Oxford - 26/27 Feb 2016

Friday 26 February 2016 – Turkish built Temsa Diamond coach from Moldova seen at Peartree Service Area in Oxford. Some of the windows bore posters for operatic performances and in the front windscreen there was a poster for a performance of Puccini’s Tosca by the ‘The Orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova’. Registration C RU 120

Friday 26 February 2016 – Turkish built Temsa Diamond coach from Moldova seen at Peartree Service Area in Oxford. Some of the windows bore posters for operatic performances and in the front windscreen there was a poster for a performance of Puccini’s Tosca by the ‘The Orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova’. Registration C RU 120

Friday 26 February 2016 – Turkish built Temsa Diamond coach from Moldova seen at Peartree Service Area in Oxford. Some of the windows bore posters for operatic performances and in the front windscreen there was a poster for a performance of Puccini’s Tosca by the ‘The Orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova’. Registration C RU 120

Sunday 28 February 2016 – Caetano bodied coach from Moldova seen at Peartree Service Area in Oxford. There was also a Moldovan registered Temsa Diamond full sized coach there at the same time which carried posters for operatic performances by the ‘The Orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova’. Registration C PW 632.

Sunday 28 February 2016 (1357) - Centrebus 707 (K4 YCL), an Optare/East Lancs bodied Scania N230UB new in August 2007 as YN07 LDE,seen in Court Drive, Dunstable working the 1336 service B from Luton to Dunstable (Downside Estate), a service that uses the Luton-Dunstable Busway. The 'YCL' registration number started life with Yorkshire Coastliner Limited.

Sunday 28 February 2016 (1357) - Centrebus 707 (K4 YCL), an Optare/East Lancs bodied Scania N230UB new in August 2007 as YN07 LDE,seen in Court Drive, Dunstable working the 1336 service B from Luton to Dunstable (Downside Estate), a service that uses the Luton-Dunstable Busway. The 'YCL' registration number started life with Yorkshire Coastliner Limited. The non-looking pub on the left is a Wetherspoons establishment named after Gary Cooper, the American movie star (1920s to 1950s) 'High Noon' etc etc. His father was brought up in Houghton Regis near Dunstable and emigrated to the United States in the late 1890s. His English mother wanted him to have an English education and so for a few years he attended Dunstable Grammar School later returning to the U.S.

Sunday 28 February 2016 (1402) - Arriva the Shires 3964 (LT63 UNH), a Wright bodied Volvo B7RLE new in September 2013, seen in Court Drive, Dunstable working service A to Luton Airport via the Luton-Dunstable Busway.

Sunday 28 February 2016 (1230) - Arriva the Shires 3919 (BK58 URM), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro O 530 new in November 2008, seen in Princes Risborough when working the 1200 service 300 to Aylesbury from High Wycombe.

Sunday 28 February 2016 (1229) - Arriva the Shires 3919 (BK58 URM), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro O 530 new in November 2008, seen in Princes Risborough when working the 1200 service 300 to Aylesbury from High Wycombe.

Sunday 28 February 2016 (1229) - Arriva the Shires Mercedes-Benz Citaro O 530s seen in Princes Risborough when working the service 300. Leading is 3917 (BV58 MLN) operating the 1205 from Aylesbury to High Wycombe. Behind is 3919 (BK58 URM) working in the opposite direction on the 1200 from High Wycombe to Aylesbury. Both new in late 2008. (The branding on 3917 is for service X60 from Aylesbury to Milton Keynes).

Sunday 28 February 2016 (1228) - Arriva the Shires Mercedes-Benz Citaro O 530s seen in Princes Risborough when working the service 300. Leading is 3917 (BV58 MLN) operating the 1205 from Aylesbury to High Wycombe. Behind is 3919 (BK58 URM) working in the opposite direction on the 1200 from High Wycombe to Aylesbury. Both new in late 2008. (The branding on 3917 is for service X60 from Aylesbury to Milton Keynes).

Sunday 28 February 2016 (1227) - Arriva the Shires 3917 (BV58 MLN), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro O 530 new in October 2008, seen in Princes Risborough when working the 1205 service 300 from Aylesbury to High Wycombe. (The branding is for service X60 from Aylesbury to Milton Keynes).

Sunday 28 February 2016 (1227) - Arriva the Shires 3917 (BV58 MLN), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro O 530 new in October 2008, seen in Princes Risborough when working the 1205 service 300 from Aylesbury to High Wycombe. (The branding is for service X60 from Aylesbury to Milton Keynes).