vla50
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It will be interesting to see where they are deployed and hopefully the new adventure they work on is successful.
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I have only seen a photo from a friend and it wasn't parked in full view but looks okay. It is still in it's old colours so I am not sure what it will be repainted / vinyled for.
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It's just a case of having to wait and see at the moment I suppose! I expect @On the Buses will unveil what adventure they are going to be used on in due course along with what the new Mousehole livery and open back Solos will all look like for it.
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I hope it will be successful too! I'm certainly going to try it out!
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Who says it’s a new one?
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According to @OntheBuses in his Omnibus Society talk the Tridents will be used on the Newquay Sunseeker.
He also showed mock-ups of the Mousehole livery. Cream with coloured swirls (a choice of four) in ABB style.
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I thought the two open air deck E200s were for the Newquay Sunseeker unless the Tridents will be joining them next year.
Also is there anywhere I’d be able to watch his talk? It all sounds very exciting!
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The Sunseeker needs more buses than just the two E200s.
Unfortunately not. I didn't see it. Just had a run-down on it secondhand from a friend.
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No worries. I’ll still have a little go on one of them nonetheless whenever I can come down to Cornwall next year.
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All three Mouseholes on the Mousehole today!
Blimey!
Surely that has to be a first!
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It didn't last. Barbie 53801 is providing the evening service. So from 100% Mousehole to 100% Barbie!
53701 is at callington for CAL117, photo of it yesterday morning
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Is CAL117 the service in which WA13AMK is used for?
Normally CAL105. Although WA13AMK has done 117 a couple of times it’s very tight in one place to get it round.
vla50
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So a Solo is the normal allocation for 117?
Yes
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Kernow green really suits the mini Solos.
I've moved the discussion about the new ticketing situation to this thread:
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I see that occasional visitor to this forum, Tim Jennings, has posted this shot from Tuesday - still in Yeovil but fleetnames painted out and looking rather forlorn.
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Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer parked inside Yeovil bus depot in a rather sorry state.
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Interesting. There was a photo of it posted on Facebook a few months back at a yard on the A303. It looked fully intact and hadn’t had fleetnames painted out.I see that occasional visitor to this forum, Tim Jennings, has posted this shot from Tuesday - still in Yeovil but fleetnames painted out and looking rather forlorn.
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Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer parked inside Yeovil bus depot in a rather sorry state.
fgwrich
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I wouldn't say it's become that recently forlorn - poor old OAP has looked somewhat odd for a number of years now in it's odd looking Barbie / Olympia / Route 41 Hybrid livery. Going off that photo, I would say it looks like it's become a parts donor now.I see that occasional visitor to this forum, Tim Jennings, has posted this shot from Tuesday - still in Yeovil but fleetnames painted out and looking rather forlorn.
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Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer parked inside Yeovil bus depot in a rather sorry state.
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Where were these repainted, does anyone know? The quality seems particularly good.
AJS motor bodywork’s in Bodmin do majority of the painting
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I saw all three a few months ago in Market Jew Street at the same time, all in service too (though one was allegedly an M6 still!)
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It’s waiting collection by Wigleys.