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Cotswold Green: September 2009
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009. And so H430 EFT leaves for pastures new across the Severn Bridge to Chepstow Classic Buses. It has a gearbox fault that was uneconomic for us to attend to so I don't know what the future holds for it! Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Saturday, 5 September 2009. Photos Number 8 and Number 9 - WX59 BWB. The new arrival just after delivery parked next to a Bristol RE for contrast! And a shot of the light and airy interior! Saturday, September 05, 2009. Saturday, September 05, 2009.
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Cotswold Green: February 2012
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012. Following the closure of our local VOSA Testing Station in Gloucester, we have been forced to find an alternative location for our MOT tests. Buses require a class 6 MOT test and so for us it has always been nessecary to go to a VOSA facility. However, in response to the closure of our nearest VOSA facility, we have the option of two private facilities that are actually closer! Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Tuesday, 7 February 2012. Before And After - R448 LGH. We needed an e...
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Cotswold Green: April 2012
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012. Good Bye Old Friend. As the Optare chapter begins there is the closing of another chapter. H843 NOC has finally been taken away for its final trip to Barnsley (bus Valhalla). Despite pressure to send it to the scrapyard a couple of years ago, I had it sent to a farm a couple of miles away with the intention of bringing it back when the time was right! Wednesday, April 25, 2012. I have been resisting the temptation to follow the crowd and use the Optare Solo to start the low-floo...
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Cotswold Green: Diesel Dilemma!
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Friday, 30 March 2012. And the fuel crisis continues! Our regular petrol station is out of fuel again and has been for 36 hours now! It all started with a foolish remark from a politician, who clearly has no experience of living in the real world, to try and undermine a trade union's threat of strike action. Did he not understand that a majority of drivers seem to treasure the freedom that the ownership of a car can offer more than life itself! So how did this effect us? Well, fortunately we had a spell ...
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Cotswold Green: How Many Vehicles?
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Saturday, 14 November 2015. One of the major events that occurred during my latest period of absence from the wider world was the first stage of DDA legislation becoming active. The criteria for this change was that any vehicle under 7.5 tonnes and over 22 seats must have been fully accessible from 1st January 2015. Essentially this was a death sentence for the Mercedes Minibus on which we had relied since Cotswold Green began and accounted for most of the vehicles changes last year! Director and 50% own...
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Cotswold Green: Financial MOTives
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012. Following the closure of our local VOSA Testing Station in Gloucester, we have been forced to find an alternative location for our MOT tests. Buses require a class 6 MOT test and so for us it has always been nessecary to go to a VOSA facility. However, in response to the closure of our nearest VOSA facility, we have the option of two private facilities that are actually closer! Wednesday, February 15, 2012. The Cotswold Green Blog! Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
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Cotswold Green: January 2012
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Monday, 23 January 2012. Not an emergency arrangement to replace a failed train or blocked line, as maybe suggested in the title, but an accurate description of our recently acquired route 881! As a bit of a transport history anorak, I am very much aware of where railway lines used to run and two branch lines that have always fascinated me are those that used to run from Kemble to both Cirencester and Tetbury. The 881 service acts as an effective replacement for both! After all, the car is our biggest co...
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Cotswold Green: Going Solo
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012. I have been resisting the temptation to follow the crowd and use the Optare Solo to start the low-floor conversion of the smaller vehicles in the fleet. I had taken some pride in the fact that we were possibly the only local bus operator in Gloucestershire not to have one! I lived in hope that an alternative would appear on the market but as the deadline for full conversion of the fleet to fully accessible vehicles looms ever nearer, no such practical alternative has appeared.
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Cotswold Green: Good Bye Old Friend
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012. Good Bye Old Friend. As the Optare chapter begins there is the closing of another chapter. H843 NOC has finally been taken away for its final trip to Barnsley (bus Valhalla). Despite pressure to send it to the scrapyard a couple of years ago, I had it sent to a farm a couple of miles away with the intention of bringing it back when the time was right! Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The Cotswold Green Blog! Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Director and 50% owner of Cotswol...
