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.

Stagecoach East Midlands 27184 (19.07.2026)

What was once a Miller for this TransBus E300 was soon de-branded to become plain Beachball before then being repainted into first-gen Local, as illustrated here. 27184 is pictured outside City Hospital with a 141 to Sutton.

Stagecoach East Midlands 24197 (19.07.2026)

One of Mansfield's new livery MAN E300's was on the 141 today just for something different in livery terms as the older Local livery was the mainstay of the other boards today. 24197 is pictured on Hucknall Road with a 141 from Sutton.

 

Stagecoach East Midlands 24194 (19.07.2026)

A welcome return on the streets of Mansfield Road for the MAN E300's since the Pronto withdrew them and the Transbus examples in favor of E400 MMC's although these see use on either the 141 or the Sherwood Arrow in Nottingham, as exemplified here with 24194, the bus as seen on Mansfield Road with a Sherwood Arrow to New Ollerton and Worksop.

Stagecoach East Midlands 24201 (18.07.2026)

It seems different seeing more of these MAN E300's at both Mansfield and Worksop following transfer from Hull with some TransBus and K230UB examples moving in the opposite direction. If only the transfers didn't take place since I'm personally not a fan of these examples although I did elect to catch up with a few on some of their often regular duties, including on the Sherwood Arrow for example. 24201 is seen on Mansfield Road with a Sherwood Arrow from Worksop and New Ollerton.

Stagecoach East Midlands 28617 (18.07.2026)

After the MAN E300 of 24201 came off the Sherwood Arrow, this K230UB example came out to play for the evening after having finished service on the 22, hence why efforts were made to catch up with it. 28617 is seen on Mansfield Road near Victoria Bus Station with a Sherwood Arrow from Worksop and New Ollerton.

Stagecoach East Midlands 28620 (18.07.2026)

With 28611-28614 now at Hull, only 28616-28620 remain as the only K230UB E300's left at Worksop and two of them were caught by the camera on the Sherwood Arrow today! 28620 in the second-generation Local livery is seen on Mansfield Road with a Sherwood Arrow to New Ollerton and Retford. In the end, this bus was dispatched onto the route after taking over from the MAN E300 of 24194 in New Ollerton on the very first journey from Worksop.

Stagecoach East Midlands 15176 (18.07.2026)

Due to issues with the MAN E300 of 24193 on the Sherwood Arrow, this Aspire 77 branded Scania E400, which was swapped for E400 19318 on its own route originally, was dispatched onto the Sherwood Arrow to help out and efforts were made to catch up with it, more especially because only two of these are left branded for the Aspire 77, this being one of them with the other being 15178. 15176 is pictured on Mansfield Road with a Sherwood Arrow to New Ollerton and Retford.

Trent Barton 504 (15.07.2026)

Seen at Broadmarsh Bus Station awaiting a move back to Manvers Street garage after earlier failing on the RV1.

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.

Trent Barton 110 (15.07.2026)

After noticing that a Mango MMC was on The Calverton for a round trip, I set out to catch up with it as a result. 110 is pictured arriving at the Redcliffe Road bus stop on Mansfield Road with The Calverton from Calverton. In the end, this bus was the one that took me back to the Upper Parliament Street bus stop in Nottingham City Centre, where the bus was re-swapped for the branded Eclipse of 711.

Trent Barton 146 (13.07.2026)

Seen in Bingham terminating in on an RV1 from Nottingham.

Trent Barton 146 (13.07.2026)

One feature the pair of new look Mango MMC's have is the lack of orange on the rear, as exemplified here on 146, which is pictured in West Bridgford Town Centre at the head of an RV1 to Newton.

Trent Barton 713 (13.07.2026)

Seen in Bingham having arrived in on an RV1 from Nottingham before then taking away its next service back to Nottingham. In the end, after finishing work on this route, this Mango Eclipse made a late i4 appearance after the branded MMC of 139 came off.

Trent Barton 713 (13.07.2026)

After having noticed that the RV1 started without the usual Optare Solo SR's on both boards today, every effort was made to catch up with the spare allocations as a result,. 713, a Mango Volvo B7RLE Wright-Eclipse Urban, is seen in West Bridgford Town Centre with an RV1 to Nottingham.