Ely area - Mar/Apr 2015

Saturday 7 March 2015 (1214) - Parrys International Tours Ltd, of Cheslyn Hay, West Midlands YD14 GFA seen at Ely, Cambridgeshire on a 'Mystery Tour'. A Van Hool TX17 Astron new in April 2014.

Saturday 7 March 2015 (1214) - Sporting the legal name and address of I. T. Brown of Soham in the front windscreen, M105 UKX was seen parked in Ely between trips on service 110 from Impington via Histon, Rampton, Cottenham and Wilburton (due in at 1025 and out again at 1315). The Cambridgeshire County Council website shows this service as operated by Lords Travel. The bus is a Wright bodied Volvo B10B which had been new to Sovereign Bus and Coach as their number 105 in March 1995.

Saturday 7 March 2015 (1219) - Grey's Coaches ESU 389 seen in its home city of Ely, Cambridgeshire. It is a Plaxton Cheetah bodied Mercedes-Benz. (G18 ELY stands behind)

Saturday 7 March 2015 (1220) - Grey's Coaches G18 ELY, a Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B9R new in March 2012, seen in its home city of Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Saturday 7 March 2015 (1359) - Norfolk Green (owned by Stagecoach) 47897 (MX55 WCV), an Optare Solo, operates the 'absolutELY' town service in the Cambridgeshire city of Ely, Cambridgeshire. It was originally new to E & M Horsburgh of Pumpherston near Livingston, Scotland in December 2005.

Saturday 7 March 2015 (1416) - Two Plaxton Premiere bodied Volvo B10M coaches operated by Nesbit Bros of Somerby near Melton Mowbray seen in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Thursday 16 April 2015 (0856) - The 'Ely Zipper' circular bus service began on 3 November 2014 linking the city of Ely with the villages of Witcham, Haddenham, Wilburton, Stretham and Little Thetford replacing an Ely-Cottenham service (106). Dews Coaches of Somersham operates the service. This bus stop sign is located in Wilburton, the vertical lines contain the names of the main villages on the route.

Thursday 16 April 2015 (0858) - Dews Coaches of Somersham, Cambridgeshire operates the 'Ely Zipper' circular bus service which links the city of Ely with the villages of Witcham, Haddenham, Wilburton, Stretham and Little Thetford. The regular bus is a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart sporting registration number BU52 ELY which, quite imaginatively spaced, declares the message BUS 2 ELY. I have read that this vehicle previously carried registrations MB04 BZH and B1 JYM, the latter number plate was one of Jim Stones cherished plates). I was lucky with this shot. I had been poised for a time waiting to photograph the bus travelling through the surroundings of the village of Wilburton when, as often can be the case, a stupid pedestrian without regard of the presence of anyone else, just had to walk across my camera aim. A quick re-adjust I snapped it. It came out as a half decent bus shot rather than a scenic shot featuring the bus.

Thursday 16 April 2015 (0858) - Thursday 16 April 2015 (0858) - Dews Coaches of Somersham, Cambridgeshire operates the 'Ely Zipper' circular bus service which links the city of Ely with the villages of Witcham, Haddenham, Wilburton, Stretham and Little Thetford. The regular bus is a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart sporting registration number BU52 ELY which, quite imaginatively spaced, declares the message BUS 2 ELY. I have read that this vehicle previously carried registrations MB04 BZH and B1 JYM, the latter number plate was one of Jim Stones cherished plates). The service began on 3 November 2014 eplacing an Ely-Cottenham service (106) which had latterly also been operated by Dew's. Operating six days a week there are six trips running anti-clockwise until lunchtime and five trips running clockwise during the afternoon. On Thursdays, which is market day in Ely, one trip in the morning and one trip in the early afternoon diverts to serve the small village of Aldreth.