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A
Royal Blue line-up, Saturday lunch break
in Dorchester. |
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Thames
Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust |
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Royal
Blue Run |
2018 |
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Friday
15th to |
Sunday
17th June 2018 |
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Day
1 - London (Victoria Coach Station)
to East Grinstead, Petersfield and Winchester. |
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Photos taken at
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Day
2 - Winchester, Romsey, Bournemouth,
Poole, Wareham, Dorchester, Crewkerne,
Ilminster, Taunton, Exeter and Tiverton. |
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Photos taken at
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Day
3 - Tiverton to Barnstaple, Ilfracombe,
Simonsbath, Minehead and Taunton. |
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The Royal Blue Runs
allow the coach owners and their passengers
to relive the pleasures of long distance
luxury coach travel for which their
preserved vehicles were originally intended. |
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The aim is to follow
original routes as closely as possible
and to travel at the leisurely pace
of earlier times. |
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EMW 284 |
1947 |
Bristol L6B / Beadle |
Wilts & Dorset |
279 |
LTA 729 |
1951 |
Bristol LL6B / Duple |
Royal Blue |
1250 |
GFN 273 |
1952 |
Leyland Titan TD5 / Beadle |
East Kent |
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MOD 973 |
1952 |
Bristol LS6G / ECW |
Royal Blue |
1286 |
OTT 98 |
1953 |
Bristol LS6G / ECW |
Royal Blue |
1299 |
OTT 43 |
1953 |
Bristol LS6G / ECW |
Royal Blue |
2200 |
56 GUO |
1961 |
Bristol MW6G / ECW |
Royal Blue |
2267 |
253 KTA |
1962 |
Bristol MW6G / ECW |
Royal Blue |
2270 |
275 KTA |
1962 |
Bristol SUL4A / ECW |
Western National |
425 |
AFM 105B |
1964 |
Bristol RELH6G / ECW |
Crosville |
CRG530 |
OTA 632G |
1969 |
Bristol RELH6G / ECW |
Southern National |
1460 |
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56
GUO |
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OTT
43 |
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275
KTA |
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56
GUO LTA
729 |
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EMW
284 |
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275
KTA |
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275
KTA |
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OTA
632G |
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