Remembrance

Thursday 19 October 2017 (1130) – Poppies around the War Memorial in Worlington as Mulleys Motorways YN54 NXK passes through when working the 1035 service 357 from Bury St. Edmunds to Mildenhall. It is one of the Scania N94UD OmniCity buses acquired from Nottingham City Transport in the Spring of 2015 which was former NCT number 222 new in December 2004.

Tuesday 24 October 2017 (1126) – Mulleys Motorways Optare Solo CN54 HFC seen approaching the War Memorial in Worlington when working the 1035 service 357 from Bury St. Edmunds to Mildenhall. It is one of three former Veolia Transport Cymru Optare Solos acquired in 2012 that had been new to Bebb Travel of Llantwit Fadre, South Wales in September 2004.

Thursday 26 October 2017 (1316) - Coach Services of Thetford SN63 NBB leaving Mildenhall when working the 1315 service 201 to Thetford. It is an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200 new in September 2013,

Thursday 26 October 2017 (1322) – Mulleys Motorways LW51 ZHJ leaving Mildenhall when working service 355 from Holywell Row and Beck Row to Bury St. Edmunds. It is an Alexander ALX400 bodied Volvo B7TL new to Dublin Bus in January 2002 as their AV215 (01 D 10215).

Thursday 26 October 2017 – Mulleys Motorways supports the annual Poppy Appeal with collecting boxes on their buses which also wear a large poppy. Optare Solo CN54 HFC was seen passing the War Memorial in Worlington when working the 1035 service 357 from Bury St. Edmunds to Mildenhall. It is one of three former Veolia Transport Cymru Optare Solos acquired in 2012 that had been new to Bebb Travel of Llantwit Fadre, South Wales in September 2004.

Friday 3 Nov 2017 (1213) – Mulleys Motorways supports the annual Poppy Appeal with collecting boxes on their buses which also wear a large poppy. MUI 7924 was passing the War Memorial in Mildenhall arriving back from Beck Row working service 355 through to Bury St. Edmunds. It is an Alexander bodied Volvo B7TL new as Dublin Bus AV204 (01D 10204) in January 2002. It became LW51 ZDY when imported to England. Mulleys re-registered it to MUI 7924 in May 2016.

Thursday 26 October 2017 (1252) – Mulleys Motorways LW51 ZHJ passing the War Memorial in Mildenhall when working the 1220 service 355 from Bury St. Edmunds to Holywell Row and Beck Row. It is an Alexander ALX400 bodied Volvo B7TL new to Dublin Bus in January 2002 as their AV215 (01D 10215).

Thursday 26 October 2017 (1320) – Stephensons of Essex 461 (EU60 CBF) seen arriving in Mildenhall when working the 1250 service 16 from Bury St. Edmunds to Newmarket. It is an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200 new in September 2010 that carries branding for the service.

Thursday 26 October 2017 (1255) – Stephensons of Essex 462 (YX11 CTO) seen departing Mildenhall for Bury St. Edmunds when working the 1210 service 16 from Newmarket. It is an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro200 new in June 2011.

Wednesday 31 October 2018 (1023) – Wearing a Poppy of Remembrance, Whippet Coaches NX24 (BV67 JVH), a Caetano Levante bodied Scania K410 new in January 2018, seen heading towards Fiveways, Barton Mills from Mildenhall. It was working the 0630 National Express service 727 from Heathrow to Norwich which was timed at Mildenhall at 1015.

Sunday 4 November 2018 (1434) – Ambassador Travel 211 (BF63 ZSL), a Caetano Levante bodied Volvo B9R new in January 2014, seen heading westbound on the A11 at Barton Mills when working the 1155 National Express service 491 from Lowestoft to London (Victoria).

Sunday 11 November 2018 (1036) – The Remembrance Day Parade in Mildenhall one hundred years after the 1918 Armistice of World War 1. In the background is Whippet Coaches NX24 working the 0630 Heathrow to Norwich service National Express service 727 (due at Mildenhall at 1015) which was held up – as was the 0855 Norwich to Gatwick service due at Mildenhall at 1030. Despite a notice in the bus station advising that these two trips would use an alternative pick-up point in the High Street it would seem that no one thought to advise the drivers that they would not be delayed if they circled the town via College Heath Road and Field Road. In the end both reversed back to get on their way.but sadly local social media decried their actions for allegedly 'disturbing' the ceremony.

Sunday 11 November 2018 (1033) – The Remembrance Day Parade in Mildenhall is attended by personnel of the United States Air Force from the local air bases at RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath. In the background are two Caetano Levante bodied coaches operated by Whippet Coaches working National Express service 727 which were held up. That on the left was the 0630 Heathrow to Norwich service (Whippet NX24) due at Mildenhall at 1015. That on the right is the 0855 Norwich to Gatwick service due at Mildenhall at 1030. Despite a notice in the bus station advising that these two trips would use an alternative pick-up point in the High Street it would seem that no one thought to advise the drivers that they would not be delayed if they circled the town via College Heath Road and Field Road. In the end both reversed back to get on their way but sadly local social media decried their actions for allegedly 'disturbing' the ceremony.

Monday 28 October 2019 (0803) - Mulleys Motorways YN04 UJT seen by The Bull Inn and Old Maltings in Barton Mills when working the 0735 West Row to Bury St. Edmunds service 955. It is an East Lancs Omnidekka bodied Scania N94UD new in May 2004 to Nottingham City Transport as their 738. It was a very chilly morning with the first significant frost of the autumn season. The bus carries a British Legion poppy in the windscreen.

Wednesday 6 November 2019 (1158) – Stagecoach East buses at Addenbrooke’s Hospital bus station, Cambridge. Left to right: 27848 (AE13 DZU), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro300D new in May 2013, working service 25 which operates every 15 minutes to Trumpington village. 10797 (SN66 VZV), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400D MMC that wears the green Park and Ride livery. It was new in December 2016 but before arriving at Cambridge it was one of a number of buses temporarily assigned to Stagecoach Merseyside (Glenvale) to provide increased capacity during railway engineering works on the Merseyrail Wirral line. 19590 (AE10 BXB), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400 bodied Trident new in April 2010, bound for Cherry Hinton. 15959 (YN14 OXK), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD new in April 2010. It is a Stagecoach Gold branded vehicle employed on the Cambridge-Haverhill services.

Saturday 9 November 2019 – Safford’s Coaches of Great Gransden, near Sandy, Bedfordshire TG16 TSG seen during a comfort stop at the Barton Mills Picnic Site (A1065) in Suffolk. It is a Jonckheere bodied Volvo B11R new in May 2016.

Wednesday 6 November 2019 (1046) – Stagecoach East (Cambus) 10794 (SN66 VZS) displaying a Remembrance Day message. It wears the blue Park and Ride livery for the service to Cambridge city centre from the Trumpington Park and Ride site where it is seen. It is an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400D MMC that was new in December 2016 although before its assignment to Cambridge it was one of a number of buses temporarily assigned to Stagecoach Merseyside (Glenvale) to provide increased capacity during railway engineering works on the Merseyrail Wirral line. 10793 is parked beyond.

Wednesday 6 November 2019 (1154) – A2B Travel Group YX11 AEA, an Alexander Dennis Enviro200 that had been new to Abellio London in March 2011 as their 8552. It was seen at Addenbrooke’s Hospital bus station about to work the 1155 service 31 to Fowlmere. This bus was entered in the Showbus Rally on 29 September 2019.