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Tuesday 28 April 1992 – RATP 3085, an RVI SC10R new 1984, in Boulevard Raspail at Sevres-Babylone cross roads. RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) buses did not carry registration numbers in the normal way, the fleet number was carried as a registration number.

Thursday 30 April 1992 (approx. 1400) – RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) 8618, a Saviem SC10, seen in Rue Baudin in the northern Paris suburb of Levallois Perret when working service 165 from Asnieres to Porte de Champerret to where we travelled on this bus. All around the Paris outer ring are the ‘Portes’, the names stemming from the old city gateways taking their names of the distant provincial town to which the roads out of Paris led. Porte de Champerret featured a triangular bus interchange served by suburban services 163, 164 and 165 together with city services 84 and 92 plus service ‘PC’ (Petit Ceinture – the inner circle) which, although now split into sections, once ran as a complete circular around the perimeter of the city area. The bus stop reads ‘Place du 11 Novembre’ which is the square behind the bus. RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) buses did not carry registration numbers in the normal way, the fleet number was carried as a registration number.

Thursday 30 April 1992 – The Ville de Levallois, whilst a municipality in its own right, is effectively a suburb of northern Paris. Its southern boundary rubs shoulders with the French capital. The municipality ran a free local bus service (for Levallois residents) around its local streets worked by RVI (Renault Véhicules Industriels) model R212 midi-bus with fleet number 1 (8689 TF 92) which was seen in Place du 11 Novembre around lunch time. It was branded ‘les abeilles’ (the bees) rather like the name used on some similar type services in England buzzing around the streets. The service supplemented those of RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) that otherwise worked through the district.

Kolbeinn Erlendsson, based in a hamlet near Bólstaðarhlið about 21km (13 miles) east of Varmahlið, operated this rugged Mercedes-Benz coach set on a truck based chassis to negotiate the rough terrain encountered on tours through the Icelandic highlands. R 364 was seen here at the Hotel Mosfell in Hella operating a tour on behalf of Guðmundur Jónasson Travel, the company that originally operated the coach. The blue and white livery is that of GJT.

Friday 26 July 2002 - As a result of acquisition and expansion, SBA-Norðurleið based in Akureyri also has operational bases in Reykjavík and Husavík. The latter Icelandic town, which is close to the Arctic Circle, is the location of this Volkswagen mini-coach, LK 027.

Friday 26 July 2002 - Kolbeinn Erlendsson’s Mercedes-Benz coach R 364 on the quayside at Husavík, northern Iceland. The coach party were soon to be taking a whale watching boat trip on the 'Náttfari' moored behind the coach. With a latitude of 66°02′29″ North, Husavík is not too far from the Arctic Circle (66°33′45.9″). On this late July morning there was a cool crispness to the air which I fondly remember.

Thursday 27 July 1995 – Premier Travel Services 421 (K911 RGE) in the French border post at the Channel Tunnel Terminal in Kent, England when operating a ‘Channel Tunnel’ excursion that included Boulogne-sur-Mer. The coach had been processed by the U.K. authorities and then moved into the French border post where all passengers left the coach and walked through the administration for passport/immigration checks. They then left the building by a different door and, as seen here, then re-boarded the coach which was a Jonckheere Deauville bodied Volvo B10M new to Park’s of Hamilton in May 1993.

Wednesday 19 August 2015 - Former Sheffield tramcar 513 seen at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft, Suffolk. It was one of 35 double deck trams constructed between 1950-1952 by Charles Roberts & Co. of Wakefield.

Wednesday 1 June 2022 – Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich. The Ipswich Transport Museum had this Eastern Coachworks bodied Bristol FS5G Lodekka on display. It was new to the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company in November 1965 as their LFS125 (GNG 125C).

Monday 12 May 2014 (1634) – First 66107 (R907 BOU), a Wright bodied Volvo B10BLE new in February 1998 as First Bristol 1907, seen in Wells bus station loading as the 1635 service 377 to Yeovil. This bus worked back and forth on service 377 during the day. We had travelled on it into Glastonbury as it worked the 0915 service from Yeovil to Wells and travelled on it again on this trip.

Tuesday 10 June 2008 (0927) - LBA (Liechtenstein Bus Anstalt) 8 (FL 2138), a two axle diesel powered MAN bus, was seen at the southbound bus stand in Aulestrasse, Vaduz about to work the 0933hrs service to the mountain village of Malbun, a popular ski-resort in the winter months. We took a ride on this bus to Triesenberg.

Tuesday 10 June 2008 (0927) - LBA (Liechtenstein Bus Anstalt) 8 (FL 2138), a two axle diesel powered MAN bus, was seen at the southbound bus stand in Aulestrasse, Vaduz about to work the 0933hrs service to the mountain village of Malbun, a popular ski-resort in the winter months. We took a ride on this bus to Triesenberg.

Tues 10 June 2008 – 1529 hrs (Local time) - LBA (Liechtenstein Bus Anstalt) 57 (FL 2137), a two axle diesel powered MAN bus, seen in the village of Malbun when working the 1450 service 21 to Vaduz. Malbun is Liechtenstein’s main ski resort in the winter months. We caught this bus back to Vaduz, they same bus we had arrived on at 1404.

November 1970 - Empresa Catalina Marques used the Playasol brand name. Their bus stops featured the company logo facing in each direction - similar sized discs were carried on the front and rear peaks of their buses.

Wednesday 21 June 2023 (1434) – Lynx (Coastal Red) 65 (YX72 OLP), an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro400D MMC new in October 2022, seen at departing The Buttlands in Wells-next-the-Sea when working the 1400 service 36 from Fakenham to Hunstanton and King’s Lynn. It was due at Wells at 1428 departing at 1433. The Norfolk Coasthopper bus service once operated through from Cromer to King’s Lynn (by Norfolk Green) although is now covered by Sanders Coaches between Cromer and Wells-next-the-Sea and by Lynx (Coastal Red) as Coastliner between Wells-next-the-Sea and Hunstanton/King’s Lynn. Close by was Sanders Coaches 525 (BV22 HBO), an MCV eVoRa new in April 2022, which had arrived from Cromer at 1424 as the 1320 service CH1.

Tuesday 24 July 2007 - Richards Brothers/Brodyr Richards K208 OHS seen in Fishguard when working the 1600 (Saturday and school holidays only) service 411 to St Davids. It is a Dormobile Routemaker bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario 709D new in 1993 to Clyde Coast.

Monday 3 September 1990 (approx. 2030) – A warm evening in Paris with RATP 8363 picking up passengers in Avenue de Wagram near the Arc de Triomphe on service 30 bound for Gare de l’Est. A Saviem/Renault SC10 part of the 1979/1980 intake of 967 such buses. It was around that time that Saviem lost its identity in a reorganisation of the Renault Group when Saviem and Berliet were merged to form RVI (Renault Véhicules Industriels). The carrying capacity was 47 standing and 31 seated and between here and Rue de Martyrs became full to capacity. Note the bus stop sign, service 31 is a daily operation whereas service 30 does not run on Sundays and Holidays. RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) buses did not carry registration numbers in the normal way, the fleet number was carried as a registration number.