Trent Barton 109 (24.07.2026)

One Mango MMC that was on my bingo card on the RV1 from today was this 17 plate variant, as illustrated here. 109 is pictured in Radcliffe with an RV1 to Bingham. In the end, prior to its next turn of duty on the Skylink Nottingham, this bus was replaced on this route by the branded Solo SR of 505 after working the return service from Bingham.

Trent Barton 147 (24.07.2026)

One Mango spare that wasn't intended to be on my bingo card from today on the RV1 was this one of the 20 plates but after the branded Eclipse of 741 came off, I set out to catch up with the new look spare as a result. 147 is pictured having left Broadmarsh Bus Station on an RV1 to Newton.

Trent Barton 741 (24.07.2026)

Given the two bus PVR on the RV1, it's not always that you see four buses on the service but today saw just that happen with three spares also seeing part-time use on the route too! 741 is pictured having left Broadmarsh Bus Station on an RV1 to Bingham. In the end, this bus was replaced by the Mango MMC of 147 on the route due to possible issues with the rear seats, the Mango MMC, which itself had failed on the Skylink Nottingham, having been replaced on there by one of its older Mango sisters in the form of 109, which was dispatched onto The Cotgrave to replace a failed 217 after having been replaced on the Skylink Nottingham late on by the branded MMC of 124.

Trent Barton 727 (24.07.2026)

It seems as if Langley Mill have taken hold of most of the bright red Eclipses with only one left running at Manvers Street, which has come in handy of late with Trent having a vehicle shortage in Nottingham although enough spares were out to help cover various diagrams as and when needed prior to being swapped, mostly for branded vehicles. 727 is pictured in Radcliffe with a Mainline to Nottingham, not Bingham as advertised. In the end, this bus moved to the i4 to replace the branded MMC of 138, which replaced the branded MMC of 131 on the same route, that bus of which was involved in replacing some form of another branded MMC on, yep, you guessed it, the same route (surprise, surprise!).

Trent Barton 110 (24.07.2026)

After having left home early for the City, a Mango MMC turned up on The Calverton, thus giving me the chance to catch up with it straight away, an opportunity that wasn't to be turned down and so I made my way on the MMC towards Daybrook to document it on its first journey of the day from the City. 110 is seen having left Daybrook Square on The Calverton to Calverton. In the end, this bus was replaced by the branded Eclipse of 711 on this route before moving to the Skylink Nottingham to replace the Skylink Nottingham branded MMC of 121, which failed at East Midlands Airport earlier in the day.

Stagecoach East Midlands 27186 (19.07.2026)

An early start for me was on the cards today in preparation for seeing the South Notts cavalcade of buses leave Nottingham on their first run to Loughborough at 9:20 although I also decided to catch up with the booked single-decker working on the Pronto, which then moves to the 1 afterwards and today saw one of the branded Millers for the 1 in charge of proceedings, as illustrated here. 27186 is seen on Mansfield Road with a Pronto to Mansfield.

Stagecoach East Midlands 36515 (19.07.2026)

A somewhat unusual appearance on the 141 from today came from this E200, as illustrated here. 36515 is seen on Hucknall Road with a 141 to Sutton.