Wales: Album 1

Tuesday 23 June 2015 (1704) – Alpine Coaches operates the City Sightseeing tour in Llandudno and Conwy. JAZ 9864 is a Plaxton President. The cheeky seagulls around this part of the bay are a nuisance – one here is perched on the front upper deck window.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 – Alpine Coaches based in Llandudno operates a Marine Drive tour around the Great Orme using BCJ 710B, a Harrington Grenadier bodied Leyland Tiger Cub. It was new to Wye Valley Coaches of Hereford in June 1964.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 – Alpine Coaches based in Llandudno operates a Marine Drive around the Great Orme tour using BCJ 710B, a Harrington Grenadier bodied Leyland Tiger Cub. It was new to Wye Valley Coaches of Hereford in June 1964.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 – Alpine Coaches based in Llandudno operates a Marine Drive tour around the Great Orme using BCJ 710B, a Harrington Grenadier bodied Leyland Tiger Cub. It was new to Wye Valley Coaches of Hereford in June 1964.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 – Alpine Coaches based in Llandudno operates a Marine Drive tour around the Great Orme using BCJ 710B, a Harrington Grenadier bodied Leyland Tiger Cub. It was new to Wye Valley Coaches of Hereford in June 1964.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 – Alpine Coaches based in Llandudno operates a Marine Drive tour around the Great Orme using BCJ 710B, a Harrington Grenadier bodied Leyland Tiger Cub. It was new to Wye Valley Coaches of Hereford in June 1964.

Friday 26 June 2015 (0809) – Arriva Cymru 912 (X243 PGT) was seen though the spacing of their perimeter fence at their outstation premises in Builder Street, Llandudno – shared with or rented from Alpine Coaches. It is a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD to Arriva London North (PDL43) in February 2001.

Thursday 25 June 2015 (1338) – Arriva Cymru 911 (X242 PGT) seen in Betws y Coed having worked the 1245 service 19 from Llandudno Junction. It was about to return on the 1340 service. It is a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD to Arriva London North (PDL42) in February 2001.

Thursday 25 June 2015 (1311) – The drivers of two Arriva Cymru Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPDs pause to have a word on service 19 somewhere between Dolgarrog and Trefriw. We were on board 911 (X242 PGT) working the 1245 from Llandudno Junction to Betws y Coed. The other bus was 909 (X541 GGO) working the 1240 from Betws y Coed to Llandudno Junction. The destination display is showing the Welsh ‘Gorsaf Cyffordd Llandudno’ (Station Junction Llandudno). Both were new to Arriva London North in February 2001.

Thursday 25 June 2015 (1249) – Arriva Cymru 911 (X242 PGT) seen in Conwy when working the 1245 service 19 from Llandudno Junction to Betws y Coed. It is a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD to Arriva London North (PDL42) in February 2001.

Thursday 25 June 2015 (1200) – Arriva Cymru 909 (X541 GGO) seen in Castle Street, Conwy when working the 1145 service 19 from Llandudno Junction to Betws y Coed. It is a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD to Arriva London North in February 2001.

Thursday 25 June 2015 (1051) – Arriva Cymru 912 (X243 PGT) seen in Conwy when working the 1045 service 19 from Llandudno Junction to Betws y Coed. It is a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD to Arriva London North (PDL43) in February 2001.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 (1222) – Arriva Cymru 834 (X274 RFF), a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD new in September 2000, seen leaving the top of the Great Orme above Llandudno on service 26.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 (1222) – Arriva Cymru 834 (X274 RFF), a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD new in September 2000, seen leaving the top of the Great Orme above Llandudno on service 26.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 (1221) – Arriva Cymru 834 (X274 RFF), a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD new in September 2000, seen leaving the top of the Great Orme above Llandudno on service 26. The building on the right is the station for the cable hauled tramway. Car number 6 is inside.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 (1219) – Arriva Cymru 834 (X274 RFF), a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD new in September 2000, climbing to the top of the Great Orme above Llandudno on service 26.

Wednesday 24 June 2015 (1219) – Arriva Cymru 834 (X274 RFF), a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD new in September 2000, climbing to the top of the Great Orme above Llandudno on service 26. Llandudno

Wednesday 24 June 2015 (1123) – An Arriva Cymru Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart MPD zooming back to Llandudno from the Great Orme above Llandudno on service 26.