Fortunately the rain held off and I travelled to the park and ride site late morning to be ferried to the museum by former First Glasgow (now First Eastern Counties) 37532 MXZ 3342 seen dropping off passengers opposite the entrance.
Regular return trips from the museum were carried out by the museum's resident vehicles with former Great Yarmouth AEC Swift WEX 685M and ex Eastern National Bristol KSW5G open top WNO 479 joining in. Lowestoft Corporation AEC Regent V 918 NRT was placed on the naughty step on the Sunday with fuel issues so didn't take part.
A number of vehicles were lined up on Chapel Road including BorderBus Scania OmniCity 212 BB61 BUS, First Great Yarmouth Pride Volvo B9 36202 BN12 WOC and Belle Coaches' Mercedes-Benz Tourismo BF62 JZR.
Opposite the main Trolleybus depot were parked three vehicle with the first being Ipswich Transport Museum's preserved AEC Regent V ADX 63B, number 63 in the Ipswich Corporation Transport fleet.
Next to it was former Eastern National Bristol FLF6G Lodekka/Eastern Coach Works NTW 924C. Now preserved at the Canvey Island Transport Museum.
The third of the trio, I thought, was the star of the show. It was Lodge's Coaches' Bedford VAL70/ Duple Viceroy TFV 475J.
The Fylde Transport Trust’s Blackpool Brush Railcoach Terror Tram 634 was doing a fine trade and is seen here passing the Trolleybus depot
After trips on many vehicles, including the extended East Suffolk Light Railway, it was getting fairly dark and overcast so I decided to leave as the weather looked threatening and I was without a coat! Whilst I was waiting for the return bus to the Park & Ride site, Great Yarmouth Corporation's AEC Reliance AEX 85B departed the museum on a trip to Beccles.
Roy
very well documented roy . thank you for sharing these pictures
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