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Despite the drizzle this was a good day.  We travelled down in a Bristol RE owned by Malcolm Hyland and Steve Warwick.  The weather forecast had looked good, but was rather cloudy and sad-looking while we waited for the bus to arrive.  We took bucket, spades, sun cream, waterproofs and umbrella, just to cover all the basis.

The journey took just over 2 hours, arriving at 10.30.  It was very well organised, we just followed the Festival signs.  The event was held in a field by the waterfront at Stokes Bay.  In the field next door was the Stokes Bay Festival complete with circus, a big top, performing artists and Morris Men.  

In our field there were over 70 vehicles with a good smattering from First and Stagecoach as well as a good selection of RouteMasters, Bristols and many others, but only one Bristol RE, the one we were in.

There were local charity stalls offering face painting and tombolas as well as some lovely food.  As expected there were also stalls selling bus, train and plane memorabilia.

The cavalcade at 1.30 involved the majority of the vehicles and left the ground rather empty, but it was only for a short while.

In between the rain showers we managed to take a look at some of the buses and here are a few photos taken by me (Louise Goodridge).