The borders of Bath now occasionally extend down to Salisbury, with the odd Bath City-livered Volvo B7RLE occasionally popping up on the D1 down in to Wiltshire. 69457, one of a number of Volvo B7RLEs new to Bristol for the 8 and 9 to Bristol Temple Meads, heads back to its home city in this view.

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Hiding under the HIG plate is Scania YN06NXP, new initially to Reading Buses. It is actually operating the route that it was bought for - the Truro Park & Ride livery

65761 is wearing Atlantic Coaster livery and usually joins its five sisters on the A17 between St. Ives and Penzance.

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I took an identical photo of the same bus in Fowey last year, with Solo SR 53863 arriving into the Cornish town on route 24. Funny how things repeat themselves.

These little Solos do not see much work at present. Too big for the M6 Mousehole route, and with virtually all of First South West's small bus network taken away with the contract award to Go Ahead last year, they occasionally find their way on to the 24, but then sightings elsewhere are random and sporadic. I do believe they have several set school journeys back when the term starts. Very smart and nippy little things though.

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Right - on to Weymouth!

There are a grand total of five open toppers working in Weymouth this summer - Volvo B7TLs 32031/3/6 alongside Volvo Olympians 34258 and 39920. Here is one of the recently converted Volvo B7TLs - 32033 down at Portland heading back for Weymouth.

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Captured this morning, here is the fourth and final Streetdeck to enter service in Southampton - 35206. It is, like the others, originally new to Leeds, although this one never actually saw LeedsCity green livery. 35206 is seen on the 3 to Thorhill pictured in Sholing along Kathleen Road.

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