What about buses?

[Perseverant]

In a previous life, around 40 years ago, God help us, I had a bus licence for a bit before circumstances changed and I went to University. In one of these weird things that happen, not far from us is an alternative cafe and a beautiful workshop where the proprietor is restoring a Bristol "Lodekka", very similar to the one I learned to drive. Driving buses was great fun though the hours were not! I drove a variety of buses during this time : Leyland "leopard cubs", various other Leylands and diabolically underpowered Albions (it was a hilly area in Central Scotland) as well as the aforementioned Bristols. So I was pretty slick with double declutching and wrestling with non power steering, and sometimes wonder if it was really me.

[Perseverant]

Thanks for reply from GVVT especially! The Lodekkas I drove, for Midland, were rear entrance for the learner buses and forward entrance Eastern Coachwork versions for the few still in service. Bus driving came back to me when I owned a Rover 110 for a few years - a surprisingly spritely vehicle for the brave or foolhardy! I'm "up North" now, just S. of Fraserburgh.