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Saturday 24 March & Sunday 25 March 2018
This was the weekend when I decided to awaken my buses from their winter slumber. On Saturday 24 March I visited SVBM Lathalmond and checked both my Clydeside Scottish Leyland Fleetline HSD 73V and Orkney Coaches Bedford YNT B509 YAT. Both vehicles started first attempt and later on I took HSD 73V a short run to Saline. She performed great as always.
On Sunday 25 March I visited GVVT where my Eastern Scottish Volvo Citybus E187 HSF and Clydeside Scottish Leyland Leopard GCS 50V were residing for the winter. Again both started first time and later in the day GCS 50V was moved over the pit for a pre-mot inspection.




Sunday 08 April 2018










GCS 50V and HSD 73V are pictured passing through Shawlands Cross, Glasgow on their way back to GVVT.
Sunday 08 April 2018. Photograph Copyright Wullie Maffy
Sunday 20 May 2018
Sunday 20 May 2018 was the date of the annual SVBM
Lathalmond spring running day. My Clydeside Scottish Leyland Leopard GCS
50V was back on the road this year after taking a break for a year. It
really was great to get back behind the wheel again. My Eastern Scottish Volvo
Citybus E187 HSF was also out in service during the event. The weather was
fantastic this year and event was busy all day. GCS 50V completed a free
service to Saline and E187 HSF completed a run to Dunfermline and back.
Fantastic day and always a highlight of the year.
Sunday 20 May 2018 was the date of the annual SVBM Lathalmond spring running day. My Clydeside Scottish Leyland Leopard GCS 50V was back on the road this year after taking a break for a year. It really was great to get back behind the wheel again. My Eastern Scottish Volvo Citybus E187 HSF was also out in service during the event. The weather was fantastic this year and event was busy all day. GCS 50V completed a free service to Saline and E187 HSF completed a run to Dunfermline and back. Fantastic day and always a highlight of the year.





Two Green and Cream buses that operated in very different parts of the world. GSU 378 pictured on the left operated in a land down under.



Both vehicles are Leopards, the vehicle on the left a Plaxton Leopard coach from 2017, whilst on the right is GCS 50V a Leyland Leopard from 1980.





Saturday 18th August and Sunday 19th August 2018
How quickly this year has flown past. It just seems a few weeks ago it was the May 2018 event at Lathalmond. Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August was the weekend of the 2018 SVBM open weekend event. Although the UK had experienced a fantastic summer so far with lots of warm sunny weather, Unfortunately this weekend was not one of them.
I had two vehicles in use over the weekend. GCS 50V travelled up from GVVT on the Saturday morning and completed a few internal services on the Sunday afternoon. E187 HSF completed two runs to Dunfermline on the Saturday afternoon. B509 YAT was still lurking at the back of Shed 4, I will get around to getting her back on the road!
On the Saturday evening the social event took place, a great opportunity to catch up with friends and enjoy a good few drinks. All in all a great weekend as always, even though it was a little damp at times.
My latest book to be published "Restoring a Bus" which details the history and restoration of each of my vehicles was on sales and I was asked to do some book signing on the Sunday afternoon. A selection of my photographs from the weekend are below.




GCS 50V is pictured above operating a number of internal services around the site on the Sunday afternoon.
B509 YAT is pictured inside the main shed awaiting attention to her leaking clutch.




Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October 2018.
GCS 50V Outside Buchanan Bus Station whilst operating a free service back to GVVT on Saturday 13th October 2018
GCS 50V pictured at the Riverside Museum on Saturday 13th October 2018 getting ready to operate a free service back to GVVT.
GCS 50V is pictured in a very wet George Street Glasgow, whilst heading back to GVVT with a free service from the Riverside museum on Saturday 13th October 2018.
Sunday 21 October 2018

Sunday 21st October 2018. A selection of vintage vehicles are pictured at the far end of Glasgow's Buchanan bus station including GCS 50V. Photograph copyright Phil Halewood.

GCS 50V is pictured on stance at Glasgow Buchanan Bus station with fellow preserved vehicles on Sunday 21st October 2018. Photograph Copyright Anthony Burrows.

Clydeside Scottish GCS 50V is pictured next to Western Scottish OSJ 631R at Glasgow Buchanan bus station on Sunday 21st October 2018. Photograph Copyright Phil Halewood.
GCS 50V is pictured on Partick Bridge with the iconic Kelvingrove gallery in the background. Sunday 21st October 2018. Photograph Copyright Phil Halewood.

GCS 50V is pictured with GVVT member Gary McGowan in the hot seat at Renfrew Street, Glasgow on Sunday 21st October 2018 heading back to the GVVT museum. Photograph Copyright Phil Halewood.