Fenland Busfest at Whittlesey - 15 May 2022 (P1110699)

Sunday 15 May 2022 (1052) – The Fenland Busfest at Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. The rally is held in the town centre occupying Broad Street and Market Street with the rally control/bus ride departures centred on the Market Place.

Left: Preserved former National Travel (South West) 359 (KAD 359V), a Plaxton Supreme bodied Leyland Leopard new in March 1980. National Express livery with ‘Black and White’ fleetnames. The destination blinds showed ‘777 Paris’ for a service operated in the 1970s from Cheltenham to the French capital.

Right: Whilst the Leyland National was a standardised production line built bus, there were some deviations from the norm in an attempt to broaden sales. One of these was the ‘Super National’ JMY 120N built in June 1974 which entered service with National Travel (South East) the following summer. The ‘executive’ features on this vehicle at the time included a colour television/video player, radio telephone, aircraft style seats, tables, servery, cloakroom and toilet compartment.