Category: 5137

12/8/2011

Dates

This coming Sunday is of course the excellent Herne Bay Bus Rally which is held in William Street Car Park in the town. Originally I hoped to take a few of our buses along but an expensive MOT on my car and buying 7041 has put pay to this. We will be there in (probably!) 5137 which would be her first visit to this event.
On September 11th there is the New Romney Bus Rally which is held in the car park of the light railway station. Classic buses, steam trains and fish and chips at Dungeness - what could be better? Again I will be taking one of our buses along - maybe 7980 or 7681.
The Thanet Roadrun will also hopefully be in September too at some point where we will be celebrating 7681's 30th birthday and her 10th year in preservation. If you'd like more information on any of these events please contact me via the site.

24/5/2011

Sellindge Steam and Country Fair 28th, 29th 30th May.

All being well we will be attending this in 5137 or 7980. Due to other work commitments we will be arriving on the Saturday night and leaving on the Sunday evening but we look forward to seeing you there. This is the first time we have done this event and are looking forward to it.

10/4/2011 0 Comments

5137

As you've no doubt read in the picture of the month 5137 couldn't make the Detling M&D event due to a burst pipe. I'm going to replace all the pipes and clips on the underside of her now just to be on the safe side. It was a real shame we couldn't make it but at least the pipe went in the yard rather than at Detling.

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31/3/2011 0 Comments

WKO137S PASSES!

Good news that yesterday 5137 passed her first class 5 MOT at Canterbury. This means she will be at the M&D 100 Event on the 9th at the Kent County Showground.

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27/3/2011 1 Comment

Spring cleaning.

The current fleet (except DMS550) all lined up today at Deal.

I've been busy getting 5137 ready for her MOT as THIS GALLERY will show. Hopefully when finished she will look a lot fresher and brighter and all ready for the M&D 100 event next month! In between all this I've managed to get Nuw's leveling valve sorted out. It's only a bodge job for now but she sits nice and level again. I also gave 1178 a quick run around the yard. Her batteries are shot so she has to be jumped to get her going but once she's up and running she's very smooth.

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7/9/2010 0 Comments

5137 visits Michelham Priory

Globe trotting 5137 (She has certainly clocked up some miles since she joined us) took Thanet Ghostwatch on an overnight investigation to Michelham Priory at Upper Dicker in East Sussex. We left Thanet at 1330 on Saturday 4th stopping for a pick up at Dover and loo break in Dymchurch. We travelled on to Polegate, East Sussex, arriving there at 1730 where we enjoyed fish and chips. We drove on up to the Priory arriving about 1815. I left the investigation at 0530 on the Sunday morning to have a few hours shut eye before the long drive back. We left Michelham at 0800 arriving back at Thanet at 1130. All in all it was a very enjoyable weekend. 5137 is a delight to drive and does all the right things when you ask her to. 5137 is also one of the few Bristol VR's that actually accelerates when going up steep hills, despite the extra bulk of the 14'6" bodywork. M&D certainly knew what they were doing ordering these for hilly Chatham and Hastings. She does seem to have a minor transmission oil leak which I will check as time permits. Driving along the south coast she certainly turned a few heads which was nice. A full report will follow soon.