"Gently does it" as 886 breathes in to finish the tight manouevre past The Plough & Harrow, heading back for Swansea

GWN 859D, South Wales 881, on the open stretch near Bishopston, heading back to Swansea on the 14

GWN 864D heads away from The Plough & Harrow enroute to Swansea, an idyllic scene though even here we can detect Dutch Elm disease in the woodland on the right!

GWN 864 D approaches the junction at merton, coming up from Swansea after the climb from Mumbles. The house on the left looks straight out of "A Clockwork Orange" - how ever did it get planning permission?

GWN 864D, SWT 886 approaches the T-junction before turning right for Plough Corner, as she comes up from Swansea

GWN 867E comes up to the junction after Plough Corner, about to turn left for Swansea

GWN 867E frightens the natives as she whines to a walking pace to take the corner for Pennard

889's driver must have been pleased for once that he had a clear road at Plough Corner, not that he would have known in advance. This was a lethal bend to take at best!

GWN 864D stands proud as she leaves the stop before turnign to Merton village. These short wheelbase AEC Regent Mk. V '2D3RA's with forward-loading Willowbrook 64 seater bodies were neat looking motors and I loved them!

The same bus, 881 approaches "Plough Corner" by The Plough & Harrow pub in Merton, from the Pennard direction. The pub is the whitewashed building on the left. How nice it was to sit outside with a beer and listen to the sound of the AEC D166 gearbox whine

Oh no, not an Allegro! 886 avoided the temptation to crush it.

GWN 864D shows what it was all about as she squeezes through the tight corner, as the lollipop man looks on - he'd seen it many times before!

GWN 864D comes up to Plough Corner from Pennard

881 prepares to set off for Parc Gwernfadog from Limeslade on the 1/1A

I couldn't resist having my piccy taken with 869, proudly sporting my AEC T-shirt! Note that this Regent has vent louvres to the upperdeck front windows

881 is set off by a typical Gower background at Limeslade terminus

GWN 859D leaves the terminus at Pennard, for the return run to Swansea - the cliffs and the sea are over the horizon in the background

881 is seen in Swansea city centre during its rare stint on service 1 to Limeslade - no doubt a Bristol VR had failed!

At the other end of the route, 881 waits for time at the terminus at Parc Gwernfadog

GWN 859D, SWT 881 amidst suburban bungalows at Parc Gwernfadog, a Swansea suburb on route 1

Now this was a stroke of luck! GWN 859D was put out on the cross-town route 1 from Limeslade to Parc Gwernfadog, a very rare occurrence by this late stage in its career. Here we are at the Limeslade terminus, where the bus has to reverse up to this point. Note the conductor in classic stance!

CCY 989C arrives at the 14 terminus at Pennard, which is just up from the wonderful cliffs at this beautiful location on The Gower Peninsula

GWN 859D waits for time at Limeslade. I was very pleased to catch this bus on a route other than that to Pennard!