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On Sunday 3rd September 2023 the Devon General Society organised yet another excellent Classic Bus Running Day, this time centred on the Devon town of Newton Abbot. A total of eleven routes were operated around the local area including an Open-Top Special service running to Teignmouth Sea-Front. The independent transport videos cameras were on hand to record the day for you to remember and enjoy. A total of nine former Devon General buses were available to operate the services and they are all seen in this programme.

Our filming begins in the morning as the buses line up in Highweek Way, Newton Abbot to collect their passengers for their rides around the area. For your enjoyment our cameras take rides on two vehicles. Our first ride is on board DR817 (VDV 817), a 1957 AEC Regent V with Metro-Cammell H59R bodywork on service 12 to Lawes Bridge. We have put a camera in the cab for the driver’s experience and in the lower saloon for the passenger’s experience. We return on this bus to Highweek Way in Newton Abbot. Our second ride is on board 925 (MSJ 499 – 925 GTA), a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with a convertible open-top Metro-Cammell body seating seventy-five passengers dating from 1961. On this ride our cameras are situated in the lower saloon to obtain the sights and sounds on this nicely preserved bus. With a brief look at the sea at Courtenay Place in Teignmouth we rejoin the bus for a ride back to Newton Abbot. Our filming continues here as the buses return from their journeys and some start their final rides of the day or prepare to leave after a most enjoyable day.

Our thanks to the Devon General Society for organising this superb event and we hope that you enjoy reliving the day with this DVD programme. Look out for the DVD of the 2024 event when we visit Tiverton!

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