VDV123S - Sunday 14th October 2007
photo's copyright of Simon Coates and Tom Braund as listed


Details of the day

VDV123S, preserved by the Inner Circle Group returned to the road after several years out of use waiting for repairs. On Sunday 14th October 2007 it was used on a private trip around original areas it would've worked as a Devon General bus. It ran as follows:
Departing Exeter bus station (lower level) at 10am then went to:
Exmouth, Woodbury, Exminster, Starcross, Dawlish Warren, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot and Torquay - including a few local routes in Torquay and then returning via Newton Abbot for a stop outside Tesco's as this bus used to carry an advert livery for that store. Arrival back at Exeter was around 5.30pm.

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VDV123S at Exmouth, The Strand. photo copyright of Simon Coates



Exmouth Queens Drive car/coach park. photo copyright of Simon Coates



Coming out of Exmouth's Victoria Road. photo copyright of Tom Braund



Starcross railway station. photo copyright of Simon Coates



Starcross Railway station. photo copyright of Simon Coates



Dawlish Warren, Dawlish Sands Holiday Park. photo copyright of Simon Coates



Torquay Castle Circus. photo copyright of Simon Coates



Hesketh Crescent, Torquay. photo copyright of Simon Coates



Torquay coach park. photo copyright of Simon Coates



Newton Abbot Tesco's. photo copyright of Simon Coates



On the subject of its former Tesco's advert, here it is during the 80's at Newton Abbot carrying the advert.
photo copyright of Wilf Rowley, with thanks to Simon Coates