Pete And His Bus, Episode 51: Nyetimber and drive

[@davidmcquiggan7349]

Absolutely brilliant day out Jason and I had a great time thank you Pete

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍👍👍

[@alistairh202]

well done David! Excellent work and glad you had a fun day!!

[@melvinowesyounothing]

You looked so happy that I cracked a big smile too!

[@chrisrand5185]

The look on David's face as he drove the bus said it all!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

It did, didn't it!? A great day out for all

[@denisdavidson5622]

So glad my Mrs bought me a drive in one of Expeditionals RML's for my 75th birthday in 2023. Box ticked!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

❤️👍

[@denisdavidson5622]

Doh! Time flys, and memory fades... my Mrs says it was in 2018 in RML 2733.

[@markbrown351]

Another great episode! And again congratulations David .

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@marksaunderson3042]

This would seem to be an excellent example of ‘if you are going to do it, do it properly.’ Nice to see someone who cares about preserving our classic vehicles, even if they get repurposed, at least they still exist. If you do the mods compassionately you make sure they can be undone later.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@sydostubegaming425]

Great video as always, Pete! Been watching a for a couple years and I've always been really into Routemasters and RTs and similar buses of that era. Bought a peice of the bus and even vistied the and Brooklands Bus Musuem a couple times. Congratulations to David, glad to see he had a great time and he's very lucky, and definitely deserved it. It was fun seeing the fleet number back on the Nyetimber bus (RML 2757), I'm looking forward to when the same comes for RML 2730 (And maybe even RM 843 someday)!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for your support

[@Daz_Stap]

Expeditional are near me! I remember at the North Weald Bus Rally you used to be able to drive a Routemaster or a DMS for £1!! 14 year old me used to get there very early in the morning!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Nice

[@bodysuitguy]

North Weald airfield is where the Crystal Maze was filmed. The maze was in a hanger, where aircraft restoration was also being done. I found myself at the airfield when I was 16ish and wandered in, a gentleman working on a plane was happy to turn the lights on for me and I had free rein of the place checking out the set and all the rooms. Very cool

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Cool

[@althejazzman]

Cool. Great trivia

[@BassBusMusic]

A worthy winner as clearly he had an absolute ball. Well done David.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Agreed!

[@martynbuzzing3327]

I got all excited when you mentioned Nyetimber, as I used to live in the village of Nyetimber. West Sussex.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

No way! Well that’s where this bus was recently, obviously the nyetimber vinyard is there..

[@doubledeckerbus-foundation]

Nice patch ;-) You are right, nobody sees this, except all of us 🤣 (BTW I also have patches on our double-decker bus)

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Yes, it’s not that elegant but it will be painted at a later point, and as you say, no one will be the wiser.

[@marcogiuseppedegaetano]

Ogni tuto video Pete non solo è pura passione ma anche qualcosa da imparare.... anche se trattasi di una terra diversa dalla mia. I tuoi video sono pura cultura ... la cultura della storia di questi meravigliosi Bus

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you, glad you’re enjoying it 👍

[@martonmechanicalmachines9842]

I use to be an instructor for Midland Red Driver Experience that we operated at Mallory Park in Leicestershire. My colleague being an ex midland red employee did a talk on midland red followed by a drive of a Bristol RELH or BMMO D9 followed by Leyland PD2 with a crash box which is the vehicle I instructed in. It was alot of fun and miss doing it.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@MrButtonpresser]

Lovely video, congrats on the the Nyetimber contract.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you!!

[@jamesbalchin4640]

Nice to see the original emergency exit transfer under the ariel

[@PeteAndHisBus]

yes, a shame to cover it up.. but it's there.

[@jamesbalchin4640]

Indeed ​@@PeteAndHisBus

[@alanchandler254]

No 36 bus route was the one I used to get to school in London, brought back some memories. Personally I think the Nye timber bus looks terrible in the green colour. Interesting to hear that North Weald has actually been sold now. It is an operational airfield, apart from all the activities that go on throughout the year..

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Only part of the airport has been sold. The actual airport itself will remain active

[@johnwilkinson4782]

Another brilliant video Pete. Always look forward to them. Shame about airfield being sold, hopefully they will find somewhere else

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@charliethetrainspotter4963]

Great video pete, love your red double decker bus 😁

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks! 😀

[@jonathanfreedom1st]

In my normal spirit of not wanting to drill holes in body panels, i would have personally placed that cover plate over the opening just using some very strong 3M permanent body trim double side tape. Which may have also sealed it up as well. Im no expert tho. But if it works it works. I love the channel. Love from Toledo ohio.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I agree with you to a certain degree, but this will all get sorted when a full re spray is actually due

[@Phiyedough]

I would have probably used bolts just round the inside edge of the opening with either another plate or some penny washers on the inside.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

@@Phiyedough And spoil the perfectly curved interior ceiling... Don't think so.. As I mention this is a temporary repair until she gets a re-paint.

[@nigelbeiley6668]

Hi Pete. I have to say you got very excited over the LED strip lighting! You need to get out more 😅 It’s a shame about North Weald, we don’t need anymore housing! I’m sure that there are other disused airfields around, I know there are few where I live in Norfolk.❤😊

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Pretty lights… what’s not to love!!?? The airfield is in the right location… Norfolk sadly would be no use…

[@melvinowesyounothing]

Nice work, Pete! Another well filned, well produced and great fun video to watch. Keep it coming!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you very much

[@MartinFutter70]

...and you still haven't got that Thunderball picture hung yet!!! Great to see David enjoying himself and poor show that Expeditional may have to loose their location. I was very close to the winning ticket last time, so I'll have to have another go... but this time Pete, if I buy some more stickers, can you put a piece of card in the envelope, say from a cereal packet, as despite your 'DO NOT BEND' message on the envelope you sent last time out, the postman decided it needed bending, like a bent thing entering a bend it competition to win bent envelope of the month!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Ohh that’s good to know! I’ll do that for sure! 👍👍 bloody posties

[@JohnOlphert]

I first went on a bendy bus in Rotterdam, The Netherlands Pete, it must be 30 or 40 years ago, they use them at airports too I think. So sad for Expeditional, wishing them luck in finding a new venue. Thanks as always for your enthusiasm, you are a real tonic👍🦉

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you

[@TheLondonTransportDroid]

Another great video as usual

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks

[@Jamiewhitehouse1214]

One day my dream will come true and I'll be able to get behind the wheel of a routemaster and one day I'll be able to do it with you Pete and I'm glad that the bloke enjoyed the day out

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Last chance this January!

[@Jamiewhitehouse1214]

@PeteAndHisBus unfortunately Pete I don't have a drivers licence and I'm only 16 so again I can't do it and I'm so devastated if only they could do something for kids my age

[@LandonBeacham]

I remember going to North Weald when I was 17, but I only had a provisional license so wasn’t allowed to drive one. I’m now 55 and sad to hear they won’t be doing the driving anymore. Also I went past a pub garden in London the other day and saw RML 2445 in the garden.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

You better get involved in the competition! Get your last shot at driving the old buses 👍😂

[@adamfloyd2152]

Anyone else notice the irony that after Pete talked about fleetnumbers matching the registration numbers, the next bus we see is RM1797 which now has the registration from RM1772?

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Not my bus not my problem…. 😂👍

[@martinhaskell376]

Expeditional was great fun, I drove the same bus later in the afternoon.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍👍

[@Doggymcdoggy664]

The documenty I seen. Said when it went into get a restoration at the big garage the body don’t always go back on the same chassis it was born with. Is the body stamped with original numbers. I must watch that Doc again. Good job you did👍👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

True, they're all a bit of a mix match. My 2355 is all its original bits though one of 3 I believe apart from the obvious cummins lump... ;)

[@raychambers3646]

Watched that documentary at a film theatre at charing cross tube station many many years ago .

[@warweezil2802]

Wasnt the RM the first bus without a chassis in the normal sense having subframes carrying the major components that were bolted to the body frame? Still miss the song of the AEC lump.

[@petergoodman4922]

Another great video. Pity about North Weald though. They had some good bus rallies there some years back. Look forward to the next one. Very best wishes. Peter.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@alancooper940]

Hi Pete I’ve driven a routemaster there it’s fantastic 👍👍 such a shame that it is closing maybe they could have a word with Bruntingthorpe Airfield in Leicestershire they can only say no 😔keep up the good work 👍👍 Cheers Alan

[@PeteAndHisBus]

That’d be a bit of a trek… but it could be done

[@martinhaskell376]

@@alancooper940 when I was there I suggested Wethersfield Airfield near Braintree, which they said they would investigate. They are all based in the area so they are unlikely to want to go far.

[@Daytonafox1]

Great Video again Pete. I'll be buying some more merch then it seems lol.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

❤️👍

[@geoffwest64]

Great video Pete. I’m with you on the fleet numbers the green machine looks so much better with them on. 👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks 👍

[@highpath4776]

With them local pot holes at start I think you should be adding a road roller to the collection

[@PeteAndHisBus]

hahaha not a bad idea!

[@markbrown351]

Also, I am waiting on the embroidered Pete And His Bus hoodie 😉

[@PeteAndHisBus]

😂😂

[@mannythelimodriver6003]

Hopefully catch you when you’re passing Redhill Pete. Great video

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍

[@unclegreybeard3969]

The bendy bus is the only bus i never had a license for, The last bus I drove before retiring was a BYD enviro electric bus.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍

[@gerrynicol3951]

ENVIRO ❤ WAS THAT NOT ON A T.V. PROG REEVES AND MORTAMER MAYBE

[@unclegreybeard3969]

@@gerrynicol3951 I do not know about that, but Alexander Dennis makes a range of buses all called Enviros with a suffix numbered 100, 200, 300 & 400, the electric versions have an additional EV after thtose numbers. The electric buses all had chinese made running gear provided by BYD (Build Your Dreams). I may be wrong on this point though, but at 16:07 - 16:11 that double decker in the background at the driving track looked remarkably similar to one of them.

[@gerrynicol3951]

Alexander dennis is that the same team in falkirk scotland that build said bus ,s

[@kd84afc]

To drive the bendy bus, all you need is a normal cat D license, because you can't detach it like an HGV, you don't need the D+E like you would if you were using to tow a trailer.

[@THEMASTER10121]

I would love to do this but sadly i dont have a drivers licence. 😭 I could definitely drive it just fine tho, especially the Gemini

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Get that test booked!!! 😂👍

[@THEMASTER10121]

@@PeteAndHisBus cant sadly. Have an eye condition and due to that they class my eye sight as too poor to get a licence.. i can get surgey to fix it. But i have to wait until im 25 and im only 20. And its not a deffinate fix either, So yea at the very least still got a couple of years to go

[@SimonLeung-l2b]

What if Pete hired James May, formerly of BBC Top Gear to explain the importance of Fleet Numbers on buses with voice overdub, it would be something like this: James May: I have dug out my Ian Allan British Bus Fleets No 12, London Transport, published June 1963. A quick check confirmed it was indeed RM1353 that I spotted in operation all those years ago. Back then, I would use my (child half price) Red Rover ticket to ride the vast Red Bus network. The view over Marleybone Road from outside Baker St station provided an excellent vantage point to record details of the large number of buses flowing in either direction. I can’t verify if that is where I actually spotted 1353. In those days the vast majority of buses in operation were from the RT/RTL classes, and Routemasters were relatively new and still in the course of delivery with only 23 “experimental” RMLs (the longer RM with 72 capacity instead of 64) in service. As with most London buses, the fleet number is what usually identifies a Routemaster, even if risqué sounding body swaps have complicated the issue. Every few years buses would come into the huge Aldenham maintenance plant near Elstree in Hertfordshire for overhaul and their bodies would usually end up being put back onto different sets of sub-frames to those they came in with (the Routemaster had no conventional chassis but a pair of A and B frames - just one of its pioneering features, along with hydraulic brakes, independent suspension and semi-automatic gearbox). 1:45:02 long video with £1,900 shortfall for hiring a tv presenter and no budget to upgrade the Nyetimber bus equals to one massive delay in getting any physical work done.🤣

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍

[@highpath4776]

I rather liked the "replacement" headlamp trims

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching!

[@martinarthur4878]

Hmm I take it you knew the height before lifting the roof.😂

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I did…. 😂😂👍

[@stigrunetefke2157]

Cool Bus Pete :)

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thank you!

[@kevinpritchard9149]

Aww what a shame I would love to had driven the route master hope I get it for a Christmas present and do it before they go

[@PeteAndHisBus]

You’ll have to enter to competition to win the driving prize. It starts on the 1st of November 👍👍

[@tsunsu]

I live in the usa so i dont get to see these roadmaster buses i lerned about them threw roblox and other games that fetered um soon after i looked into um more as i became more curious and got my first diecast roadmaster and i just love it. Then i foud youre channel and just felt happy to see um. You are entertaining keep up the grate work. /)(\

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Hey, thanks for your comment! Glad you like the buses. Btw, just so you know it’s actually called a Routemaster. I appreciate your support and I welcome you to Pete and his bus! 👍👍👍

[@tsunsu]

@PeteAndHisBus ya routemaster sorry about that. Thir just such amazing in design. Also thank you for the warm welcome.

[@highpath4776]

Bonnet numberwise only RML 2358/2359/2360 were later in the numbering run. RML 2357 had one body swap on first overhaul it seems to B2736 (so the body is from RML2736, the reason being running units quicker to overhaul so RML 2736 got a older or float body and its body got worked on to drop onto the reg plate for RML 2357. I have only ever seen body numbers in white lettering behind the bodywork above the front wheel arch on the nearside by the under front floor route number box. Much of the dealership trading on this bus has been in and out of Mike Nash ( yard near the M25 in the Weybridge / Cobham area and more associated with Leyland Nationals)

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Super knowledge! Thanks for watching

[@EpRoos]

Funny to see someone driving a bus who has never done this. 🤣 I almost drove a bus from this city service here, operated by Arriva. But unfortunately when I was there it didn't happen. Will try again when its happening again! Btw, you dont have time for your second bus anymore? That one is still not ready!?

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@raychambers3646]

There a big old airfield near at Dunkerswell Cevon .

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍

[@marklee5970]

It suit's you.old man's jag.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

😂😂

[@David-vh8ux]

Maybe they could approach Goodwood and see if it would be possible to use there track.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Hahaha yeah, they’re not greedy…. 😂👍

[@paulburton9386]

Great video. Are there no other test tracks or airfields that the company could use instead after they have to leave?

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I’m sure there are but it’s all about where! If too far it’s not commercially viable

[@paulburton9386]

@@PeteAndHisBus Fair point well made.

[@marcogiuseppedegaetano]

perfect dear Pet I buy a sticker and you send me your Bus 😂

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Deal!

[@kevinmartin3859]

In the 1979.i fortunate to learn to learn to drive an Eastern national FLF in Essex it was a semi auto something I wanted to do since a teenager living in Essex i then worked for the company driving Bristol VRS Bristol RELL and leyland national but i always wanted to drive an RM remember them well going with my parents in 50/60s Christmas and new year shopping in London and the RTS how things have changed in London. On a sad note about north weald airdrome does this mean no more bus rallies as well i enjoyed the video as i do all your videos 😊😊

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Not sure what the future holds of North Weald, time will tell

[@petermiddo]

Was that the Top Gear test track airfield? Does the new competition include airfares, accommodation, & spending money? 😢

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Top gear was near Guildford. It doesn’t I’m afraid.

[@zulkiflymohamed-wu4rh]

Hello Pete, long time no see🎉😅

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@stevenjohannesen88]

Another great episode, and I’m guessing the Double Deck driving experience competition, winner must reside in the U K,, so us poor Aussies miss out 😢 cheers from Downunder, 🦘🦘🦘❤️🇦🇺

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Nope they really don’t but you would have to make your own way here

[@althejazzman]

Tell us more about the Jag!

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Bought for £1800 with a electronical fault on the gearbox. Very easy to fix, a lovely black on black, 400bhp v8 supercharger for no money at all!

[@russb2286]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍👍

[@chuckthomas8176]

Yes sir . 👏

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍

[@davidwooldridge5343]

Pete further to my earlier comments to you I can now tell you the bus my dad drove in San Francisco Was RML898. Reg number ..WLT 898 and it was 1961. If you put 5hat into google you see picture of said bus with Alcatraz in the background with my dad driving it,made me quite sad I had a little moment there

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@lovinglifemallorca]

Hi Pete, I’m sorry I must have missed a few episodes but I’m curious about the Beatles bus you rescued from that garden, what happened to it? Thanks Andrew,

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I’ve not rescued a Beatles bus… if you go the the channel you can see all my videos

[@lovinglifemallorca]

@@PeteAndHisBus Sorry mate, my memory got muddled up i actually saw an update on the bus i was talking about- it was in a field and you took it to the barn via transporter, Wondering how it will end up now.. thanks mate

[@Xxxxxx.5303]

🤗❤️👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍❤️

[@alanchandler254]

The airfield is remaining operational, only part has been sold to Google for a new operation data centre,

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Correct, and the part sold is the it the buses run on.

[@alanchandler254]

That's a bind, seen the buses there but hadn't realised there is actually a driving centre.

[@thomashumber9762]

I AM LOOKING FOR A ROUTEMASTER .... !

[@PeteAndHisBus]

IM NOT, IVE ALREADY GOT ONE …. !

[@richardstevenson2727]

👊👍

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍

[@David-lb4te]

XKR is great, but it isn't the F1 version. ;-)

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍😂

[@bharatg124]

🥳

[@PeteAndHisBus]

👍👍

[@schoolmathematicianoftheyear]

Pete, did you ever team up with Geoff Marshall? :)

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Nope, forgive me but I don’t know who he is

[@schoolmathematicianoftheyear]

@@PeteAndHisBus It's not a problem. I am just a transport nerd who enjoys all YT content to do with historic London transport. I don't know Geoff at all but he has got a well subscribed channel about London underground content and I thought that both of you or even someone similar collaborating would give us humble viewers compelling content! Either way Pete, keep up the good work! :)

[@tonydavenport100]

I love watching these videos but the music is just driving me insane

[@PeteAndHisBus]

You’re welcome 😜👍

[@Baj64]

Redundant, or obsolete ? ;-)

[@PeteAndHisBus]

Both

[@backacheache]

Seems strange to rip out the amplifier, sonos, router and pc

[@PeteAndHisBus]

I can see how this might seem that way. But, after 10 years of use they don't use any of it. 4 and 5G mobile signal have overtaken any form of internet, and all the audio stuff is not used because all the events this actual vehicle attends have music etc etc already on going.

[@backacheache]

​@@PeteAndHisBus playing devil's advocate .. wouldn't that mean you swap the 3g router for a 5g one? I was at a festival where the they only had 5g (and Starlink) so those of us with slightly older phones were drawn to any stall that had WiFi, wouldn't you also need the pc to run the screens with all their branding etc?

[@Lottatherotta]

I started watching your videos to see you restore your bus and now it’s completely gone off topic.

[@PeteAndHisBus]

If your not happy you can write to head of complaints. His name is Compo

[@jamesfrench7299]

There are Routemasters so not completely. As you would know, Pete is very busy with multiple projects so has to put the resto in hiatus until time permits. He's sharing his journey with us regardless. You can always skip episodes and wait for one with progress on the bus itself.

[@marcogiuseppedegaetano]

Io che in Italia tengo tutte le patenti, dalle moto agli autobus, non so che pagherei per guidare pure io i Root Master

[@PeteAndHisBus]

£2.50 if you buy a sticker… 😂

[@benmac940]

Is the other bus you started restoring ever going to be finished, it seems thats been given up on. Disappointing considering its why i started following this channel

[@PeteAndHisBus]

No not given up on at all. Update coming in that soon 👍