It's a great life on the buses.

Remember that comedy show On the Buses, Reg Varney, Olive, and Blakey. What a laugh that was. Today I went to Sandtoft, the Trolley Bus Museum. Not many visitors today, it started off bright but the wind came and then it started raining. I left just after 2pm. These are the dates for 25 - 26, 

• 19 October 2025, 10:30 am: Isle of Axholme Running Day
• 1 November 2025, 11:30 am: Twilight Open Day
• 4 April 2026, 10:30 am: 1940s Weekend
• 5 April 2026, 10:30 am: 1940s Weekend
• 6 April 2026, 10:30 am: Open Day
• 7 April 2026, 10:30 am: Weekday Opening

Look at this beautiful bus. Inside it looks like an aircraft. Posh seats with steps up to a higher level at the back. I wonder if that's because of the bank of batteries underneath the seats. 

I didn't take any more photo's of buses, I have enough. Here are some photo's from August. 

A few custom cars were in attendance. This is a German trike. 

I have seen this man before. He was at Winterton Show in July. This was his trike then. He likes his toys. 

And now he has a red one. He will be getting a red trailer for it. This is his seventh trike. I think he is hooked on them. 

This is a cute little campervan. The owner was brewing a mug of tea, the kettle was boiling. The van is in pristine condition. 

If you are going to drive a Ford, make it a big one. 

I've been in this little house before. There are four rooms. I could happily live in it. More pictures of this in a previous post. 

It was getting chilly so I went in the cinema. 

Interesting memorabilia on display.

Remember the juke boxes? Putting your coin in the slot and choosing your favourite records. 

The old fashioned telephone exchange. 

I am not sure what this is, put a coin in the slot. 

And then I sat in the warm to watch some old bus films. The operator asked me what area I would like to see. I said Derby because I often used to ride the bus from Burton to Derby. Some of the Derby City Centre pictures I recognised. 

Smashing. Brought back some wonderful memories. 

When I came out the rain was starting and people were drifting away. I went to my friends house, she lives about a mile away. I mentioned her before, we were truckers at the same time, she joined The Lady Truckers Club. She was in so we had a catch up chat over a cuppa. We put the world to rights. We are basically on the same wave length.  

That's it for now. I need to eat. Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona