road, this one has no side roads etc to be named after, so is just called "Woodavle Road", even though it is one of four bus stops on the road.
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  English: Flower beds in Worsley Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, in August 2010.
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  English: Newport bus station, Newport, Isle of Wight, seen in August 2010, when a number of Wilts & Dorset buses were on the island, either on loan to Southern Vectis (forming part of the coach fleet), or as part of the Go South Coast fleet, which Southern Vectis were looking after at the time. Two are seen here, in this photo taken from the end of Stand A.
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  English: A barbecue on the top, openm deck of Red Funnel's Red Eagle ferry.
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  English: A barbecue on the top, openm deck of Red Funnel's Red Eagle ferry.
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  English: Southern Vectis 1054 Binnel Point (YN03 DFL), a Scania OmniDekka, in South Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, on route 9.
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  English: Southern Vectis 1113 Yellow Ledge (HW58 ATF), a Scania OmniDekka, in Orchard Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, on route 8.
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  English: Southern Vectis 193 Brighstone Bay (HW52 EPO), a Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President, in Well Road, East Cowes, Isle of Wight on route 5. It is turning around on the roundabout to terminate at the bus stop further up Well Road.
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  English: Southern Vectis 193 Brighstone Bay (HW52 EPO), a Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President, in Well Road, East Cowes, Isle of Wight on route 5. It is about to turn around on the roundabout to terminate at the bus stop further up Well Road.
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  English: Wightbus 5827 (R302 BDL), a Mercedes-Benz Vario O814/UVG, in Newport, Isle of Wight, on route 33 to Ryde, which is usually run with Dennis Darts.

Mon Nov 29 23:12:11 GMT 2010

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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34079 (P579 EFL), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, turning right from the A337 Lyndhurst Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, into the road leading to the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.

Mon Nov 29 23:11:16 GMT 2010

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  English: Arriva CrossCountry British Rail Class 221 SuperVoyager No. 221122, about to cross over the level crossing with the A337 Lyndhurst Road, to pull into Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
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  English: A black-headed Gull in the New Forest, near Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
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  English: An out of date notice at the "Island Shop" bus stop in Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
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  English: The "Island Shop" bus stop in Brockenhurst, Hampshire. This stop is for north bound services to Southampton provided by Wilts & Dorset, which stop on the main road. South bound services pull off the main road, serve the island with their nearside to the main road, and then pull back on the main road.
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  English: The level crossing at Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, seen from its northern side, from the entrance to the railway station forecourt and car park. The gates were lowering in this photograph.
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  English: The level crossing at Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, seen from its northern side, from the entrance to the railway station forecourt and car park. The gates had just lowered in this photograph.
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  English: The level crossing at Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, seen from its northern side, from the entrance to the railway station forecourt and car park. The gates were rising in this photograph, as a train had just passed.
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  English: The level crossing at Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, seen from its northern side, from the entrance to the railway station forecourt and car park. The gates had just lowered in this photograph, as a train was due.
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  English: The level crossing at Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, seen from its northern side, from the entrance to the railway station forecourt and car park. The gates had just started to lower in this photograph.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34059 (P559 EFL), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34059 (P559 EFL), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34059 (P559 EFL), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: The rear of First Hampshire & Dorset 34059 (P559 EFL), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground, and is seen here turning on the turning circle to return to the showground.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34059 (P559 EFL), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, on the A337 Lyndhurst Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, at the junction with Brookley Road. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground, and is seen here approaching the station. It would turn right before the level crossing and run into the station forecourt.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34079 (P579 EFL), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34128 (P828 FEF), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34128 (P828 FEF), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: The rear of First Hampshire & Dorset 34128 (P828 FEF), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34128 (P828 FEF), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34130 (P830 FEF), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34130 (P830 FEF), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground. This photograph shows the notices carried in the the windscreen, detailing the service and the fares charged.
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  English: First Hampshire & Dorset 34130 (P830 FEF), a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine, in the forecourt of Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. It was working New Forest Show shuttles, running between the railway station and the showground.
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  English: Former Leicester Corporation FUT 240V and Southampton Corporation WOW 531J, seen in a scrapyard off the M27 motoway in Southampton, where they are kept.
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  English: en:New Forest ponyNew Forest Ponies near Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
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  English: en:New Forest ponyNew Forest Ponies near Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
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  English: en:New Forest ponyNew Forest Ponies near Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
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  English: en:New Forest ponyNew Forest Ponies near Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
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  English: South West Trains British Rail Class 444 750v dc third rail EMU No. 444003, as it leaves Brockenhurst railway station, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, about to cross over the level crossing with the A337 Lyndhurst Road, with a service to London Waterloo.

Sat Nov 27 23:35:44 GMT 2010

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  English: Bournemouth Borough Council 413 (HG57 HZA), a Citroën C2, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset. This is one of the controversial camera cars that drive around and catch and fine people who park in bus stops, and stop on school zig zag lines etc.
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  English: A large queue, or rather "group", of people waiting for the number 50 to Swanage, at one of the bus stops in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset.
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  English: Some of the "Purbeck Breezer" branding for the number 50 to Swanage, at one of the bus stops in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset.
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  English: A Transdev Yellow Buses double-decker squeezes between two Wilts & Dorset buses in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset. There is no bus station in Bournemouth, and Gervis Place is where the majority of buses stop. There is limited space and it frequently gets blocked up.
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  English: The rear of Discover Dorset YJ57 EHY, an Optare Versa, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route A1 which links Bournemouth town centre to Bournemouth Airport.
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  English: Discover Dorset YJ57 EHY, an Optare Versa, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route A1 which links Bournemouth town centre to Bournemouth Airport.
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  English: A juvenile Common Blackbird (Turdus merula), in a flower bed in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset.
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  English: A juvenile Common Blackbird (Turdus merula), in a flower bed in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset.
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  English: A pair of Feral town pigeons, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset.
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  English: Shamrock Buses 257 (E857 DPN), a Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties, in Bath Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, on the roundabout heading for the Westover Road exit, on route 2.
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  English: Southern Vectis 593 Tyne Ledge (R810 NUD), a Volvo B10M-62/Plaxton Excalibur, parked in Gervis Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, seemingly legally, but receiving attention from a traffic warden.
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  English: Southern Vectis 593 Tyne Ledge (R810 NUD), a Volvo B10M-62/Plaxton Excalibur, parked in Gervis Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, seemingly legally, but receiving attention from a traffic warden.
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  English: Southern Vectis 593 Tyne Ledge (R810 NUD), a Volvo B10M-62/Plaxton Excalibur, parked in Gervis Road, Bournemouth, Dorset.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 10 (R10 TYB), an Optare Tempo, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1a.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 110 (HF04 JWJ), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking, turning left from Terrace Road into Exeter Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1b.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 115 (HF05 HNC), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking, turning left from Terrace Road into Exeter Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1c.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 15 (R15 TYB), an Optare Tempo, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1a.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 151 (VDZ 8002), a Dennis Dart SLF/Wright Crusader, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 39. These buses were transferred from Transdev London (London United), who operated them from new, shortly after Yellow Buses was acquired by Transdev. It was to quickly bring more low floor buses into the fleet.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 152 (VDZ 8003), a Dennis Dart SLF/Wright Crusader, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 2b. These buses were transferred from Transdev London (London United), who operated them from new, shortly after Yellow Buses was acquired by Transdev. It was to quickly bring more low floor buses into the fleet.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 152 (VDZ 8003), a Dennis Dart SLF/Wright Crusader, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 2b. These buses were transferred from Transdev London (London United), who operated them from new, shortly after Yellow Buses was acquired by Transdev. It was to quickly bring more low floor buses into the fleet.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 152 (VDZ 8003), a Dennis Dart SLF/Wright Crusader, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 2b. These buses were transferred from Transdev London (London United), who operated them from new, shortly after Yellow Buses was acquired by Transdev. It was to quickly bring more low floor buses into the fleet.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 153 (VDZ 8004), a Dennis Dart SLF/Wright Crusader, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 2c. These buses were transferred from Transdev London (London United), who operated them from new, shortly after Yellow Buses was acquired by Transdev. It was to quickly bring more low floor buses into the fleet.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 186 (SK07 DYB), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1c. This bus started off as a demonstrator, and was acquired by Yellow Buses after it finished its demonstrator duties. It is the only Enviro400 in the fleet, and retains the Alexander Dennis logo in the top window from its role as a demonstrator.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 186 (SK07 DYB), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1c. This bus started off as a demonstrator, and was acquired by Yellow Buses after it finished its demonstrator duties. It is the only Enviro400 in the fleet.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 186 (SK07 DYB), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1c. This bus started off as a demonstrator, and was acquired by Yellow Buses after it finished its demonstrator duties. It is the only Enviro400 in the fleet, and retains the Alexander Dennis logo in the top window from its role as a demonstrator.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 19 (T19 TYB), an Optare Versa, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 3.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 21 (T21 TYB), an Optare Versa, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1a.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 22 (T22 TYB), an Optare Versa, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 3.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 24 (T24 TYB), an Optare Versa, turning in Exeter Road at the junction with Terrace Road (heading for Gervis Place), Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 3.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 275 (T275 BPR), a Dennis Trident/East Lancs Lolyne, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 5b.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 427 (HF03 ODS), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Vyking, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 5b.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 430 (HJ02 HFA), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Vyking, in Exeter Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 4b.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 432 (HJ02 HFC), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Vyking, in Exeter Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 5a.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 484 (P990 AFV), a Dennis Dart SLF/East Lancs Spryte, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 6a.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 489 (S399 HVV), a Dennis Dart SLF/East Lancs Spryte, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 6b.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 490 (S401 HVV), a Dennis Dart SLF/East Lancs Spryte, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 5b.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 493 (W689 TNV), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 21.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 493 (W689 TNV), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, waiting at the traffic lights to turn from Westover Road left into Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 21.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 494 (Y431 PBD), a Dennis Dart SLF/East Lancs Spryte, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 18.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 494 (Y431 PBD), a Dennis Dart SLF/East Lancs Spryte, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 18.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 500 (HF05 LYT), a Volvo Merit, which is the same as a DAF SB120/Wright Cadet - but just supplied by Volvo rather than Arriva Bus & Coach (Arriva being the importers of DAF products to the UK) - in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 2c.
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 502 (HF05 LYV), a Volvo Merit, which is the same as a DAF SB120/Wright Cadet - but just supplied by Volvo rather than Arriva Bus & Coach (Arriva being the importers of DAF products to the UK) - in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 5b.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 502 (HF05 LYV), a Volvo Merit, which is the same as a DAF SB120/Wright Cadet - but just supplied by Volvo rather than Arriva Bus & Coach (Arriva being the importers of DAF products to the UK) - in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 5b.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 504 (SN55 DVH), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 21.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 506 (SN55 DVK), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 24. The bus was waiting to pull out behind the parked bus just in shot on the left. However, the driver of the double-decker behind rather foolishly went through the single-file section of traffic calming despite the fact he couldn't clear it, with the result buses going in the other direction couldn't get through. Because of this, 506 was also unable to move, so had to reverse into the space it is seen in here to enable the double-decker to clear the single-file section and avoid complete gridlock.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 508 (SN55 DVM), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 6c.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 510 (SN55 HSG), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 24.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 510 (SN55 HSG), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 24.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 514 (YJ51 ELX), a DAF SB120/Wright Cadet, turning in Exeter Road at the junction with Terrace Road (heading for Gervis Place), Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 2b. After Transdev acquired Top Line Travel to make Transdev York, this bus was transferred from York to Yellow Buses, and Yellow Buses needed an extra bus. 514 went well with their other DAFs (although they are technically Wright Merits).
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 514 (YJ51 ELX), a DAF SB120/Wright Cadet, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 2b. After Transdev acquired Top Line Travel to make Transdev York, this bus was transferred from York to Yellow Buses, and Yellow Buses needed an extra bus. 514 went well with their other DAFs (although they are technically Wright Merits).
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 515 (HF57 BKN), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 4b. This is the only one of its type with Yellow Buses
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  English: The rear of Transdev Yellow Buses 7 (R7 TYB), an Optare Tempo, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1a.
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  English: Transdev Yellow Buses 9 (R9 TYB), an Optare Tempo, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 1a.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 3152 (N13 WAL), a DAF DB250/Northern Counties Palatine II, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50.

Sat Nov 27 21:09:55 GMT 2010

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  English: The rear of Wilts & Dorset 103 (HF54 HFR), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m1.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 105 Ben Hazell (HF54 HFU), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m1.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 109 (HF54 HFY), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m2. When seen, it was wearing a promotional livery for the 2009 Bournemouth Air Festival, which Wilts & Dorset sponsored with the more sub-brand.
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  English: The rear of Wilts & Dorset 1121 (HF58 GZA), a Scania OmniCity, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route X3.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1122 (HF58 GZB), a Scania OmniCity, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route X3.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1123 (HF58 GZC), a Scania OmniCity, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route X3.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1123 (HF58 GZC), a Scania OmniCity, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route X3. This photograph shows the route branding these buses carry.
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  English: The rear of Wilts & Dorset 1123 (HF58 GZC), a Scania OmniCity, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route X3.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1123 (HF58 GZC), a Scania OmniCity, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route X3.
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  English: The rear of Wilts & Dorset 114 (HF54 HGE), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m2.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 114 (HF54 HGE), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m2.
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  English: The rear of Wilts & Dorset 117 (HF54 HGK), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m1.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 118 (HF54 HGL), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m2.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 123 (HF54 HGU), a Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban, turning left from Terrace Road into Exeter Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m1.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1402 (HF09 FVV), a Scania N230UD/Optare Visionaire, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50. It wears "Purbeck Breezer" livery for route 50. It was a month old at the time.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1402 (HF09 FVV), a Scania N230UD/Optare Visionaire, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50. It wears "Purbeck Breezer" livery for route 50. It was a month old at the time.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1121 (HF58 GZA), a Scania OmniCity, is passed by 1402 (HF09 FVV), a Scania N230UD/Optare Visionaire, as it waits in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset. 1121 is on the right of the photograph, 1402 is on the left. 1121 is on route X3, and 1402 is on route 50.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1402 (HF09 FVV), a Scania N230UD/Optare Visionaire, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50. It wears "Purbeck Breezer" livery for route 50. It was a month old at the time.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1402 (HF09 FVV), a Scania N230UD/Optare Visionaire, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50. It wears "Purbeck Breezer" livery for route 50. It was a month old at the time.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1402 (HF09 FVV), a Scania N230UD/Optare Visionaire, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50. It wears "Purbeck Breezer" livery for route 50. It was a month old at the time.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1402 (HF09 FVV), a Scania N230UD/Optare Visionaire, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50. It wears "Purbeck Breezer" livery for route 50. It was a month old at the time.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 1403 (HF09 FVW), a Scania N230UD/Optare Visionaire, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50. It wears "Purbeck Breezer" livery for route 50. It was a month old at the time.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 165 (HF55 JZP), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m1. More routes m1 and m2 are usually run with the more liveried Volvo B7RLEs (with routes m5 and m6 run with the Citaros), however 165 had made it onto the m1 when seen here.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 175 (HF06 FTV), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on more route m2. It is covering for one of the branded more buses dedicated to the route.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 178 (HF06 FTZ), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, turning from Westover Road left into Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 13.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 2643 (T643 AJT), an Optare Solo, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 53. It wears an overall advert supporting Julia's House Children's Hospice.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 3149 (M18 WAL), a DAF DB250/Northern Counties Palatine II, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 3149 (M18 WAL), a DAF DB250/Northern Counties Palatine II, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 3152 (N13 WAL), a DAF DB250/Northern Counties Palatine II, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 3152 (N13 WAL), a DAF DB250/Northern Counties Palatine II, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 50.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 3612 (HJ02 WDG), an Optare Excel, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route 36.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 3612 (HJ02 WDG), an Optare Excel, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, laying over between duties on route 36.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 405 (HF05 GGE), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route X12.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 412 (HF05 GGX), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route X12.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 412 (HF05 GGX), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking, in Gervis Place, Bournemouth, Dorset, on route X12.

Sat Nov 20 23:25:08 GMT 2010

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  English: The top of Woodvale Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Friday is traditionally the last day of Cowes Week, and while in recent years extra races are held on a second Saturday of the week, the firework display to mark the end of the week is on Friday. On "Firework Night" as it is known by the locals, various traffic management procedures are put in place. Traffic is only allowed to travel west along the seafront, the Woodvale Inn (at the bottom of Woodvale Road) is where this ends, and where all the barriers are to stop traffic going along eastbound. To avoid traffic going down Woodvale Road and getting stuck, unable to turn right due to the road closure, and unable to turn left because it is a tight road where wide vehicles are banned, Woodvale Road is also closed in one direction. Traffic is only allowed up the hill, although the residents all ignore this and drive around the signs.
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  English: The Cowes, Isle of Wight, branch of Woolworths, seen in August 2010 (during Cowes Week), well after the shop had closed after Woolworths had gone into administration in late 2008. As can be seen, nothing had yet happened since closure, but a poster in the window tells that a new M&Co. store was due to be opening soon.
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  English: Notices on the door of the Cowes, Isle of Wight, branch of Woolworths, seen in August 2010 (during Cowes Week), well after the shop had closed after Woolworths had gone into administration in late 2008. Seen (on the right) is a notice from the administrators explaining the situation, but also seen (on the left) is a notice from the energy company saying that they were going to disconnect the supply to the site. A new M&Co. store was due to be opening in the building soon.
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  English: Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken in the main area, with all the stalls and beer tents, and the main stage.
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  English: Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken in the main area, with all the stalls and beer tents, and the main stage. The photograph is taken looking in the direction of the High Street (which can be accessed through the metal "Cowes Yacht Haven" archway that is just about visible).
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  English: Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken on the marina itself, though most of the yachts were out racing so it was relatively quiet.
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  English: Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken on the marina itself, though most of the yachts were out racing so it was relatively quiet.
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  English: Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken on the marina itself, though most of the yachts were out racing so it was relatively quiet.
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  English: Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken on the marina itself, though most of the yachts were out racing so it was relatively quiet.
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  English: Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photograph is taken looking in the direction of the High Street (which can be accessed through the metal "Cowes Yacht Haven" archway that is just about visible).
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  English: The entrance to Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010, from the High Street. Note the metal "Cowes Yacht Haven" archway that shows the entrance.
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  English: Cowes Yacht Haven, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken from Fountain Quay/Town Quay/The Red Jet terminal/The Pontoon, and is looking towards the marina itself.
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  English: The Zig Zag, Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Zig Zag is a pathway that leads down from Baring Road to Mornington Road, which then goes down onto the seafront. This photograph was taken at the middle of the Zig Zag, as I was walking down it.
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  English: The Zig Zag, Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Zig Zag is a pathway that leads down from Baring Road to Mornington Road, which then goes down onto the seafront. This photograph was taken at the middle of the Zig Zag, as I was walking down it. Mornington Road car park is in the background.
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  English: The Zig Zag, Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Zig Zag is a pathway that leads down from Baring Road to Mornington Road, which then goes down onto the seafront. This photograph was taken at the bottom of the Zig Zag, as I was walking down it.
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  English: The Zig Zag, Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Zig Zag is a pathway that leads down from Baring Road to Mornington Road, which then goes down onto the seafront. This photograph was taken at the top of the Zig Zag, as I was walking down it.
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  English: The bus stop timetable case on the eastern side of Worsley Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. The timetable had gone missing. When photographed, this stop was served by a couple of trips on route 30 towards Cowes. A more frequent, though by no means comprehensive, service was provided from the other side of the road on circular route 32. It was planned that from 5 September, route 30 would be withdrawn, with a sole journey towards Newport that runs via Rew Street being renumbered 32. However, it would seem that the journey was not renumbered, and still runs as the number 30. Anyhow, this is now the only trip on the route, and there are no longer buses towards Cowes (rather defeating the point of having a 'return' trip to Rew Street from Cowes), and therefore the stop in this photo is no longer served on this side of the road. Wightbus never put up a bus stop flag on this side of the road.
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  English: The bus stop on the western side of Worsley Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight. When photographed, this stop was served by a couple of trips on route 30 towards Newport. It was also served by circular route 32 to Cowes. It was planned that from 5 September, route 30 would be withdrawn, with a remaining sole journey towards Newport that runs via Rew Street being renumbered 32. However, it would seem that the journey was not renumbered, and still runs as the number 30. Anyhow, there are no longer buses towards Cowes from the eastern side of the road (the side of the road I was stood on when taking the photograph) - the bus stop of which is the lamppost on the right, it doesn't have a bus stop flag but does have a timetable case.
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  English: Hampshire Constabulary 4692 (HY59 EAG), a Ford Transit van, parked on Fountain Quay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, outside the Red Jet terminal. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010.
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  English: A helicopter after taking off from the school field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Because the school field is so large, and Cowes Week is during the school summer holidays, one half of the field is used as a heliport during Cowes Week (the other half is used as an overflow car park). The photograph was taken from the end of Battery Road, at the junction with Baring Road. There are houses fronting on to Baring Road, then there is the golf course, and then it's the school field.
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  English: A helicopter about to take off from the school field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Because the school field is so large, and Cowes Week is during the school summer holidays, one half of the field is used as a heliport during Cowes Week (the other half is used as an overflow car park). The photograph was taken from Crossfield Avenue. The hedge here is really tall, and I could only get photos by standing with the camera above my head and randomly shooting over the top and hoping it went well, so apologies about the amount of foliage in the photo!
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  English: A helicopter taking off from the school field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Because the school field is so large, and Cowes Week is during the school summer holidays, one half of the field is used as a heliport during Cowes Week (the other half is used as an overflow car park). The photograph was taken from Crossfield Avenue. The hedge here is really tall, and I could only get photos by standing with the camera above my head and randomly shooting over the top and hoping it went well, so apologies about the amount of foliage in the photo!
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  English: A helicopter just after taking off from the school field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Because the school field is so large, and Cowes Week is during the school summer holidays, one half of the field is used as a heliport during Cowes Week (the other half is used as an overflow car park). The photograph was taken from Crossfield Avenue. The hedge here is really tall, and I could only get photos by standing with the camera above my head and randomly shooting over the top and hoping it went well, so apologies about the amount of foliage in the photo!
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  English: A helicopter about to take off from the school field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Because the school field is so large, and Cowes Week is during the school summer holidays, one half of the field is used as a heliport during Cowes Week (the other half is used as an overflow car park). The photograph was taken from Crossfield Avenue. The hedge here is really tall, and I could only get photos by standing with the camera above my head and randomly shooting over the top and hoping it went well, so apologies about the amount of foliage in the photo!
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  {{en1=A new Jaguar XJ (X351) on display on Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010.}}
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  {{en1=A new Jaguar XJ (X351) on display on Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010.}}
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  {{en1=A new Jaguar XJ (X351) on display on Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010.}}
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  {{en1=A Jaguar XKR on display on Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010.}}
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  {{en1=A Jaguar XKR on display on Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010.}}
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  English: The rear of Red Funnel Red Jet 5, a high speed catamaran vessel seen just after departing Cowes, Isle of Wight, on its run to Southampton.
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  English: Southern Vectis 1107 Shippards Chine (HW58 ARZ), a Scania OmniCity, in Cowes, Isle of Wight, on route 1. It is at the Round House, and is turning from Place Road into Park Road on its way into Cowes. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010, and so was Firework Night at the time. The fireworks had finished at this point, hence the queue of cars heading back to Newport and beyond. The bus was carrying a surprising number of passengers into Cowes considering the fireworks were over, no doubt their aim was instead to get totally drunk... Traffic management has been put in place here for the last few years on Firework Night, blocking off access from Park Road/Place Road to Tuttons Hill/Baring Road, and sending traffic from Baring Road through Gurnard on diversion. This avoids cars having to take turns at this roundabout, and it works quite well, as the huge stationary queues along Baring Road and Park Road no longer occur, instead there is more of a steady flow of traffic. Seen in the photo are the traffic cones forcing vehicles to go from Park Road into Place Road and vice versa. The bus has "Cowes" on the destination display, instead of the usual "Cowes via Round House". I do not understand why this is allowed to happen on Firework Night, as the bus is going via the Round House, so it should show it as normal, to avoid confusing passengers who want the Park & Ride leg of the route.
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  English: Southern Vectis 301 Chilton Chine (HW54 BTU), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time so buses were terminating at the Co-op after 10am each day, and not serving the Pontoon/Red Jet terminal.
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  English: Southern Vectis 313 Stag Rock (HW54 BUU), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time so buses were terminating at the Co-op after 10am each day, and not serving the Pontoon/Red Jet terminal.
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  English: Southern Vectis 625 (K125 BUD), a Volvo B10B/Northern Counties Paladin, in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, and buses from Southern Vectis' coach and the Go South Coast events fleet were being run on the route as duplicates. Cowes Pontoon (the Red Jet terminal), isn't served after 10am each day throughout Cowes Week, so the use of a long single-decker like 625 on the route was not an issue. 625 came from the coach fleet to run duplicates, the coach fleet is actually more like the "school bus fleet", that happens to have coaches in it. 625 is mostly a school bus.
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  English: The rear of Southern Vectis 625 (K125 BUD), a Volvo B10B/Northern Counties Paladin, in Terminus Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on route 1, having just left the Co-op bus stop. It was Cowes Week at the time, and buses from Southern Vectis' coach and the Go South Coast events fleet were being run on the route as duplicates. Cowes Pontoon (the Red Jet terminal), isn't served after 10am each day throughout Cowes Week, so the use of a long single-decker like 625 on the route was not an issue. 625 came from the coach fleet to run duplicates, the coach fleet is actually more like the "school bus fleet", that happens to have coaches in it. 625 is mostly a school bus.
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  English: Southern Vectis 625 (K125 BUD), a Volvo B10B/Northern Counties Paladin, turning from Carvel Lane into Terminus Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, and buses from Southern Vectis' coach and the Go South Coast events fleet were being run on the route as duplicates. Cowes Pontoon (the Red Jet terminal), isn't served after 10am each day throughout Cowes Week, so the use of a long single-decker like 625 on the route was not an issue. 625 came from the coach fleet to run duplicates, the coach fleet is actually more like the "school bus fleet", that happens to have coaches in it. 625 is mostly a school bus.
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  English: The start of a race at Cowes Week 2010. All races start from the Royal Yacht Squadron, and cannons are fired to mark the start of each race. The photograph was taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queen's Road.
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  English: Various boats moored in the Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight, for the fireworks that night, which mark the end of Cowes Week. The fireworks are launched off a barge in the Solent, so obviously boats moored nearby have a better view than people watching from the shore. This photo was taken from Baring Road, between the Zig Zag and Ward Avenue, and looks down over the hill across the Solent. The fireworks had finished a few minutes before the photograph was taken.
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  English: Various boats moored in the Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight, for the fireworks that night, which mark the end of Cowes Week. The fireworks are launched off a barge in the Solent, so obviously boats moored nearby have a better view than people watching from the shore. This photo was taken from Baring Road, between the Zig Zag and Ward Avenue, and looks down over the hill across the Solent. The fireworks had finished a few minutes before the photograph was taken.
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  {{en1=The Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010. The photograph was taken from along Princes Esplanade.}}
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  English: A lorry parked on Princes Esplanade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. It was Firework Night, and due to the large number of people that attend the event, traffic management is put in place. This lorry is seen in the morning, while it was all being set up. Note the various no parking cones and diversion signs in the background.
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  English: A demonstrator second-generation Volvo S60, parked on show at Cowes Yacht Haven (also known as Cowes Marina), Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen during Cowes Week 2010. This photo was taken from the marina itself.
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  English: The rear of Wightbus 5827 (R302 BDL), a Mercedes-Benz Vario O814/UVG, in Worsley Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, on route 30. It had just passed the Portland Inn bus stop. It was planned that from 5 September, route 30 would be withdrawn, with a remaining sole journey towards Newport that runs via Rew Street being renumbered 32. However, it would seem that the journey was not renumbered, and still runs as the number 30. This is despite the fact the Southern Vectis bus timetable and Wightbus timetables on the internet show it as being a 32. However, bus stops flags and the timetables at bus stops still show it as route 30, and apparently buses show 30 on the destination display as well.
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  English: Wightbus 5827 (R302 BDL), a Mercedes-Benz Vario O814/UVG, in Worsley Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight, on route 30. It is passing the Portland Inn bus stop. It was planned that from 5 September, route 30 would be withdrawn, with a remaining sole journey towards Newport that runs via Rew Street being renumbered 32. However, it would seem that the journey was not renumbered, and still runs as the number 30. This is despite the fact the Southern Vectis bus timetable and Wightbus timetables on the internet show it as being a 32. However, bus stops flags and the timetables at bus stops still show it as route 30, and apparently buses show 30 on the destination display as well.
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  English: Wightbus 5880 (KE04 EAF), a Mercedes-Benz minibus of some sort, in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the Co-op bus stop, on route 32.
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  English: Wightbus 5880 (KE04 EAF), a Mercedes-Benz minibus of some sort, in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the Co-op bus stop, on route 32.
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  English: Wightbus 5880 (KE04 EAF), a Mercedes-Benz minibus of some sort, in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the Co-op bus stop, having just arrived on route 30. The driver is changing the blinds for the bus' next journey, a trip on route 32. Aside from one Cowes-Newport journey which enable the bus to return to the depot, route 30 was withdrawn from 5 September. It was planned that the remaining sole journey would be renumbered 32. However, it would seem that the journey was not renumbered, and still runs as the number 30. This is despite the fact the Southern Vectis bus timetable and Wightbus timetables on the internet show it as being a 32. However, bus stops flags and the timetables at bus stops still show it as route 30, and apparently buses show 30 on the destination display as well.
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  English: Two buses in Place Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight. On the right is Wilts & Dorset 402 (HF54 KXU), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking. It was on loan to Southern Vectis at the time. Passing in the other direction, the bus on the left is Wilts & Dorset 711 (TIL 6711), a Leyland-bodied Leyland Olympian. 711 was part of the Go South Coast events fleet at the time, which was being looked after by Southern Vectis. The buses are both on Southern Vectis route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. You could be forgiven for thinking you were actually in Wilts & Dorset's operating area with the amount of their buses in service! 711 is passing the Round House bus stop for Newport-bound services.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 402 (HF54 KXU), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking. It was on loan to Southern Vectis at the time, and is seen in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the Co-op bus stop on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. Cowes Pontoon (Red Jet Terminal) was not being served after 10am each day during Cowes Week, buses turning instead at the Co-op, so the use of buses that could not fit onto the Pontoon was not an issue. While 402's sisters (401, 403 & 404), had already returned to the mainland by now, 402 had blown its engine. It had been fixed in the weeks before Cowes Week, so it was decided the bus would do an "easy" week of duplicates to help run its new engine in.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 402 (HF54 KXU), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking. It was on loan to Southern Vectis at the time, and is seen in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the Co-op bus stop on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. Cowes Pontoon (Red Jet Terminal) was not being served after 10am each day during Cowes Week, buses turning instead at the Co-op, so the use of buses that could not fit onto the Pontoon was not an issue. While 402's sisters (401, 403 & 404), had already returned to the mainland by now, 402 had blown its engine. It had been fixed in the weeks before Cowes Week, so it was decided the bus would do an "easy" week of duplicates to help run its new engine in.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 402 (HF54 KXU), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking. It was on loan to Southern Vectis at the time, and is seen in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the Co-op bus stop on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. Cowes Pontoon (Red Jet Terminal) was not being served after 10am each day during Cowes Week, buses turning instead at the Co-op, so the use of buses that could not fit onto the Pontoon was not an issue. While 402's sisters (401, 403 & 404), had already returned to the mainland by now, 402 had blown its engine. It had been fixed in the weeks before Cowes Week, so it was decided the bus would do an "easy" week of duplicates to help run its new engine in.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 402 (HF54 KXU), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking. It was on loan to Southern Vectis at the time, and is seen in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the Co-op bus stop on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. Cowes Pontoon (Red Jet Terminal) was not being served after 10am each day during Cowes Week, buses turning instead at the Co-op, so the use of buses that could not fit onto the Pontoon was not an issue. While 402's sisters (401, 403 & 404), had already returned to the mainland by now, 402 had blown its engine. It had been fixed in the weeks before Cowes Week, so it was decided the bus would do an "easy" week of duplicates to help run its new engine in.
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  English: The rear of Wilts & Dorset 402 (HF54 KXU), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking. It was on loan to Southern Vectis at the time, and is at the Round House, Cowes, Isle of Wight, having just turned right from Place Road into Park Road on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. The rear destination display was broken and was showing "Private", regardless of what was showing on the front.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 402 (HF54 KXU), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking. It was on loan to Southern Vectis at the time, and is at the Round House, Cowes, Isle of Wight, turning right from Place Road into Park Road on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 402 (HF54 KXU), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking. It was on loan to Southern Vectis at the time, and is seen in Terminus Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, having just left the Co-op bus stop on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. Cowes Pontoon (Red Jet Terminal) was not being served after 10am each day during Cowes Week, buses turning instead at the Co-op, so the use of buses that could not fit onto the Pontoon was not an issue. While 402's sisters (401, 403 & 404), had already returned to the mainland by now, 402 had blown its engine. It had been fixed in the weeks before Cowes Week, so it was decided the bus would do an "easy" week of duplicates to help run its new engine in.
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  English: On the left is Wilts & Dorset 402 (HF54 KXU), a Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Myllennium Vyking. It was on loan to Southern Vectis at the time, and is seen in Terminus Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, having just left the Co-op bus stop on route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. Going in the opposite direction is Southern Vectis 301 Chilton Chine (HW54 BTU), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, also on on route 1.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 711 (TIL 6711), a Leyland-bodied Leyland Olympian, in Park Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on Southern Vectis route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. 711 was part of the Go South Coast events fleet at the time, which was being looked after by Southern Vectis, hence it was on the route. When seen, the bus was about to pass the Round House and turn into Place Road.
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  English: Wilts & Dorset 711 (TIL 6711), a Leyland-bodied Leyland Olympian, turning from Park Road into Place Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, passing the Round House on Southern Vectis route 1. It was Cowes Week at the time, so larger buses were being run on route 1 as duplicates. 711 was part of the Go South Coast events fleet at the time, which was being looked after by Southern Vectis, hence it was on the route.
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  {{en1=Various yachts racing in the Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010. The photograph was taken from along Princes Esplanade/Egpyt Esplanade.}}
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  {{en1=Various yachts racing in the Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010. The photograph was taken from along Queen's Road.}}
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  {{en1=Various yachts racing in the Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010. The photograph was taken from along the Esplanade (not to be confused with Princes Esplande).}}
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  {{en1=Various yachts racing in the Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight, during Cowes Week 2010. The photograph was taken from along Princes Esplanade.}}

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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The light levels in this photo are a bit dogy.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken from the end of Castle Hill, which joins onto the Parade.

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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The light levels in this photo are a bit dogy.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken from the end of Castle Hill, which joins onto the Parade.
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  English: The notice at the Red Jet terminal bus stop, Fountain Quay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010, stating that buses would not serve the stop after 10am each day due to the high amount of pedestrians in the area as it was Cowes Week.
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  English: The Red Jet terminal bus stop, Fountain Quay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. At the time buses were not serving the stop after 10am each day due to the high amount of pedestrians in the area, as it was Cowes Week.
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  English: The Extreme 40 tent, seen during Cowes Week 2010. They had not learnt the lesson of 2009, and again put it up so the road was restricted to single file around a blind corner, which clearly isn't a good idea when the road is busy. There is no real reason it couldn't be put up a bit further back, to avoid this problem.

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  English: Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen from the main entrance gates.
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  English: Holy Trinity Church, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The fireworks were due to start soon after the photo was taken. The photo was taken from Queen's Road.
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  English: Northwood House car park, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Northwood Park, surrounding Northwood House, is used as a car park during Cowes Week. In previous years, it had been managed by the Isle of Wight Council, howver in 2010 control was given to Northwood House Trust.
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  English: Northwood House car park, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Northwood Park, surrounding Northwood House, is used as a car park during Cowes Week. In previous years, it had been managed by the Isle of Wight Council, howver in 2010 control was given to Northwood House Trust.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The light levels in this photo are a bit dogy.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010.
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  English: Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This photograph was taken from the end of Castle Hill, which joins onto the Parade.
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  English: A post box on Cowes Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. It is outside the Royal Yacht Squadron. Due to it being Cowes Week, the post box was out of use, and was sealed off. The notice on it reads: "Out of service - Cowes Week security order 2010".
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  English: Park Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display had finished, and so the usual crawl of cars out of Cowes had begun. Traffic is slow moving, but does steadily progress, especially as traffic management systems have been put in place in recent years. This photo is taken at the Round House, and the cars are about to turn from Park Road into Place Road. One of the pieces of traffic managements was that access to Gurnard at the Round House was blocked off, so cars had to go onto Place Road. The Cowes-bound bus stop, named "Round House" is on the left.
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  English: Park Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display had finished, and so the usual crawl of cars out of Cowes had begun. Traffic is slow moving, but does steadily progress, especially as traffic management systems have been put in place in recent years. This photo is taken at the Round House, and the cars are about to turn from Park Road into Place Road. One of the pieces of traffic managements was that access to Gurnard at the Round House was blocked off, so cars had to go onto Place Road. The Cowes-bound bus stop, named "Round House" is on the left.
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  English: Place Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display had finished, and so the usual crawl of cars out of Cowes had begun. Traffic is slow moving, but does steadily progress, especially as traffic management systems have been put in place in recent years. This photo is taken at the Round House, and the cars have just turned into Place Road from Park Road. One of the pieces of traffic managements was that access to Gurnard at the Round House was blocked off, so cars had to go onto Place Road from Park Road. The Newport-bound bus stop, named "Round House" is on the left.
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  English: Princess Green, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week was due to take place later that evening.
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  English: Princess Green, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week was due to take place later that evening. The Red Arrows were due to perform beforehand, hence some people are already waiting, however the Red Arrows were cancelled at the last minute due to poor visibility (the fog can be seen in the photo). Visibility at Bournemouth Airport, where the Red Arrows were due to take off from, was only 300 yards when the decision to cancel was taken.
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  English: Princess Green, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week was due to take place later that evening. The Red Arrows were due to perform beforehand, hence some people are already waiting, however the Red Arrows were cancelled at the last minute due to poor visibility (the fog can be seen in the photo). Visibility at Bournemouth Airport, where the Red Arrows were due to take off from, was only 300 yards when the decision to cancel was taken.
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  English: Princess Green, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week was due to take place later that evening. The Red Arrows were due to perform beforehand, hence some people are already waiting, however the Red Arrows were cancelled at the last minute due to poor visibility (the fog can be seen in the photo). Visibility at Bournemouth Airport, where the Red Arrows were due to take off from, was only 300 yards when the decision to cancel was taken.
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  English: Princess Green, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week were about to begin when the photo was taken, hence the crowd of people waiting in the dark. This photo was taken from Queens Road.
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  English: Princess Green, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week were about to begin when the photo was taken, hence the crowd of people waiting in the dark. This photo was taken from Queens Road.
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  English: Princess Green, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week were about to begin when the photo was taken, hence the crowd of people waiting in the dark. This photo was taken from Queens Road.
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  English: Princess Green, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week were about to begin when the photo was taken, hence the crowd of people waiting in the dark. This photo was taken from Queens Road. Note the seller of flashy toy things, which are always a feature of the event.
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  English: Princes Green, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week was due to take place later that evening. The Red Arrows were due to perform beforehand, hence some people are already waiting, however the Red Arrows were cancelled at the last minute due to poor visibility (the fog can be seen in the photo). Visibility at Bournemouth Airport, where the Red Arrows were due to take off from, was only 300 yards when the decision to cancel was taken.
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  English: The notice at the Red Jet terminal bus stop, Fountain Quay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010, stating that buses would not serve the stop after 10am each day due to the high amount of pedestrians in the area as it was Cowes Week.
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  English: The Red Jet terminal bus stop, Fountain Quay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. At the time buses were not serving the stop after 10am each day due to the high amount of pedestrians in the area, as it was Cowes Week.
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  English: A pair of parking warning signs on the edge of the Red Jet terminal building, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. I took the photo because of the stunner of an apostrophe error - "area's".
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  English: The path outside the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This is where the Cowes Week races start from, hence the large amount of people watching.
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  English: The path outside the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This is where the Cowes Week races start from, hence the large amount of people watching.
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  English: The Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. This is where the Cowes Week races start from, hence the large amount of people watching. The photograph is taken from the road named "Esplanade".
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  English: Shooters Hill, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Looking towards Cross Street.
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  English: Shooters Hill, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. Looking towards Cross Street, taken from the very end of Shooters Hill.
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  English: The notice stuck to the window of the Red Funnel Steam Coffee Company at Cowes Red Jet terminal, Fountain Quay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, stating that buses would not serve the stop after 10am each day due to the high amount of pedestrians in the area as it was Cowes Week.
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  English: The notice stuck outside the Cowes Tourist Information Office at Cowes Red Jet terminal, Fountain Quay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, stating that buses would not serve the Red Jet terminal bus stop as it was Cowes Week. In fact it was not quite accurate, before 10am each day, buses were actually coming onto the Pontoon. It was only after 10am when passengers would have to walk to the Co-op.
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  English: The junction of Park Road, Place Road and Tuttons Hill, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display had finished, and so the usual crawl of cars out of Cowes had begun. Traffic is slow moving, but does steadily progress, especially as traffic management systems have been put in place in recent years. One example of traffic management is here at the Round House. Access between Tuttons Hill and Park Road is blocked off. Cars coming from Park Road have to head to Newport via Place Road, and car coming from Baring Road have to go down Tuttons Hill and are diverted to Newport via Gurnard. This seems to work quite well, as before this idea was introduced all the roads leading to the junction queued back for ages, and different streams of traffic came into conflict. Not so good for locals though, who clearly don't want to be sent on a diversion route to Newport. While I was here a van wanted to get through but the man keeping the traffic cones guard wouldn't let him go through.
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  English: The junction of Park Road, Place Road and Tuttons Hill, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display had finished, and so the usual crawl of cars out of Cowes had begun. Traffic is slow moving, but does steadily progress, especially as traffic management systems have been put in place in recent years. One example of traffic management is here at the Round House. Access between Tuttons Hill and Park Road is blocked off. Cars coming from Park Road have to head to Newport via Place Road, and car coming from Baring Road have to go down Tuttons Hill and are diverted to Newport via Gurnard. This seems to work quite well, as before this idea was introduced all the roads leading to the junction queued back for ages, and different streams of traffic came into conflict. Not so good for locals though, who clearly don't want to be sent on a diversion route to Newport. While I was here a van wanted to get through but the man keeping the traffic cones guard wouldn't let him go through.
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  English: The junction of Park Road, Place Road and Tuttons Hill, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display had finished, and so the usual crawl of cars out of Cowes had begun. Traffic is slow moving, but does steadily progress, especially as traffic management systems have been put in place in recent years. One example of traffic management is here at the Round House. Access between Tuttons Hill and Park Road is blocked off. Cars coming from Park Road have to head to Newport via Place Road, and car coming from Baring Road have to go down Tuttons Hill and are diverted to Newport via Gurnard. This seems to work quite well, as before this idea was introduced all the roads leading to the junction queued back for ages, and different streams of traffic came into conflict. Not so good for locals though, who clearly don't want to be sent on a diversion route to Newport. While I was here a van wanted to get through but the man keeping the traffic cones guard wouldn't let him go through.
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  English: The junction of Baring Road and Tuttons Hill, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The firework display had finished, and so the usual crawl of cars out of Cowes had begun. Traffic is slow moving, but does steadily progress, especially as traffic management systems have been put in place in recent years. One example of traffic management is here at the Round House. Access between Tuttons Hill and Park Road is blocked off. Cars coming from Park Road have to head to Newport via Place Road, and car coming from Baring Road have to go down Tuttons Hill and are diverted to Newport via Gurnard. This seems to work quite well, as before this idea was introduced all the roads leading to the junction queued back for ages, and different streams of traffic came into conflict.
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  English: An advertising blimp from BMW Oracle, seen on the field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, where it was kept during Cowes Week 2010. As it was firework night on the day the photo was taken, the blimp stayed down all day.
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  English: An advertising blimp from BMW Oracle, seen on the field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, where it was kept during Cowes Week 2010. As it was firework night on the day the photo was taken, the blimp stayed down all day.
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  English: Passing through the decking outside the Extreme 40 tent, during Cowes Week 2010. The top floor overhangs this bit, hence the roof.
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  English: The Extreme 40 tent, seen during Cowes Week 2010. They had not learnt the lesson of 2009, and again put it up so the road was restricted to single file around a blind corner, which clearly isn't a good idea when the road is busy. There is no real reason it couldn't be put up a bit further back, to avoid this problem.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. This was the beginning of the display.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. This was the beginning of the display.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. The display has reached the grand finale by this point, with the biggest and most rapidly fired fireworks. I think this was the last firework.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. This was the beginning of the display.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: The 2010 firework display marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The photographed were taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road. This was the beginning of the display.

Fri Nov 19 22:21:20 GMT 2010

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  English: Various boats moored in the Solent off Cowes, Isle of Wight, in preparation for the fireworks later that night, marking the end of Cowes Week 2010. The fireworks are launched off a barge in the Solent, so obviously boats moored nearby have a better view than people watching from the shore. This photo was taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road, looking north east-ish in the direction of East Cowes.
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  English: Birmingham Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken from the junction with Shooters Hill, looking towards the Medina Road end of Birmingham Road. A line of people can be seen walking up from the floating bridge from East Cowes.
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  English: A man handing out leaflets for the, Cowes, Isle of Wight, branch of the Co-operative food store, while standing close to the town's Sainsbury's Local store. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. Being Cowes Week, the two supermarkets were trying to bring in as much trade as possible to their stores, and hence leaflets were being handed out. This story made the Isle of Wight County Press, Apparently, when Sainsbury's realised leaflets for the Co-op were being handed out near their store, they got some of their own staff to promote Sainsbury's while standing outside the Co-op! The photo is taken in the High Street.
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  English: A man handing out leaflets for the, Cowes, Isle of Wight, branch of the Co-operative food store, while standing close to the town's Sainsbury's Local store. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. Being Cowes Week, the two supermarkets were trying to bring in as much trade as possible to their stores, and hence leaflets were being handed out. This story made the Isle of Wight County Press, Apparently, when Sainsbury's realised leaflets for the Co-op were being handed out near their store, they got some of their own staff to promote Sainsbury's while standing outside the Co-op! The photo is taken in the High Street.
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  English: Building works on Cowes Esplanade, Isle of Wight, from just beside the foot of the link road down from Queen's Road. Work was well underway at the time to build a horrendous looking monstrosity that is totally out of keeping with the area. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time.
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  English: Building works on Cowes Esplanade, Isle of Wight. The plot of land is next to the link road down from Queen's Road. This photograph was taken from the other side of the plot to the link road, looking at the sea facing side of the plot. Work was well underway at the time to build a horrendous looking monstrosity that is totally out of keeping with the area. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time.
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  English: Cowes Esplanade, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week were about to begin when the photo was taken, hence the crowd of people watching in the dark. This photo was taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: Cowes Esplanade, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week were about to begin when the photo was taken, hence the crowd of people watching in the dark. This photo was taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: Cowes Esplanade, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week were about to begin when the photo was taken, hence the crowd of people watching in the dark. This photo was taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: Cowes Esplanade, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week were about to begin when the photo was taken, hence the crowd of people watching in the dark. This photo was taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: Cowes Esplanade, Isle of Wight, seen on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. The firework display to mark the end of Cowes Week was due to take place later that evening. The Red Arrows were due to perform beforehand, hence some people are already waiting, however the Red Arrows were cancelled at the last minute due to poor visibility (the fog can be seen in the photo). Visibility at Bournemouth Airport, where the Red Arrows were due to take off from, was only 300 yards when the decision to cancel was taken. The mist did also spoil the fireworks slightly This photo was taken from the Esplanade, at the foot of the link road from Queens Road.
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  English: Fountain Quay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken from the archway through which traffic come off the High Street to access Fountain Quay. Fountain Quay is where the Red Jet terminal is. The area is known to many as "Cowes Pontoon" (or obviously just "the Pontoon" to the locals). The various flags put up in the marina/Yacht Haven can be seen in the background.
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  English: The entrance to Cowes Golf Club, Cowes, Isle of Wight. The photograph was intended to show the large advertising blimp, that was being kept on the field of Cowes High School just behind this hedge. You can just about see it, but nowhere near as well as I had hoped, hence the photo is now of the entrance to the golf club! It was Cowes Week 2010 at the time, hence an advertising blimp was being used.
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  English: Cowes Harbour, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen from the edge of the Yacht Haven. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time.
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  English: Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen from the main entrance gates.
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  English: Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen from over the hedge which separates the school field from parallel road Crossfield Avenue.
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  English: The field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen from a set of gates creating a gap in the hedge which separates the school field from parallel road Crossfield Avenue. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. Because the school field is so large, and Cowes Week is during the school summer holidays, one half of the field is used as a heliport during Cowes Week. The other half is used as an overflow car park. I'm sure that five or so years ago, there were many more helicopters than there are these days, which is a shame, but nevertheless, there are two seen in this photo.
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  English: The field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen from a set of gates creating a gap in the hedge which separates the school field from parallel road Crossfield Avenue. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. Because the school field is so large, and Cowes Week is during the school summer holidays, one half of the field is used as a heliport during Cowes Week. The other half is used as an overflow car park. I'm sure that five or so years ago, there were many more helicopters than there are these days, which is a shame, but nevertheless, one can be seen in this photograph.
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  English: The field of Cowes High School, Cowes, Isle of Wight, seen from a set of gates creating a gap in the hedge which separates the school field from parallel road Crossfield Avenue. It was the Friday of Cowes Week 2010 at the time. Because the school field is so large, and Cowes Week is during the school summer holidays, one half of the field is used as a heliport during Cowes Week. The other half is used as an overflow car park. I'm sure that five or so years ago, there were many more helicopters than there are these days, which is a shame, but nevertheless, there are two seen in this photo.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken from between the junctions with The Cut and Carvel Lane, looking along the High Street in the direction of the Terminus Road junction.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken from the junctions with The Cut, looking along the High Street in the direction of the Cross Street junction. Note the balloon seller.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken from the junction with Market Hill, looking along the High Street in the direction of the Sun Hill junction.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken between the junctions with Market Hill and Sun Hill, looking along the High Street in the direction of the Sun Hill junction. Note the stall of the Hospice on the right.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken between the junctions with Market Hill and Sun Hill, looking along the High Street in the direction of the Sun Hill junction.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken between the junctions with Sun Hill and Terminus Road, looking along the High Street in the direction of Terminus Road and Fountain Quay.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken between the junctions with Sun Hill and Terminus Road, looking along the High Street in the direction of the Terminus Road junction. The entrance to Fountain Quay (through the arch) can be seen on the left.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken between the junctions with Terminus Road, looking along the High Street south-ish towards what eventually becomes Shooters Hill.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken between the junctions with Terminus Road, looking along the High Street north-ish towards what eventually becomes Bath Road.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken from near the junction with The Cut, looking towards the Sainsbury's Local store, where the High Street bends to the right to meet Cross Street.
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  English: Cowes High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the Friday of Cowes Week 2010. The photo is taken at the junction with Market Hill, looking along the High Street north-ish towards what becomes Bath Road.

Sun Oct 31 22:17:23 GMT 2010

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  English: Arriva London North VLA93 (LJ54 BDY), a Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400, in Stoke Newington High Street, passing the junction with Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 243.
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  English: Arriva London North VLW191 (LJ03 MXS), a Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini, in Stoke Newington High Street, passing the junction with Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 76.
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  English: Arriva London North VLW95 (WLT 895), a Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini, in Upper Clapton Road, passing the junction with Northwold Road, Upper Clapton, Greater London, on route 253.
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  English: A parrot of some kind in the aviary in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, Greater London.
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  English: The junction of Upper Clapton Road and Northwold Road, Upper Clapton, Greater London. Upper Clapton Road is the road looking straight ahead in this photo, and continues behind where I was stood while taking the photo. Northwold Road is the side road on the right. Note the very thin box junction, looking most unusual.
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  English: The junction of Upper Clapton Road and Northwold Road, Upper Clapton, Greater London. Upper Clapton Road is the road looking straight ahead in this photo, and continues behind where I was stood while taking the photo. Northwold Road is the side road on the right. Note the very thin box junction, looking most unusual.
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  English: A memorial flower bed for Fatima Roberts, in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, Greater London.
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  English: East London 15026 (LX58 CFV), a Scania OmniCity, in Upper Clapton Road, Upper Clapton, Greater London, at the Clapton railway station bus stop on route 106.
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  English: East London 15028 (LX58 CFZ), a Scania OmniCity, turning left from Upper Clapton Road into Northwold Road, Upper Clapton, Greater London, while on route 106.
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  English: East London 15028 (LX58 CFZ), a Scania OmniCity, turning left from Upper Clapton Road into Northwold Road, Upper Clapton, Greater London, while on route 106.
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  English: East London 15034 (LX58 CGU), a Scania OmniCity, in Northwold Road, nearing the end at the junction with Upper Clapton Road, Upper Clapton, Greater London, while on route 106.
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  English: East London 34346 (Y346 FJN), a Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander ALX200, in Stoke Newington High Street, passing the junction with Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 276.
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  English: First London TN32967 (X967 HLT), a Dennis Trident/Plaxton President, in Stoke Newington High Street, passing the junction with Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 67.
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  English: First London VTL32314 (LK03 NHT), a Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 476.
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  English: London Dial-a-Ride D7005 (YX08 FKP), a Volkswagen Bluebird Tucana, in Stoke Newington Church Street, waiting at the traffic lights to turn left into Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London.
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  English: London Dial-a-Ride D7005 (YX08 FKP), a Volkswagen Bluebird Tucana, in Stoke Newington High Street, having just turned left from Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London.
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  English: London Dial-a-Ride D7005 (YX08 FKP), a Volkswagen Bluebird Tucana, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London.
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  English: London General MEC31 (BD09 ZVW), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Cab Road, Waterloo, outside London Waterloo railway station, on route 507. This was the first Monday weekday of rigid Citaro operation of the route, the service was converted from articulated buses on the Saturday before, alongside the introduction of a weekend service for this previously commuter route.
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  English: London General MEC31 (BD09 ZVW), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Cab Road, Waterloo, outside London Waterloo railway station, on route 507. This was the first Monday weekday of rigid Citaro operation of the route, the service was converted from articulated buses on the Saturday before, alongside the introduction of a weekend service for this previously commuter route.
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  English: London General MEC31 (BD09 ZVW), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Cab Road, Waterloo, outside London Waterloo railway station, on route 507. This was the first Monday weekday of rigid Citaro operation of the route, the service was converted from articulated buses on the Saturday before, alongside the introduction of a weekend service for this previously commuter route.
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  English: Metropolitan Police car BX58 PFN, a Vauxhall Astra, on an emergency call in Upper Clapton, Greater London. It is using its blue lights (and was using its sirens), as it rushed along Upper Clapton Road, at the junction with Northwold Road.
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  English: A group of Feral town pigeons on a grassed area beside Brook Road, Stoke Newington, Greater London, showing that - as they are feral - they all vary in appearance. The smaller brown bird in the middle is a juvenile Starling.
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  English: A group of Feral town pigeons on a grassed area beside Brook Road, Stoke Newington, Greater London, showing that - as they are feral - they all vary in appearance. The smaller brown bird in the middle is a juvenile Starling.
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  English: A rather odd set of road markings in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London. Not shown in the photograph is the fact they randomly direct cyclists into sides streets for absolutely no reason! As it visible, they are also duplicated on eith side of the road - presumably after regulations were changed and a new set were painted next to the old ones.

Thu Oct 28 21:59:06 BST 2010

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  English: Arriva London North MA163 (LX03 HCG), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 73. This was one of the Citaros transferred from Selkent from use on route 453, after some vehicle requirement changes on the routes run with articulated buses. Its fleet number with Selkent was 23008.
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  English: Arriva London North MA166 (LX03 HDE), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 73. This was one of the Citaros transferred from Selkent from use on route 453, after some vehicle requirement changes on the routes run with articulated buses. Its fleet number with Selkent was 23021.

Thu Oct 28 21:31:41 BST 2010

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  English: Arriva London North DLP88 (LF02 PKD), a DAF DB250/Plaxton President, in Stoke Newington High Street, passing the junction with Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 349.
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  English: Arriva London North DLP90 (LF02 PKJ), a DAF DB250/Plaxton President, in Stoke Newington High Street, passing the junction with Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 349. Unlike many of its sisters at the time, this Plaxton President remained in its original Arriva London livery, with the cream "cow's horn" at the front. Buses are now painted overall red, in line with TfL's 100% red policy.
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  English: Arriva London North DWL36 (LF02 PNN), a DAF SB120/Wright Cadet, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on driver training duties. As can be seen from its livery, this bus is a dedicated driver trainer. New regulations introduced around the time of the photograph, stating that drivers training buses had to be fitted with ABS brakes, meant that many newer buses became drivers trainers.
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  English: Arriva London North DWL36 (LF02 PNN), a DAF SB120/Wright Cadet, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on driver training duties. As can be seen from its livery, this bus is a dedicated driver trainer. New regulations introduced around the time of the photograph, stating that drivers training buses had to be fitted with ABS brakes, meant that many newer buses became drivers trainers.
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  English: Arriva London North ENS3 (LJ07 EDO), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, pulling out of Brooke Road turning right into Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 393.
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  English: Arriva London North ENS5 (LJ07 EDR), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 393.
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  English: Arriva London North HW4 (LJ09 KRK), a Wright Gemini 2 HEV, in Green Lanes, running down the edge of Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 141. This is a hybrid bus, as seen by the special vinyls on the side of the bus.
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  English: Arriva London North HW4 (LJ09 KRK), a Wright Gemini 2 HEV, in Green Lanes, running down the edge of Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 141. This is a hybrid bus, as seen by the special vinyls on the side of the bus.
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  English: Arriva London North HW5 (LJ09 KRN), a Wright Gemini 2 HEV, in Green Lanes, running down the edge of Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 141. This is a hybrid bus, as seen by the special vinyls on the side of the bus.
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  English: Arriva London North MA15 (BX04 MXN), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Stoke Newington High Street, passing the junction with Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 149. Route 149 was converted back to double-deckers on 16 October 2010.
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  English: Arriva London North MA162 (LX03 HCE), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 73. This was one of the Citaros transferred from Selkent from use on route 453, after some vehicle requirement changes on the routes run with articulated buses. Its previous Selkent fleet number of 23006 is still visible on the front of the bus.
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  English: Arriva London North MA34 (BX04 NDU), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 73.
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  English: The rear section of Arriva London North MA53 (BX04 MYZ), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, showing its concertina as it bends its way from Stoke Newington Church Street into Albion Road, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 73.
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  English: Arriva London North MA53 (BX04 MYZ), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on a short working of route 73 after being curtailed to run only as far as Marble Arch, instead of running to Victoria Station.
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  English: Arriva London North MA56 (BX04 MZG), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Stoke Newington High Street, passing the junction with Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 149. Route 149 was converted back to double-deckers on 16 October 2010.
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  English: Arriva London North MA66 (BX04 NCV), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 73.
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  English: Arriva London North MA66 (BX04 NCV), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 73.
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  English: Arriva London North PDL115 (LJ54 LHR), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, turning from Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, into Stoke Newington Church Street on route 393. Route 393 is schedulled to be run with Alexander Dennis Enviro200s, however there is usually one bus on the service a day which is not.
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  English: Arriva London North PDL115 (LJ54 LHR), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer MPD, in Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, Greater London, on route 393. Route 393 is schedulled to be run with Alexander Dennis Enviro200s, however there is usually one bus on the service a day which is not.

Tue Oct 26 19:17:35 BST 2010

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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3032 (N232 TPK), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, on route 93. It is leaving the White Horse bus stop. Route 93 was run from Arriva's Horsham depot, at Warnham railway station. Arriva sold their Horsham operations to Metrobus in late 2009, with Metrobus starting operations from their own depot at on 3 October 2009. This bus moved to Metrobus, and was refurbished and saw continued use on Horsham town route 98, with new fleet number 396.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3074 (P274 FPK), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, on route 93. It is at the White Horse bus stop. Route 93 was run from Arriva's Horsham depot, at Warnham railway station. Arriva sold their Horsham operations to Metrobus in late 2009, with Metrobus starting operations from their own depot at Crawley on 3 October 2009. This bus moved to Metrobus, and was refurbished and saw continued use on Horsham town route 98, with new fleet number 394.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3091 (P291 FPK), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, on route 32.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3924 (GK51 SYZ), a DAF SB120/Wright Cadet, in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, on route 21.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3978 (GN07 AVU), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, on Transport for London contracted route 465. Route 465 was run from Arriva's Horsham depot, at Warnham railway station. Arriva sold their Horsham operations to Metrobus in late 2009, with Metrobus starting operations from their own depot at Crawley on 3 October 2009. This bus moved to Metrobus, and saw continued use on route 465, with new fleet number 222.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3978 (GN07 AVU), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, on Transport for London contracted route 465. It is at the White Horse bus stop. Route 465 was run from Arriva's Horsham depot, at Warnham railway station. Arriva sold their Horsham operations to Metrobus in late 2009, with Metrobus starting operations from their own depot at Crawley on 3 October 2009. This bus moved to Metrobus, and saw continued use on route 465, with new fleet number 222.
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  English: Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3981 (GN07 AUY), an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, on Transport for London contracted route 465. Route 465 was run from Arriva's Horsham depot, at Warnham railway station. Arriva sold their Horsham operations to Metrobus in late 2009, with Metrobus starting operations from their own depot at Crawley on 3 October 2009. This bus moved to Metrobus, and saw continued use on route 465, with new fleet number 225.
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  English: The end of Dene Street, Dorking, Surrey, seen from across the other side of the High Street. The photo shows the narrow nature of many of Dorking's side roads, with cars having to mount the pavement to pass each other in this photo.
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  English: Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, in July 2009. The photograph is taken looking roughly north east, with the A25 road heading towards Reigate. The photo was taken at roughly the highest point of the High Street, between the junctions of South Street and Lyons Court.
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  English: Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, in July 2009. The photograph is taken looking roughly south west, with the A25 road heading towards Guildford. The photo was taken at roughly the highest point of the High Street, between the junctions of South Street and Lyons Court.
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  English: Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, in July 2009. The photograph is taken looking roughly south west, with the A25 road heading towards Guildford. The photo was taken outside the White Horse pub, from opposite the junction of the High Street and Mill Street.
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  English: Bus stop L in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, opposite the large White Horse pub. It is for services 93 and 465 towards Dorking railway station. Route 93 terminates at the station, whereas route 465 runs to Kingston via Leatherhead and Surbiton. The stop is missing the "L" on the stop to distinguish it from other town centre stops.
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  English: Bus stop N in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, opposite the large White Horse pub. It is for services 21, 22, 32 and 516.
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  English: Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, in July 2009. The photograph is taken looking roughly north east, with the A25 road heading towards Reigate. The photo was taken at roughly the highest point of the High Street, between the junctions of South Street and Lyons Court.
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  English: A notice at the bus stand in South Street, Dorking, Surrey, reminding bus drivers to turn their bus' engines off while on the stand. It also states that the stand is for the use of service 516 only. The bus stand is situated directly behind bus stop P for use of buses in service.
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  English: Bus stop P in South Street, Dorking, Surrey. It is for services 21, 22, 32, 93, 465 and 516.
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  English: The large White Horse pub in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, seen in July 2009.
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  English: A warning sign for bus drivers on London Buses route 465, warning of low trees on the road ahead. The location is just south of Mickleham, Surrey, on Old London Road, beside the entrance to the car park of Ryka's Cafe. Despite being deep into Surrey, route 465 is a Transport for London contracted route throughout - between Kingston and Dorking, and therefore London Buses style warning signs like these are used, which is most unusual. If it were not a TfL route there would be no chance of the sign being here. Route 465 is the TfL route that extends furthest south compared to any other route in the network, so this is probably the southernmost low tree warning sign ever to have been put up! Also of note is that route 465 is run with single-deckers, so this is presumably only one of a few low tree warning signs for single-deckers, which are obviously much less affected by low trees than double-deckers.
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  English: A warning sign for bus drivers on London Buses route 465, warning of low trees on the road ahead. The location is just south of Mickleham, Surrey, on Old London Road, beside the entrance to the car park of Ryka's Cafe. Despite being deep into Surrey, route 465 is a Transport for London contracted route throughout - between Kingston and Dorking, and therefore London Buses style warning signs like these are used, which is most unusual. If it were not a TfL route there would be no chance of the sign being here. Route 465 is the TfL route that extends furthest south compared to any other route in the network, so this is probably the southernmost low tree warning sign ever to have been put up! Also of note is that route 465 is run with single-deckers, so this is presumably only one of a few low tree warning signs for single-deckers, which are obviously much less affected by low trees than double-deckers.
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  English: A warning sign for bus drivers on London Buses route 465, warning of low trees on the road ahead. The location is just south of Mickleham, Surrey, on Old London Road, beside the entrance to the car park of Ryka's Cafe. Despite being deep into Surrey, route 465 is a Transport for London contracted route throughout - between Kingston and Dorking, and therefore London Buses style warning signs like these are used, which is most unusual. If it were not a TfL route there would be no chance of the sign being here. Route 465 is the TfL route that extends furthest south compared to any other route in the network, so this is probably the southernmost low tree warning sign ever to have been put up! Also of note is that route 465 is run with single-deckers, so this is presumably only one of a few low tree warning signs for single-deckers, which are obviously much less affected by low trees than double-deckers.
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  English: Sunray Travel LJ56 LDC, an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, in Dorking High Street, Dorking, Surrey, on route 516. It is at the White Horse bus stop.
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  English: The Street, West Clandon, Surrey, seen flooded after heavy rain. This section of the road, between Clandon Crossroads (the junction with Epsom Road/Shere Road) and the entrance to Clandon Park (the National Trust property) often floods after heavy rain, because the road dips down and so collects water. The muddy verges also help block the drains. The flood is not overly large but is still quite substantial, especially to drivers who are not used to it.
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  English: The Street, West Clandon, Surrey, seen flooded after heavy rain. This section of the road, between Clandon Crossroads (the junction with Epsom Road/Shere Road) and the entrance to Clandon Park (the National Trust property) often floods after heavy rain, because the road dips down and so collects water. The muddy verges also help block the drains. The flood is not overly large but is still quite substantial, especially to drivers who are not used to it.
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  English: The bus stop at Westcott Green, Westcott, Surrey. It is served by routes 21, 22 and 32. As can be seen, the bus shelter has a rather novel thatched roof, which matches the dovecot. In early 2009, the bus shelter was re-thatched. I had wanted to take a photo of it looking new, but by the time I got round to this photo it was a couple of months too late. The rain at the time of the photograph didn't help either.