301/01 Premier Travel Services GFL 527Y near Risby - Sat 24 Aug 1985

Saturday 21 September 1985 - Premier Travel Services 301 (GFL 527Y), a Plaxton Paramount 3500 bodied Leyland Tiger new in 1983, with me at the wheel. Out of the blue I was asked to drive this coach from Premier Park to Wickham Market near Woodbridge and bring back a coach with a faulty entrance door. Driving this coach was in itself a treat but the coach I had to drive back was even more so in the form of Premier’s one and only Leyland Royal Tiger Doyen 315 (C519 KFL)! At the time Premier worked the United States Air Force contract providing a link from RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge to Heathrow Airport (and possibly Gatwick too but I am not sure - one or two coaches being outstationed at Wickham Market for the work with the driver(s) living locally). (Ref 25-14)