Incoming First 32754

Another one of the incoming Dennis Tridents we are seeing back in Plymouth after their spell away in Weymouth:

©Richard Smith
Before that it was in Weymouth
[cc] Ian Kirby Weymouth 12 October 2012
And of course before that was a North Devon bus:

[cc]Nick Rice 28 October 2006

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