DSCN0723 Western Greyhound WK04 OTA (SF04 HXM) and Jackett's Coaches R810 HWS

Tuesday 4 June 2013 (1057) – Two Plaxton Beaver bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario buses seen at Bude (Strand). In front is Western Greyhound 580 (WK04 OTA), new as SF04 HXM to Rowe of Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland in March 2004, taking a break after working the 0918 circular service 530 from Bude via various villages to the north of the town including Morwenstow, Crimp, Kilkhampton, Stibb and Poughill arriving back at Bude at 1022. Behind is Jackett’s Coaches R810 HWS which had just arrived on the 1015 service 219 from Hartland via Kilhampton and Stratton. At Hartland connections can be made with Stagecoach service 319 to/from Bideford, and Barnstaple. The Jackett’s Vario was familiar to me as it used to be in the fleet of Coach Services Limited of Thetford near my home some 340 miles away from Bude!