Freshfields Coaches W100 FFC in Poperinge (BE) – 29 April 2000 (436-08A)

Saturday 29 April 2000 – Freshfields Coaches, Stockport, England W100 FFC, a Plaxton Excalibur bodied Volvo B10M new in March 2000, lettered for Leger Holidays.

It was seen parked during a sightseeing stop in the Belgian town of Poperinge. Poperinge, in the province of West Flanders, is in the heart of the hop growing region which supplies about 80% of the hops required for Belgian brewers.

During World War 1 the town was behind the front line and was used to billet British troops as well as being a safer area for field hospitals.