Ipswich Buses sponsored owl and 48 (SGZ 3348) - 8 Jul 2022 (P1120429

Friday 8 July 2022 (1125) – As part of the 2022 fund raising for St. Elizabeth’s Hospice in Ipswich, a trail of 50 colourful owls has been placed around the town each sponsored by a local business.

This one, 'The Hoot Express’, is sponsored by Ipswich Buses and stands in Tower Ramparts bus station.

In the background is Ipswich Buses 48 (SGZ 3348), a Scania N230UD Omnicity that was new to London United (SP40037) in July 2008 registered YN08 MRY. It was between runs on a school swimming contract, the Crown Pools swimming pool centre is across the road from the bus station.

In the ‘Photo in photo’ views are the ‘Suffolk and Proud’ owl (sponsored by Suffolk County Council dressed in the Suffolk county flag) and the camera toting ‘Happy Snappy Owl’ (sponsored by Greater Anglia Railways at Ipswich Railway Station).