The West Country Historic Omnibus & Transport Trust

We very much regret that due to insufficient entries being received by the closing date we are unable to stage the Dorchester running day on Sunday 13^th August this year. It is difficult to say at this stage the main reason why this should be but believe our inability to book the site until well after 1^st April must have had some bearing on this. A big thank you to those who did show an interest, even if you were a static exhibit. Please watch out for further announcements of alternative arrangements in 2024.

R Crawley, Chairman

Arrangements are now being made to stage this event at the same location, Top o’ Town car park, Dorchester. Please note that at the time of writing Covid restrictions have been relaxed so the wearing of face masks and use of hand sanitisers is discretionary.

This year we were unable to announce the date and confirm location until after 1^st April. However, vehicle entry forms are now available to download or obtainable by request from Paul Madge at the contact address below. We will attempt to restore as many services as possible and this largely depends on the number of entries. It will include the usual direct link between railway station, rally site and Poundbury. Services will get fully under way by 10am and run continually through to 4pm. A special trip will be run for the Hardy Society, leaving at 1pm. Free tickets for this trip will only be available on the day from a Hardy Society representative at our stand. We also hope to reinstate the popular mystery tour where even the driver has no idea where he will take you! Free seat reservations for this will be taken at our stall.

A marquee will provide a covered sales outlet. We will have on offer an even larger selection of good quality second-hand books at silly prices, plus WHOTT’s own publications. We also have hundreds of photos for sale, depicting vehicles operating in the west country and much further afield. Something for everyone.

Our representatives will be on hand to answer any questions about WHOTT, invite you to become a Member and provide back issues of our quarterly magazine, WHOTT’s NEWS.

In addition to the running vehicles there will be several more on static display. This may be the first time these vehicles have been out and about for several months, so the owners will be proud to exhibit and be on hand to speak about them, even if not in service. Contact details for Paul Madge are telephone 01803-558111 or email psa.madge@btinternet.com. Programmes can be obtained by request about a week in advance for £6 including postage.

As usual, WHOTT is running a free bus service to Dorchester in connection with our Running Day on Sunday, 13th August 2023. Departure times are as follows:-

	Depot	0650
	Tiverton, Lea Road,Willand (Tea Caravan)	0720
	Exeter, Gallows Cnr	0800
	Exeter, Sowton P+R	0810
	Honiton, Boots Bus Stop	0840
	Axminster, Trinity Sq.	0905
	Bridport, Coach Park	0930
	Dorchester arr	1000

	Return after finish of event

Vehicle Entry Form

Word Version PDF Version

Robert Crawley

Chairman

The following vehicles were booked to attend the 2023 running day


BUSES
	No	Reg No	Make	Bodywork	Original Owner/Operator
	A1	HF03 ODU	Volvo B7TL	Wright	Bournemouth 180
	A2	6167 RU	Leyland PD3	MCW	Bournemouth Corp
	A3	MSJ 499	Leyland Atlantean	Metro Cammell	Devon General (ex 925 GTA)
	A4	SN65 ***	Alexander Dennis	Alexander Dennis	First Wessex 399**
	A5	DAE 511K	Bristol RELL6L	ECW	Bristol Omnibus C1257
	A6	G727 XDL	Leyland Olympian	Leyland	Damory Coaches 4727
	A7	K15 ONO	Dennis Trident 2	Plaxton	Burrows Coaches

COACHES
	No	Reg No	Make	Bodywork	Original Owner/Operator
	B1	JDV 754	Bedford OB	Duple Vista	Woolacombe & Morthoe Motor Co
	B2	890 ADV	AEC Reliance	Willowbrook	Devon General (Grey Cars) TCR890

COMMERCIALS
	No	Reg No	Make	Bodywork	Original Owner/Operator
	C1	KGV 659F	Morris	Van	-
	C2	FOW 456	Austin	Brewers Dray	Eldridge & Pope & Co.
	C3	Q183 CPR	Steam Engine	3" Showmans	Road Loco
	C4	GSK 223	Leyland Super Hippo	Artic	James Laing Civil Engineerin

CLASSIC CARS
	No	Reg No	Make	Bodywork	Original Owner/Operator
	D1

SALES STANDS
	S1








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