wirral

Determined not to take the piss at this year's Wirral Bus and Tram Show, here are a few of the highlights of the vehicles on show.

MTL 1070 (B926KWM), a 1984 Alexander AL-bodied Leyland Atlantean AN68D/1R

ARRIVA NORTH WEST 8201 (L301TEM), a 1994 Alexander Strider-bodied Volvo B10B-58

ARRIVA NORTH WEST 3283 (N283CKB), a 1995 Northern Counties Palatine-bodied Volvo Olympian YN2RV

JOHN FISHWICK 23 (GRN895W), a 1980 Eastern Coach Works-bodied Leyland Atlantean AN68 (was the sole AN69)/1R

MTL 1055 (A135HLV), a 1984 Alexander AL-bodied Leyland Atlantean AN68D/1R

PEOPLESBUS 0811 (L80BUS), a 2002 Alexander ALX400-bodied Dennis Trident.

STAGECOACH MERSEYSIDE 47712 (MX05MKL), a 2005 Optare-bodied Optare Solo.

Like most of the bus rallies I've recently reported on, this was much the same than the previous years' offerings. That's not a problem for anybody but a narky enthusiast like me who remembers these gatherings like the plague. The weather was fairly dreadful, and I don't think there were the legions of people attending as in the past. But you can't knock the hard work that goes into the organisation of events like this. It requires a lot of selfless endeavour by nameless volunteers, without whose efforts, the Wirral Bus and Tram Show would never take place.