Wednesday, 15 July 2026

Trent Barton 713 (15.07.2026)

With The Cotgrave now one bus less, it now opens the door to various spares making appearances and not just the Mango MMC's either, as illustrated in this example with 713, one of many Eclipses in the Mango livery, which is pictured in Cotgrave on The Cotgrave, a place no stranger to seeing these bus types since three ex-Mickleover examples, which were replaced by newer MMC's, were brought in to replace the older Scanias.

Trent Barton 713 (15.07.2026)

Trent Barton 713 (15.07.2026)

Trent Barton 741 (15.07.2025)

A route usually operated with two branded Solo SR's but today saw an all day appearance from one of the longer spares, as illustrated here. 741 is pictured in Bingham in between journeys on the RV1, with a Skylink Nottingham rear display on show out of view.

Trent Barton 110 (15.07.2026)

Due to the branded Solo SR of 504 being declared a failure on the RV1 this afternoon, it meant an appearance from this Mango MMC, as illustrated here. 110 is pictured in Radcliffe with an RV1 to Newton.

Trent Barton 110 (15.07.2026)

Trent Barton 110/711 (15.07.2026)

Changing the Calverton...

110, a Mango E200 MMC saw use on a fair few routes today in which it saw use on the Skylink Nottingham prior to being replaced by the branded MMC of 122, that after a re-swap, and before then the branded MMC of I believe 147, which was on the Indigo for a couple of runs prior to being swapped or re-swapped for one of their branded MMC's after having been swapped on the Skylink Nottingham by the branded MMC of 121 and even after all those replacements, a re-swap on The Calverton, the route the 17 plate spare did a round trip on, took place in which the branded Eclipse came back out to play, thus enabling the MMC to help out for a failed branded Solo SR on the Rushcliffe Villager in the form of 504. Even before the Mango saw use on the RV1 was a snap of it on The Calverton just as important since the route usually sees the Eclipse spares on it when needed these days as was the case today when the bright red spare of 727 ended up on the route all day, so even having seen an MMC on a round trip alone can be considered a rarity! 110 is seen on Upper Parliament Street having brought in a service from Calverton on The Calverton as 711 waits to take over after coming back out with the next service to Calverton at 14:20 sharp.