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The brakes got very hot on the first trip from Minehead the other week, there was a photo on one of the Facebook groups of a fire extinguisher being used in the coach park at Lynmouth.

The issue is that the new buses are all single deckers anyway. New electric deckers are supposedly on the way, but the existing fleet is so tired that it will take some major investment or some transferred diesel deckers to have enough for all rural routes.

The NRE rovers page has an attached map dated 2024 in the URL that just shows the T1A/T5/T11, whereas TfW's page has a 2025 version which clearly states that the ticket is valid on all local buses. Unfortunately there is no solid evidence as to the extent of the validity, as it only shows the...

I remember watching the original when I was about 6 or 7, and it's recently been revived - I suspect that a number of people around my age will be taking a look for nostalgia purposes even if they don't have kids of their own! It's filmed in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull for anyone interested.

1C doesn't have the best legroom or view, as it's right behind the cab screen. 2A or 2B are my preferred seats if available, as they have extra legroom and a good view.

The Minehead end of the route is also operated from Barnstaple.

I think I'm quite unusual in enjoying bus travel in London, as long as you drop any illusions about getting anywhere quickly there really is so much to see on almost every route, and you can jump on different routes without any particular fixed plan, as you know you won't be far from an...

It's a demonstrator bus I believe.

CAPED and PINE I'm familiar with, but could someone explain CALVIN and SKUNK please?

The Exeter shop always seemed busy, but is now closed. I did have the suspicion that lots of the footfall was just browsers though. They are focusing more on big retail units now and it will be interesting to see if this strategy works out for them.

Open-top for the Minehead-Lynmouth section, and single deck for Lynmouth-Ilfracombe.

They haven't used deckers, but there was a short period of 26-series E200 MMCs on the service due to a shortage of coaches.

No camera produces a 100% accurate colour reproduction, so I'd say this is different to an AI creation.

Indeed. We were travelling on a Sunday evening, when hotel prices are usually at their lowest, so I expect we could've got somewhere rather nice for €80 each (£69.28 at today's exchange rate), but if it was a Friday or Saturday night it could be a real struggle, especially if you were on your own.

I was travelling to Reading on a London-bound 045 service which was terminated at Bristol after being delayed in major traffic on the M5 (the driver said he wouldn't have had enough driving hours to get back to Taunton on the return trip), this was the email I received from Flix: "Dear Temple...