Southern Vectis week - Thursday

Southern Vectis 683 - 934BDL (DPX683W) - Shanklin (town centre) - September 2003

Bristol VRs have always had a long association with Southern Vectis, and their last hurrah and livery was on the Open Top Tours network, wearing this rather eye-catching orange and sun livery. Today, the bus and the route have gone - 683 was dispatched to York Pullman where it continued open top duties, where the 43 became the Sandown Bay Tour, and was eventually cut in favour of the reduced PVR on the Shanklin Steamer. Summer afternoons photographing these in Shanklin and Sandown were glorious!