I thought you had always been an Arriva driver in London; maybe that explains why I see a lot of PB drivers wave at you in your videos. The thing I loved the most about this video was hearing your insights; it puts things into perspective for me.
Had the shock of my life at 7:58 LK08DWF DE202 is currently at Adventure Travel apart of ComfortDelgro being driven by myself in Swansea (I think the odometer is telling some fibs at 36,857 miles) ❤
Congratulations Peter! What an achievement and credit you are to the bus industry. What were the DMS fleetlines like to drive? We had many secondhand here in the North.
Fantastic video showing a cool career. I'm approaching 20 years in February 2022 driving buses in both the Netherlands and Scotland and I'm more partial to Volvos myself. My first ever vehicle I learned to drive was a DAF MB2300 while growing up in Groningen. I learned to drive a bus long before I learned to drive a car.
@@BristolRE Well with regards to Holland they have cool bits of kit, bi artic buses made by Van Hool which I've driven quite a lot (AGG300), Wright Commander bodied DAF/VDL SB200s, Mercedes CapaCity artics and a lot of VDL Citea midi buses which are just modified Wright Streetlite WF models, plus the VDL Synergy tri axle deckers which are huge. Where I currently drive in Scotland the buses are literally shit, barely any good investment in good buses with exception to Edinburgh at least who's bus company Lothian is still run by the Scottish government and can afford the types of buses you'd find in Hong Kong, mostly all Volvo buses. I drove their tri axle Volvo B8L with the ADL 400XLB. Where good buses like Volvos, Scanias and Leyland dominated the streets of Glasgow are almost now operated by ADL Enviro junk and I hate anything ADL. The old Scania N113 and L113 were superb buses, along with the L94 which I piloted at First and boy did they move. So many dash buttons so you never knew what was what at the best of times. The L94s were slower and had a dreadfully slow acceleration pedal movement....like you had to press the bloody things a lot harder than the 11 litre ones in that all you had to do was tap the pedal and you were down the street like Flash Gordon. Other companies I took the N94 to the road and most recently in my current company Mcgill's the Scania Omnilink. I've even driven the Scania tri axle and two axle K360 and K460 coaches with the Opticruise transmission. To be honest I always wanted to be a bus driver since I was a tot and my brother taught me to fix buses when I was 5 and engines became my passion. Toys weren't much my thing. I played with cylinder valves, pistons, fuel injectors etc. I became a self taught PCV mechanic and I wanted a career in bus driving and to get behind the wheel of anything I could. I've driven a lot of cool stuff and I love variety which with the likes of London....not too fond of the city but I love the variety of the buses and I hope to get down there at some point. I'll have to get onto the 121 and get a few tips from you. I was one of First bus best drivers, advanced safe driver 3 years in a row, Greenroad winner 5 years in a row with 11th best in the whole of Glasgow and 100th best in the whole of First UK. I've always took pride in my driving, even in the midst of all the psychopathic drivers out there nowadays. I was never in it for the public though. We have the best job in the world my boy.
@@BristolRE Hope you didn't have too much trouble reading all that? The Scania were good and I'd love to drive the old beasts if I could but they're all gone. I can't list all the Volvo buses I've driven cause I'd be here all day and I'm sure you're at work. What's the model of Wrightbus you drive? The DWLs
@@markcaldwell2831 "Hope you didn't have too much trouble reading all that?" ... it saves me having to buy a new kindle book today 😂. The Wrightbus are DWs, DAF something or other. Apparently a Wt Gemini 2 SA9BDRXXX13141451, so I'm none the wiser, Lol
I drove Gillig buses at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts for Avis Rent A Car that was from 2002 to 2008. Then I left to become a truck driver for the United States Postal Service for the Boston district. Based out of South Boston Postal Annex and we pick up and deliver mail in bulk all over the Greater Boston area, as far south as Weymouth, Mass to as far north as Stoneham and Reading, Mass. including Waltham, Newton and of course the many sections of Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park, etc.
Great video of your career! I designed the livery on 006 (ex. 1006) the dart you had at TWH. We had text feedback vinyls on all our vehicles which remained in place at TWH as we would often get feedback on their services!
Congratulations on your long service of bus driving Peter. I thoroughly enjoyed this pictorial autobiography. The Metrobus you disliked was a former West Yorkshire PTE bus, 7518.
Wow ! What a story ! I drove buses in London for Go-ahead , the best ever bus for me was a Mercedes Benz Citaro G. I love them to drive on rail replacement duties
Thanks for sharing your great memories as a bus driver for 35 years now and wow you worked for many companies and drove many bus types too 👍🎊🎂🎉 continue driving those buses Peter
Nice video Peter as always mate,you left one vehicle you drove out though...you forgot those horse drawn buses lol,i bet it seemed like a 135 yrs on the 279s lol...all the best
Excellent video. It always strange to me how you would see different bus models depending on what part of London you were in. Some of the London buses in this video I've never seen before in my life. For example, the single door Metrobus and the double-decker with massive black grill on front. That was a proper ugly bus. LoL!!!
Good to see someone favour the Ms over the Ts. I found Metros far more entertaining to hear than a Titan. Love their sounds and clean design. Here in Sydney we had 150 Scania L113 regular length buses as well as 100 CNG and 50 14.5m triaxle versions. All had ZF boxes and I drove many 12.5 metre diesel versions like you did. I found the suspension too stiff and the engines rattled on idle. Very powerful though. My favourite were a toss up between the Mercedes O405 and MAN SL202 both with identical bodies. The MAN had Voith boxes just like the Metros and Mercedes had their own W3 series transmissions. I understand you cannot lock the MCWs in 1st gear. With the MAN you could. I used that a lot!
@@BristolRE I've been trying to find a couple of your clips of MCWs. One is of the rear of one revving while stationary and another is of a mechanic adding water to one.
Thanks, no plans at the moment, only a few years left until retirement. Only if personal circumstances mean a move away from Enfield would I then need to change bus companies.
A very interesting video Peter. You certainly have been around. I always assumed that as you use it as your channel name, the Bristol RE was your favourite type of bus but I see that you have a very high opinion of Scanias, a make I have never driven. Well done.
@@BristolRE I drove Bristol REs with Eastern National and I must admit that they were very good. Another type that I have never driven is the Leyland National so I don't know how it compares with the RE.
@@BristolRE I drove the ex Scottish VRs with Eastern National on the old 400 London Kings Cross to Southend route and one day on the Southend Arterial Road I was stopped by the police for doing 58 mph. I was just advised to keep it down. I also drove the ultimate development of the Lodekka, the 31 foot long model with Gardner 6LX engine and semi-automatic gearbox on the London Wood Green to Southend/Canvey Island routes. They went like rockets but I never got stopped for speeding.
Congratulations Peter matey! I Must say you have had some journey bud! I Loved hearing it though as I Always follow your journey of posts on Facebook I Try to keep up with the videos on here but I've literally just seen this one and it's amazing matey I Hope you get to end your career somewhere your happy because at the end of the day happiness is all that matters in the end and if your happy that's all that matters 😁 As is now days I Think the only place to get the more modern Scania buses is mainly Stagecoach around the UK Not too sure if they have them in London but mainly there Enviros for interconnect and a heck of allot more places seemed to be Scania the 400 and MMC we have a few of the Scania E300's up here bio gas ones but it doesn't seem to be something Arriva seem keen on basically for Arriva UK Wise (Excluding Liverpool and Manchester) Your going to be mainly Enviros, VDL DB300s Basically the DW Buses but the DW's have the Volvo body work and VDL Style interior I Remember here when Blyth got Low height Volvo Hybrid versions of them as you'll notice anywhere Wide everything Arriva owns that's bought brand new is low height apart from London but we swapped them with Yorkshire for the DB300s in return which were beastly at first till we got our hands on them and tweaked them a bit!! All in though VDL Pulsars and DB300's are the norm the odd E200 and E200 MMC / 400 MMC and then as I Say some places have the low height Street Shrek's and then some have the gas / electric buses but mainly it's just all the same plane Boring stuff now days. I Know down Hertfordshire area where you used to be based at Sovereign before Arriva took over they use the Volvo B7RLE version of the Pulsar 2 looking body which is much nicer but hey we don't get that kinda luxury up here 🤣 Once again though an amazing video loved it bud! Keep up the great stuff you do 💙💚💙
Wow so many vintage buses!😍Congratulations on your 35 years as a Bus Driver! I’ve been driving for about 18 years or so my self here in the U.S. If you could do it all over again would you?
Thanks. Would I do it all again? If I did, I'd avoid London after the first stint, London is too stressful, but driving buses in the countryside is lovely.
Thanks, I've no immediate plans to move, but getting out of London is something we keep talking about, so doubt I'll be here until I retire, which is only 6 or 7 years away.
I loved the MCW Metrobus growing up in the early 90s that's pretty much the bus that dominated Enfield, Cheshunt hertford etc.. The leyland Titan and Olympian was popular too but i never liked them also they we're rougher compared to MCW...I know buses and vehicles move on i still think they could stand the test of time today although almost all wouldn't comply with the low floor legislations as both rear and front doors had a two-way system with bars down the middle.
Trumped...I have 39 years! Chiswick+skid pan trained and examined in an RMA Routemaster (ex BEA airlines bus). 1982 through to 2018. London Transport/Tfl. Various other home counties outfits plus 15 years in Canada too. Returned UK 2018. Now a pensioner.
Congratulations Peter on 35 years loved the slides of the many buses you have driven over the years. Some of those really brought back some memories one in particular is the metro at Archway with the Abbey National in yhe background was that taken in the early 00s?
Old buses leak like a sieve. I've driven plenty of new ones that do the same. You'd think they would have nailed it by now given the new cost of a vehicle.
Optare SRs aren’t fun to drive either, no soul. I drive now for Nottingham City and the Scania’s are as you say lovely to drive. The E200MMC is dire, the brakes are an afterthought 🤣
How old were you when you passed? Also did you find living costs better in Suffolk to rent or mortgage while being a driver up there or was it better in London to drive? I'm currently moved to Suffolk from London staying with family and training for my pcv. Great throwbacks there in your video?
Thanks for the video Peter. You've clearly had a varied career involving driving both on urban and suburban routes, and out in the sticks. Do you have a preference for town or country driving and, if so, what is it?
Further to my comment below, if you had your time again and knowing what you know now, would you move around so much? But then sometimes one moves not out of choice but due to force of circumstances.
Swings and roundabouts. Benefits of staying with one employer would be to build up a decent pension pot. But being single at the times I moved around, gave me variety in both routes and the types of buses that I drove.
(Translated): "Why doesn't Britain restore the Leyland bus industry and expel Volvo and the residents of the two countries that destroyed the British industry, especially after Brexit and Britain's secession from Europe?" - Britain has a strong bus and coach building industry to his day, in Wright and Alexander Dennis. Lot's of jobs in Northern Ireland and Scotland, building British buses. Leyland was a quasi-nationalized state business - quality and standards were low. In the preset day, Wright and ADL compete with other freemarket bus builders. UK operators have the option to buy from Wright and ADL, but also foreign companies (there are a lot of Mercedes buses in the UK). The most common buses on the roads in the UK are still British-built Wrights and ADLs though.
5:43 wow 231 as a single deck
I sometimes work from south mimms for rail replacement, couldnt imagine seeing the 231 so small lol
Apologies for the late reply, and yes, most odd that they coped with Darts!
Lovely collection of memories and nicely put into a video. See you've left and returned to London buses on numerous occasions.
Yes, always got drawn back by the higher wages in London
Congratulations on 35 years my dad used to work for arriva on the route 73 out of Tottenham then worked for leaside travel
Thanks, and nice
2:43 your just like me in the present day 😅
If you ever knew the madness i go through to get a volvo hybrid 🤣
Lol
I thought you had always been an Arriva driver in London; maybe that explains why I see a lot of PB drivers wave at you in your videos.
The thing I loved the most about this video was hearing your insights; it puts things into perspective for me.
Lol, and Thanks
@@BristolRE i love ur videos, you and ddanton should collab, it will be cool
I remember the 121 when it ran from Chingford Station to Enfield on the old RF single deckers..then they were converted to DMS double deck in 1976
Throughly enjoyable video. Good commentary.
Thank You
Nice video Peter, of all the memories of a bus driver. Really miss the old routemasters when it used to be in service in London.
Thanks
Congratulations Peter and thanks for the great video. I'm glad to see one of those 200MMC's made the cut.
Thanks, and oh yes, couldn't not use an MMC Lol
Had the shock of my life at 7:58 LK08DWF DE202 is currently at Adventure Travel apart of ComfortDelgro being driven by myself in Swansea (I think the odometer is telling some fibs at 36,857 miles) ❤
😮😮👍👍
Great story, I enjoyed the trip thanks 😁👍🏻congratulations on 35 yrs..👋🏻Cape Cod, Mass.
Thank You
What a lovely video, so nice to go through your working life and very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks
Thanks for showing us the buses that you drove through your career. Some of those buses brought back memories for me as well, but only as a passenger.
You're welcome
Congratulations Peter! What an achievement and credit you are to the bus industry. What were the DMS fleetlines like to drive? We had many secondhand here in the North.
Thank You. Only drove the one DMS for my training at that was many moons ago. I enjoyed it but not sure what they'd be like in service.
Thank you. Most enjoyable watching and listening. Inspiring me to do something similar!👍
Thanks, and that would be good!
Fantastic video showing a cool career. I'm approaching 20 years in February 2022 driving buses in both the Netherlands and Scotland and I'm more partial to Volvos myself. My first ever vehicle I learned to drive was a DAF MB2300 while growing up in Groningen. I learned to drive a bus long before I learned to drive a car.
Very nice, Volvo's are good. Scotland and the Netherlands, both have to be far better than London!
@@BristolRE Well with regards to Holland they have cool bits of kit, bi artic buses made by Van Hool which I've driven quite a lot (AGG300), Wright Commander bodied DAF/VDL SB200s, Mercedes CapaCity artics and a lot of VDL Citea midi buses which are just modified Wright Streetlite WF models, plus the VDL Synergy tri axle deckers which are huge. Where I currently drive in Scotland the buses are literally shit, barely any good investment in good buses with exception to Edinburgh at least who's bus company Lothian is still run by the Scottish government and can afford the types of buses you'd find in Hong Kong, mostly all Volvo buses. I drove their tri axle Volvo B8L with the ADL 400XLB. Where good buses like Volvos, Scanias and Leyland dominated the streets of Glasgow are almost now operated by ADL Enviro junk and I hate anything ADL. The old Scania N113 and L113 were superb buses, along with the L94 which I piloted at First and boy did they move. So many dash buttons so you never knew what was what at the best of times. The L94s were slower and had a dreadfully slow acceleration pedal movement....like you had to press the bloody things a lot harder than the 11 litre ones in that all you had to do was tap the pedal and you were down the street like Flash Gordon. Other companies I took the N94 to the road and most recently in my current company Mcgill's the Scania Omnilink. I've even driven the Scania tri axle and two axle K360 and K460 coaches with the Opticruise transmission. To be honest I always wanted to be a bus driver since I was a tot and my brother taught me to fix buses when I was 5 and engines became my passion. Toys weren't much my thing. I played with cylinder valves, pistons, fuel injectors etc. I became a self taught PCV mechanic and I wanted a career in bus driving and to get behind the wheel of anything I could. I've driven a lot of cool stuff and I love variety which with the likes of London....not too fond of the city but I love the variety of the buses and I hope to get down there at some point. I'll have to get onto the 121 and get a few tips from you. I was one of First bus best drivers, advanced safe driver 3 years in a row, Greenroad winner 5 years in a row with 11th best in the whole of Glasgow and 100th best in the whole of First UK. I've always took pride in my driving, even in the midst of all the psychopathic drivers out there nowadays. I was never in it for the public though. We have the best job in the world my boy.
@@markcaldwell2831 Lots of under investment here, but like you loved the Scania 113s and 94s.
@@BristolRE Hope you didn't have too much trouble reading all that? The Scania were good and I'd love to drive the old beasts if I could but they're all gone. I can't list all the Volvo buses I've driven cause I'd be here all day and I'm sure you're at work. What's the model of Wrightbus you drive? The DWLs
@@markcaldwell2831 "Hope you didn't have too much trouble reading all that?" ... it saves me having to buy a new kindle book today 😂.
The Wrightbus are DWs, DAF something or other. Apparently a Wt Gemini 2 SA9BDRXXX13141451, so I'm none the wiser, Lol
absolutley loved this great work and retro buses congrats on your 35 year as a bus driver
Thanks
Great video Peter, It looks good and also bringing back memories
Thank You
Congrats...35yrs!.love ur vids educational and makes me look at the whole bus network differently ✊🏾
Thank You
I drove Gillig buses at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts for Avis Rent A Car that was from 2002 to 2008. Then I left to become a truck driver for the United States Postal Service for the Boston district. Based out of South Boston Postal Annex and we pick up and deliver mail in bulk all over the Greater Boston area, as far south as Weymouth, Mass to as far north as Stoneham and Reading, Mass. including Waltham, Newton and of course the many sections of Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park, etc.
Nice
That was fantastic. Thank your for your opinion and insight, but please tell us why
Great video of your career! I designed the livery on 006 (ex. 1006) the dart you had at TWH. We had text feedback vinyls on all our vehicles which remained in place at TWH as we would often get feedback on their services!
Lol, fame far and wide! Thanks.
Congratulations on your long service of bus driving Peter. I thoroughly enjoyed this pictorial autobiography. The Metrobus you disliked was a former West Yorkshire PTE bus, 7518.
Thanks
Lovely video Peter. Time certainly flies.
Thanks, it certainly does.
Wow ! What a story ! I drove buses in London for Go-ahead , the best ever bus for me was a Mercedes Benz Citaro G. I love them to drive on rail replacement duties
I have never had the pleasure of a Citaro
Thanks for sharing your great memories as a bus driver for 35 years now and wow you worked for many companies and drove many bus types too 👍🎊🎂🎉 continue driving those buses Peter
Thank You
@@BristolRE no problem what a great career you have
@@DanielsUKT For the most part, I've enjoyed it.
Great video Peter! Congratulations on 35 years!
Thank You
Good video Peter. Congrats on 35 years as a bus driver. Enjoy your shifts
Thank You.
@@BristolRE Your Welcome
Great video Peter Thanks for sharing
Cheers, something different, Lol.
congratulations
Thanks
49 years for me buses and coaches I am retired now I enjoyed my driving years.
49 years! That's a long stint.
Very interesting video, congratulations on reaching 35 years!
Thank You
Good old 326, 234 84 and the 263 I used them in the 90s early 00s
Happy Days
Nice video Peter as always mate,you left one vehicle you drove out though...you forgot those horse drawn buses lol,i bet it seemed like a 135 yrs on the 279s lol...all the best
Cheers, Looooooool
@@BristolRE ha ha ha lol :-)
Excellent video. It always strange to me how you would see different bus models depending on what part of London you were in. Some of the London buses in this video I've never seen before in my life. For example, the single door Metrobus and the double-decker with massive black grill on front. That was a proper ugly bus. LoL!!!
Lol, and so true. In the days before internet unless you travelled around you missed so much
Good to see someone favour the Ms over the Ts. I found Metros far more entertaining to hear than a Titan. Love their sounds and clean design.
Here in Sydney we had 150 Scania L113 regular length buses as well as 100 CNG and 50 14.5m triaxle versions. All had ZF boxes and I drove many 12.5 metre diesel versions like you did. I found the suspension too stiff and the engines rattled on idle. Very powerful though.
My favourite were a toss up between the Mercedes O405 and MAN SL202 both with identical bodies. The MAN had Voith boxes just like the Metros and Mercedes had their own W3 series transmissions. I understand you cannot lock the MCWs in 1st gear. With the MAN you could. I used that a lot!
Nice!
@@BristolRE I've been trying to find a couple of your clips of MCWs. One is of the rear of one revving while stationary and another is of a mechanic adding water to one.
@@jamesfrench7299 Don't think they are my clips.
I enjoyed that, nice bit of history
Thank You
Great Video!
What are your plans for the future in terms of bus companies and depots/routes)
Thanks, no plans at the moment, only a few years left until retirement. Only if personal circumstances mean a move away from Enfield would I then need to change bus companies.
A very interesting video Peter. You certainly have been around. I always assumed that as you use it as your channel name, the Bristol RE was your favourite type of bus but I see that you have a very high opinion of Scanias, a make I have never driven. Well done.
Bristol RE is definitely my favourite bus, just never driven them in service unfortunately
@@BristolRE I drove Bristol REs with Eastern National and I must admit that they were very good. Another type that I have never driven is the Leyland National so I don't know how it compares with the RE.
@@Queensburyheights I did drive them towards the end of their working life, lovely buses to drive. I've always loved RE's and VR's though
@@BristolRE I drove the ex Scottish VRs with Eastern National on the old 400 London Kings Cross to Southend route and one day on the Southend Arterial Road I was stopped by the police for doing 58 mph. I was just advised to keep it down. I also drove the ultimate development of the Lodekka, the 31 foot long model with Gardner 6LX engine and semi-automatic gearbox on the London Wood Green to Southend/Canvey Island routes. They went like rockets but I never got stopped for speeding.
@@Queensburyheights You had some good times there. If you are on Facebook, send me a friend request, easier to have conversations on there if you wish
My uncle been driving arriva for 20-21 years He wor is at Edmonton he used to work as t Tottenham
Nice, what route does he drive?
Congratulations on your almost three decades of Bus Driving.
Thanks
2:29 was Arsenal training here by then? Probably not i have a feeling they may still have been in south london.
Cool video. Congratulations to you for your many years of service as a bus driver. :)
Thank You
Congratulations Peter matey! I Must say you have had some journey bud! I Loved hearing it though as I Always follow your journey of posts on Facebook I Try to keep up with the videos on here but I've literally just seen this one and it's amazing matey I Hope you get to end your career somewhere your happy because at the end of the day happiness is all that matters in the end and if your happy that's all that matters 😁 As is now days I Think the only place to get the more modern Scania buses is mainly Stagecoach around the UK Not too sure if they have them in London but mainly there Enviros for interconnect and a heck of allot more places seemed to be Scania the 400 and MMC we have a few of the Scania E300's up here bio gas ones but it doesn't seem to be something Arriva seem keen on basically for Arriva UK Wise (Excluding Liverpool and Manchester) Your going to be mainly Enviros, VDL DB300s Basically the DW Buses but the DW's have the Volvo body work and VDL Style interior I Remember here when Blyth got Low height Volvo Hybrid versions of them as you'll notice anywhere Wide everything Arriva owns that's bought brand new is low height apart from London but we swapped them with Yorkshire for the DB300s in return which were beastly at first till we got our hands on them and tweaked them a bit!! All in though VDL Pulsars and DB300's are the norm the odd E200 and E200 MMC / 400 MMC and then as I Say some places have the low height Street Shrek's and then some have the gas / electric buses but mainly it's just all the same plane Boring stuff now days. I Know down Hertfordshire area where you used to be based at Sovereign before Arriva took over they use the Volvo B7RLE version of the Pulsar 2 looking body which is much nicer but hey we don't get that kinda luxury up here 🤣
Once again though an amazing video loved it bud! Keep up the great stuff you do 💙💚💙
Thank You, so good to hear your views. Somewhere sedate to end my journey would suit me, no traffic and not too many passengers!
Hi Bristol Re hope you are feeling better now and great video
Thank You, and much better now.
@@BristolRE yay 😃
Thx for serving london for a while i would like to ride on london buses but too bad i dont live there
Maybe you will one day
Even though I am 3 months late but here’s to another 35 years of you driving buses Peter
Thanks
Wow so many vintage buses!😍Congratulations on your 35 years as a Bus Driver! I’ve been driving for about 18 years or so my self here in the U.S. If you could do it all over again would you?
Thanks. Would I do it all again? If I did, I'd avoid London after the first stint, London is too stressful, but driving buses in the countryside is lovely.
Congratulations Peter. You’ve been about a bit. Do you think you’ll stay in Enfield for the foreseeable future?
Thanks, I've no immediate plans to move, but getting out of London is something we keep talking about, so doubt I'll be here until I retire, which is only 6 or 7 years away.
@@BristolRE well I remember you telling us about possibly retiring to Africa (was it Zambia?). Is that still on the cards?
@@mazzarouni5608 Botswana, where my wife comes from. It's still on the cards, but really needs financing big time.
@@BristolRE ahh yes it was Botswana apologies. Well see what happens.
@@mazzarouni5608 Indeed, various options in my mind, we'll see over the next 2-3 years.
I loved the MCW Metrobus growing up in the early 90s that's pretty much the bus that dominated Enfield, Cheshunt hertford etc.. The leyland Titan and Olympian was popular too but i never liked them also they we're rougher compared to MCW...I know buses and vehicles move on i still think they could stand the test of time today although almost all wouldn't comply with the low floor legislations as both rear and front doors had a two-way system with bars down the middle.
Yes, the Metrobus was a lovely vehicle, both in terms of looks and to drive.
Trumped...I have 39 years! Chiswick+skid pan trained and examined in an RMA Routemaster (ex BEA airlines bus). 1982 through to 2018. London Transport/Tfl. Various other home counties outfits plus 15 years in Canada too. Returned UK 2018. Now a pensioner.
Into my 37th year now, but yes, I can't wait until I can give it up!
@@BristolRE I don't think you mean that, it seems that driving buses is in your blood.
@@michaelfrancis7072 Thanks, lol
Nice, happy it all worked out for u
Thank You, though the job is not what is was. It's much less enjoyable.
Congratulations Peter on 35 years loved the slides of the many buses you have driven over the years. Some of those really brought back some memories one in particular is the metro at Archway with the Abbey National in yhe background was that taken in the early 00s?
That would have been much earlier, I have it dated as 1989
Well done Peter 35 Years. I wish to drive a bus one day.
Thank You, and I'm sure you will!
great videos peter
Thanks
Congratulations! 35 Years of Driving Is a long time. Do you still drive for london
Thank You, yes I do
Old buses leak like a sieve. I've driven plenty of new ones that do the same. You'd think they would have nailed it by now given the new cost of a vehicle.
Indeed!
@@BristolRE what do u mean by a leak
1:44 242 at potters bar you know wow.
I love seeing these old routes compared to now, its just weird knowing these days things are sooo different
Things never seem to change for the better
Optare SRs aren’t fun to drive either, no soul. I drive now for Nottingham City and the Scania’s are as you say lovely to drive. The E200MMC is dire, the brakes are an afterthought 🤣
Indeed, Lol
How old were you when you passed? Also did you find living costs better in Suffolk to rent or mortgage while being a driver up there or was it better in London to drive? I'm currently moved to Suffolk from London staying with family and training for my pcv. Great throwbacks there in your video?
I was 25 when I started. Rent is cheaper in Suffolk, the job is less stressful there as well, but the wages are much much lower.
Congrats on your 35 years!
Thanks, it's been a long but interesting time.
@@kevinwoodruff8994 Thank You, got around 6 or 7 years left, depending on how much the Government move the goal posts, Lol
I gunning to pass my practical test within the next month
Good Luck and enjoy!
Congratulations!
Thanks
I passed in the same bus!
Nice!
Thanks for the video Peter. You've clearly had a varied career involving driving both on urban and suburban routes, and out in the sticks. Do you have a preference for town or country driving and, if so, what is it?
Country, definitely. Less or no traffic, fewer passengers and less stressful.
Further to my comment below, if you had your time again and knowing what you know now, would you move around so much? But then sometimes one moves not out of choice but due to force of circumstances.
Swings and roundabouts. Benefits of staying with one employer would be to build up a decent pension pot. But being single at the times I moved around, gave me variety in both routes and the types of buses that I drove.
@@BristolRE Yes, I understand Peter. I have driven a variety of vehicles myself but neither Leyland Nationals nor, very sadly, your favourite Scanias.
@@Queensburyheights You've missed out! Lol.
Scania know how to build bus chassis, Nottingham’s entire fleet is Scania
Indeed
@@BristolRE if you moved to drive for NCT it’s all Scania up here
great video, im a huge fan of bus drivers. this made me feel a little wet down below, would you mind giving it a little stroke for me? cheers lad 👍
Rip dws on 349 ????-2022
Looks like it
You should go to grays
Too far to travel
Why did you move around so much?
I was single and just renting bedsits. When I'd had enough or fancied a change I just upped and went.
@@BristolRE Ah same like me when I was young(er) :D until the mrs and little one came along
ليش ما ترجع بريطانيه صناعه باصات ليلند وتطرد فولفو وسكانيه الدولتين الي دمرت الصناعه البريطانيه وخاصه بعد البريكست و انفصال بريطلنيه عن اوروبا
Leyland no longer exist, they closed more than 20 years ago.
(Translated): "Why doesn't Britain restore the Leyland bus industry and expel Volvo and the residents of the two countries that destroyed the British industry, especially after Brexit and Britain's secession from Europe?"
- Britain has a strong bus and coach building industry to his day, in Wright and Alexander Dennis. Lot's of jobs in Northern Ireland and Scotland, building British buses. Leyland was a quasi-nationalized state business - quality and standards were low. In the preset day, Wright and ADL compete with other freemarket bus builders. UK operators have the option to buy from Wright and ADL, but also foreign companies (there are a lot of Mercedes buses in the UK). The most common buses on the roads in the UK are still British-built Wrights and ADLs though.
Wow
10:08 DW
100 likes!! 👍
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@@BristolRE well I think your so happy!
Lol im only 4.5 years in🫣
Keep plugging away, it's a long road ahead!
Dang