Vehicles from our area at The Derby on Saturday

[Neil Gow]

There was strong representation from our local fleets at The Derby on Saturday. I'm afraid the pictures are all taken from the same location, but when the sun's out there really is only one place to stand - so here is your broadside of nearsides.

• Chalkwell Volvo B11R E15 CWL, which is PSVAR with a chair lift fitted
  (for anyone not familiar with these conversions the door is cut into the nearside, just ahead of the fleetname in this case, and the symbols on the front indicate that the lift is fitted)

• Kingsferry MB Tourismo 5733 (BF68 ZFJ), also PSVAR
• Kingsferry MB Tourismo 53129 (BV69 LNG)
  
• Brian Jones of Gravesend open-top Fleetline MLH 304L (events conspired to make this not the greatest of photos but I thought it interesting enough to include anyway)
• 247 Coaches of St Leonards Ferqui bodied MB midi-coach K77 TSL
• Stagecoach East Kent open-top Trident 17529 (LX51 FON)
  
• Seven Sisters (Marshopper) open top Volvo 120 (S20 EBN)
• Hams new(ish) Enviro 400MMC MC72 HAM
• Ashford Minibuses contradiction in terms Irizar i6 GB51 AMB
• Regent Coaches Volvo/Caetano BV17 CRF, which appears to be still displaying a fleetnumber from its previous life as a National Express coach
• Regent's midi-coach WH08 AMU
  
• Lehane of Sturry rather uncommon Beulas bodied MAN LIW 1932

There were several others, including from Grange Travel, Bayliss, Loyalty Connections, Kent Coach Travel, Rambler and Nova Bussing, which i didn't get round to picturing.

[Neil Gow]

Here are the other six pictures (I wasn't allowed to attach all 12 to one message).

[DBJ]

An interesting selection, thanks. For the record, the Regent coach is not a Caetano but a Sunsundegui, model SC7 - so that's not a fleet number and it's never been a NatEx vehicle: it was new to Regent.

[Neil Gow]

Thanks DBJ - modern coach recognition is not my strong point.