NPJ472R - work continues

17 and 24 November 2013

Spent 2 sundays doing some more work on Alder Valley 251. As you may know, this is being prepared for a repaint next year after lots of bodywork repairs etc.

But first some photos of the other 2 Nationals owned by my friends kept at the same yard.

GNU568N is pictured at rest after her East Midlands holiday this year.

Also present is PRR454R, another ex Trent National and currently off road pending decision to restore.

So, what about NPJ472R?

Progress so far

The job that took most of the day on the 17th was attaching new rubber to one of the doors. NOT an easy job and took quite a while to do.

Then refitting the door to the bus

 The old front dome is being prepared for re-fitting

24 November 2013

Paul was working on the rear inside underneath the rear seat.

And I was removing plastic coating from seat frames

Thats probably my last bit until Christmas.

Movember

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Leyland National to Essex pubs

2/11/13

A train to Chelmsford, and Leyland National VAR899S (Eastern National 1833) to take me around a few country pubs.

Chelmsford

Chelmsford

Thatchers Arms - Mount Bures:

beer choice

View from the back of the pub

Five Bells - Colne Engaine was planned to be visited but bridge repairs meant we couldn't get a bus to the pub.

Then to Finchingfield

The Fox Inn

Oops, forgot to take interior photos

The Three Tuns

The Red Lion (didn't go in here)

Some more photos taken in Finchingfield village

a former pub in the village:

also seen in the village

The bus, ready to leave Finchingfield

and finally back at Chelmsford station

Thanks to Steve Simister for the invite and driving his National for us.