News and Recent Photo's:
Bristol VR News sightings, photo's and reports of vehicles throughout the UK and beyond


Featured Fleet Studies:
Click for Fleet Lists -
for First D&C, Alpine, Chepstow, Damory Coaches,
Hedingham, Hulme Hall, Johnsons, Pike,
Southern Vectis, Wilts & Dorset,
Totally Transport CIC, Riverlink

Photography Fleet Feature:
Interior/Exterior Vehicle study index - featuring many classic VRs.

Other Features:
Stroud 2009 - 28/06/09 New Page 04/07/09
Epsom 2009 - 06/06/09, buses present New Page 01/07/09
Glastonbury 2009 - June 2009 New Page 01/07/09
Weymouth - 21/06/09 New Page 01/07/09
Chatsworth house - 21/06/09 New Page 01/07/09
Clacton - 07/06/09 New Page 01/07/09
Lewes - 31/05/09 New Page 01/07/09
Bristol Harbourside - 17/05/09 New Page 01/07/09
POPS Rally - 10/05/09 Potteries New Page 01/07/09
Llandudno - 02-04/05/09 Victorian Extravaganza New Page 01/07/09
Friends of King Alfred - New Year Running Day 2009
Newport IoW 19/10/08
Warminster 12/10/08
Solent Blue Line
Alder Valley VRs at Alton
Hulme Hall 2008 - 25/10/08 running day
Showbus 2008 - 28/09/08
Westpoint/WHOTT Rally 2008 - 21/09/08 page added 03/10/08
Johnsons Running Day 2008 - 06/09/08
East Kent Vehicle Run 2008 - 24/08/08
Brislington 2008 - 10/08/08
Gosport 2008 - 03/08/08
Herne Bay 2008 - 03/08/08
Worthing 2008 - 27/07/08
Plymouth 2008 - 27/07/08
Alton 2008 - 20/07/08
Stroud 2008 - 29/06/08
Glastonbury 2008 - June 2008
Weymouth 2008 - 22/06/08
Bristol Harbourside 2008 - 18/05/08
Friends of King Alfred - New Year Running Day 2008
Torbay event 2007 - Sunday 21st October 2007
VDV123S, 14/10/07 - first day out in preservation
Winkleigh 2007 open day, 07/10/07
Southampton Boat Show September 2007
Showbus 2007 16/09/07
W.H.O.T.T. rally 2007 16/09/07
Bristol Vintage Bus Group's 4th Vintage Bus Rally & Running Day Aug 2007
First Open Top Photo's 2007 New July 2007
Plymouth Rally 22/07/07
Glastonbury Festival 2007 June 2007
Weymouth 2007 17th June 2007
First Devon & Cornwall 'Farewell' Penzance VR running day, 09/12/06
Southern Vectis 2006 Their last year of running five VR's
Wilts & Dorset 2006 Photographic study
Welsh Operators some vehicles photographed in this Millennium
Hulme Hall VR running day, 07/10/06
Canvey Island Rally 2006 08/10/06
Winkleigh 2006 Open Day, 01/10/06
Showbus 2006 Duxford, 24/09/06
WHOTT 2006 Exeter, 17/09/06
Warminster Rally 2005 23/10/05
Glastonbury Event 2005 06/05
Cobham Rally 2005 03/04/05
Penwith Explorer 2005 - Photography on the 300 service (First Devon & Cornwall)
Friends of King Alfred - New Year Running Day 2005 (added 07/07/08)
Canvey Island Rally 2004 10/10/04
Warminster Rally 2004 14/09/03
VRLL as run by Hulme Hall in the 1980's
Cumberland Open Top vehicles operated between 1990-2001
Torpoint VR fleet to be added
Model Buses


Preservation Studies:
EWS739W - SWPG
LFJ859W - ex SWPG, now sold on
LFJ855W Our Bus - Exterior and Interior study, 2006
JVL619H Restoration study, exterior and interior study
JOU161P Restoration study, exterior and interior study, 2008
SFJ106R Restoration study
UFX858S Restoration study
AFJ760T Owned by Jon Harris
JOV714P Owned by ...
SKL681X Owned by Jake Bamford
NDL637M Owned by Richard Newman & Nigel Harris


Archive (News and Photo's):
March 2009 / February 2009 / January 2009 / December 2008 / November 2008 / October 2008 / September 2008 / August 2008 / July 2008 / June 2008 / May 2008 / April 2008 / March 2008 / February 2008 / January 2008 / December 2007 / November 2007 / October 2007 / September 2007 / August 2007 / July 2007 / June 2007 / May 2007 / April 2007 / March 2007 / February 2007 / January 2007 / December 2006 / November 2006
Archive News (photo's on serparate pages for the following months):
October 2006, September 2006, August 2006, July 2006, June 2006, May 2006, April 2006 Photo's, March 2006, February 2006, January 2006, December 2005, November 2005, October 2005, August & September 2005, July 2005

Older News Archive Pages:
South West news was seperate from 'Beyond the South West' news until November 2006, access the links below to see the old seperate news pages:
Beyond the South West News (one page)
The VR Beyond the South West - 2005 to October 2006
South West News (monthly pages)
October 2006 / September 2006 / August 2006 / July 2006 / June 2006 / May 2006 / April 2006 / March 2006 / February 2006 / January 2006 / December 2005 / November 2005 / May to October 2005
Unfinished items (as at 18/06/08):
Withdrawn VR's in the south west - former Western National vehicles
Fleet List current serviceable vehicles (to be updated)

Compulsory Sections:
Website information - Contribution, Photo's, Copyright etc...
Links to other websites

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