The Gifford Transport Group hosted a special event on the streets of Edinburgh on Saturday 11th September as they showcased a number of their restored vintage buses in the City Centre running on a small circuit route 17 between Fettes College and the Meadows giving visitors and locals an opportunity to view buses from the last. Some newly restored vehicles could also be seen at this special event making a special appearance.

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Video Shot using Canon 60D

A massive thank you to th Gifford Transport Group for hosting this special event. It's worth mentioning too that a number of other friendly organisations took part in the event bringing along a vehicle or two from their groups. Among those included Scotbus Preservation Group from Cupar, Fife, Taybus Vintage Vehicle Society, Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust and the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum from Lathalmond Dunfermline Fife.

Gifford Transport Group provide Vintage bus restoration. Manyvehicles await restoration which have been passed onto the group by previous owners where the group looks to restore them as fully as possible into their original condition then return them onto the road. The vehicles then will hopefully participate in shows around the UK. A number of buses await restoration right now such as the Leyland Leopard, MSF 122P formerly Lothian Region Transport and a Alexander bodied Leyland Atlantean JSC 867E.

A number of buses feature in this video which include the following:

Volvo Olympian M215 M215VSX
Volvo Olympian P260 PSX 1996 OLY-56 Alexander Royale H51/30D
Leyland Olympian E333 MSG 1988 ONCL10/2RZ Alexander RH-Type H51/30D
Leyland Titan PD3/6 Alexander E Type ASC690B 690
Leyland Tiger TRCT11/3RH Duple 340
Leyland Leopard Alexander T Type 230 Lothian Motorcoaches
Leyland Atlantean PDRA/1 300K WFS Alexander J Type H45/30D

Eastern Scottish Seddon Pennine S847A Alexander Y Type
Lowland Scottish Scottish ECW Bodied Bristol VR NDL 656R NDL 656R
Midland Scottish Leyland Leopard/Alexander Y Type
Glasgow PTE Ailsa AV1 GGG 300N
Central SMT BL346 HGM 346E Double Decker Bus

This video was tricky to produce, a fairly windy day in Edinburgh though with plenty of sunshine which brought alot of colour out in the shots I took. Sunlight made taking some shots from cer

A very special video compilation of Lothian Edinburgh Buses Heritage Fleet and Preserved Buses which have been featured at various vintage running day events in the past few years and at venues across Scotland, a showcase of Lothian, LRT, SMT and Lowland Scottish buses.

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00:00 – 739 1948 ESG 652 Guy Arab Mk 3 5LW Metro-Cammell
00:34 – 135 1949 FSC 182 Daimler CVG6 Metro-Cammell
00:58 – 314 1953 JWS 594 Guy Arab 5LW Duple Nudd
02:12 – 480 1954 LFS 480 Leyland Titan PD2/20 Metro-Cammell Orion
02:44 – 86 1961 VSC 86 Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/3
03:38 – 101 1961 YSG 101 Leyland Leopard PSU3/2R Alexander Y Type
04:10 – 665 1964 ASC 665B Leyland Titan PD3/6 Alexander E-Type
04:36 – 690 1964 ASC 690B Leyland Titan PD3/6 Alexander E-Type

04:56 – 801 1965 ESF 801C Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Alexander A-Type
07:20 – 869 1967 JSC 869E Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Alexander A-Type
07:47 – 900 1968 JSC 900E Leyland Atlantean PDR2/1 Alexander J-Type
08:55 – 300 1972 WFS 300K Leyland Atlantean PDR1 A/1 Alexander J-Type
09:46 – 1 1972 BFS 1L Leyland Atlantean AN68/1R Alexander AL-Type

11:59 – 105 1973 BWS 105L Seddon Penine 4-236 Penine Coachcraft
12:11 – 856 1977 NDL 656R Bristol VR/ECW Lowland Scottish
12:54 – 230 1978 EFS 230S Leyland Leopard PSU3E/4R Alexander AT-Type Coach
13:24 – 595 1979 JSX 595T Leyland Atlantean AN68A/1R Alexander AL-Type
(This was the first bus I remember riding growing up in Edinburgh)
13:44 - 659 1981 GSC 659X Ley/land Atlantean AN68C/1R Alexander AL-Type

15:06 - 667 1982 GSC 667X Leyland Olympian ONTL11/1R Alexander RH-Type
16:19 - 102 1982 KSX 102X Leyland National NL116AL11/2R Integral
17:33 - 108 1984 A108 CFS Leyland National NL116TL11/2R Integral
17:39 - 777 1985 C777 SFS Leyland Olympian ONTL11/2R ECW
18:46 - 65 1986 D65 BSC Leyland Tiger TRCTL11/3RH Duple 340 Coach
19:23 - 187 1987 E187 HSF ZVV187 Volvo B10M Citybus Eastern Scottish

20:30 - 321 1988 E321 MSG Leyland Olympian ONCL10/2RZ Alexander RH-Type
22:29 - 322 1988 E322 MSG Leyland Olympian ONCL10/2RZ Alexander RH-Type
24:41 - 333 1988 E333 MSG Leyland Olympian ONCL10/2RZ Alexander RH-Type
25:06 - 117 1992 K117 CSG Dennis Dart 95DL3016 Alexander Dash
26:00 - 210 1995 M210 VSX Volvo Olympian YN2RC16Z4 Alexander RH-Type
26:51 - 215 1995 M215

Lothian Buses 100th anniversary event with an Edinburgh vintage buses running day event and bus cavalcade featuring many of their vintage buses taking to the streets of Edinburgh while members of the public enjoyed a trip down memory lane.

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x739 1948 Guy Arab Mark 3 5LW Metro Cammell – ESG 652
x135 1949 Daimler CVG6 Metro Cammell – FSC 182

x314 1953 Guy Arab 5LW Duple Nudd body – JWS 594
x480 1954 Leyland Titan PD2 20 Metro Cammell Orion – PD2 20 LFS 480X

x86 1960 Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1 3 Metro Cammell Weymann – VSC 86
RM281 1960 AEC Park Royal Routemaster – VLT 281
RCL2241 1960 AEC Routemaster Park Royal – CUV 241C
x101 1961 Leyland Leopard PSU3 2R Alexander – YSG 101
x665 1964 Leyland Titan PD3 6 Alexander E type – ASC 665B
x801 1965 Leyland Atlantean PDR1 1 Alexander A type – ESF 801C
x869 1967 Leyland Atlantean PDR1 1 Alexander A type – JSC 869E
x900 1967 Leyland Atlantean Open Top PDR2 1 Alexander J – JSC 900E

x1 1972 Leyland Atlantean AN68 1R Alexander AL – BFS 1L
x105 1973 Midibus Seddon Pennine Mk4 236 Seddon – BWS 105L
x121 1974 Bedford YRT Alexander Y Type – GSX 121N
x230 1978 Leyland Leopard PSU3E 4R Alexander AT – EFS 230S
x595 1979 Leyland Atlantean AN68A 1R Alexander AL – JSX 595T

x173 1981 Midibus Leyland Cub CU435 Duple Dominant – CU435 HSC 173X
x667 1982 Leyland Olympian ONTL11 1R Alexander RH – GSC 667X
x102 1982 Leyland National 2 – KSX 102X
x108 1983 Leyland National 2 NL116TL 2R Integral – A108 CFS
x777 1985 Leyland Olympian ONTL11 2R Eastern Coach Works – C777 SFS
x322 1988 Leyland Olympian ONCL10 2RZ Alexander RH type – E322 MSG

x188 1991 Leyland Lynx Mark 2 - H188 OSG
x117 1992 Dennis Dart Alexander Dash – K117 CSG
x210 1995 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH type – M210 VSX
x285 1997 Volvo Olympian OLY56 Alexander Royale – P295 PSX

x572 2004 Dennis Trident 2 Dual Door Plaxton President – W572 RSG
x664 2004 Dennis Trident 2 Airlink ELWB Plaxton President – SN04 AAJ
x217 2004 Dennis Trident Open Top Plaxton President – XIL 1480
x698 2004 Dennis Trident Plaxton President – SN04 AEP
x112 2004 Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse – SN04NHC
x701 2005 Volvo B7TL Wrightbus Gemini – SN55 BJX

Lothian Buses 100th Anniversary Event

Video recording produced while attending the first ever Leven Bus Bundle event which took place at the Fife Heritage Railway in Leven, Fife Scotland which was jointly organised by the Taybus preservation trust and the Fife Heritage Railway.

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▬ 📖 Featured Vehicles 📖 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

00:00 - 215 1995 M215 VSX Volvo Olympian Alexander RH-Type
02:07 - 1978 Eastern Scottish Coach Works bodied Leyland Fleetline DD-859-A (Gardner engine) ECW DD859
02:09 - 300 1972 WFS 300K Leyland Atlantean PDR1 A/1 Alexander J-Type
02:38 – 1 1972 BFS 1L Leyland Atlantean AN68/1R Alexander AL-Type
03:05 - Dennis Trident SN51 AYM Maroon Lothian Buses 619 Edinburgh Bus
03:42 – 630 2003 DD10 SN53 AVV Dennis Trident Plaxton President

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The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridge
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

On the Buses Theme Tune:
Happy Harry
Tony Russell

Leven Bus Bundle at Fife Heritage Railway Credits:
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Video shot on Canon 60D

Levenmouth Rail Project - https://scotlandsrailway.com/projects/levenmouth-reconnected-raillink
Fife Heritage Railway = https://www.fifeheritagerailway.co.uk/
Taybus Vintage Vehicle Society - https://www.taybus.org/

The event featured a number of different vintage vehicles which included a free shuttle service between Bonybank and Leven during the event as well as train rides and refreshments. Buses were on display with a local Fire Engine, exhibit and sales stalls, driver for a fiver and onsite shop and cafe.

The aim is for this event to return on an annual basis following it's success which is particularly exciting with the opening of the Leven rail link via the Fife Circle line and Edinburgh.

The event featured several ex Lothian vehicles from Taybus Vintage Vehicle Society.

TayBus Vintage Vehicle Society is a group which preserves, restores and operates a number of vintage vehicles, particularly buses from Dundee and Edinburgh. The group provides storage and garage facilities for it's members own vehicles with additional space for parts and memorabilia.

Highlights from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Cavalcade which took place this year in Holyrood Park kickstarting the annual festival at the start of August.

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00:00:47 - Dunedin Harley Owners Group
00:01:55 - Scottish Ducati Club
00:02:06 – The Massed Pipes and Drums from Edinburgh Military Tattoo
00:03:08 – Edinburgh Military Tattoo Highland Dancers
00:03:14 - The Royal Corps of Musicians Tonga
00:03:55 - Top Secret Drum Corps from Basil Switzerland
00:04:41 - Xi'an Cultural Act Music and Sound
00:05:17 - Swiss Army Band Brass Marching Band
00:07:14 - Royal Air Force Massed Bands
00:09:21 - FACE Charity Carnival Float
00:09:59 - Balbardie Primary School Float
00:10:14 - Craigmillar Community Arts, Art in Space
00:10:44 - The Lady Boys of Bangkok Float
00:11:10 - Forth Children's Theatre Float
00:11:55 - Falun Dafa
00:12:37 - The Royal Zoological Society
00:12:45 - Tempo Musical Productions. The Living Daylights Theme by Aha
00:13:36 - Knockhill Racing Circuit
00:14:08 - Pulse of the Place. Duncan Place Resource Centre
00:14:29 - The Yard Circus
00:14:44 - Z Theatre Company
00:15:19 - Bo'Ness Children's Fair Festival Float
00:15:49 - Edinburgh Chinese Community
00:17:22 - Peter Vardy Limited. Edinburgh People's Theatre
00:17:41 - Our Dynamic Earth
00:17:57 - Edinburgh March Riding Association
00:18:18 - Scout Centenary Band, Community Pipe Bands
00:19:04 - Leith Community Concert Band and Rosyth Concert Band
00:19:20 - 2nd Port Glasgow Boy's Brigade Music and Drums
00:19:34 - The Royal Burgh of Linlithgow Reed Band
00:20:47 - Bryn Skoles Musikkorps, Norway
00:21:07 - Forth Bridges Accordian Band

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Background Music from: Incomptech.com -- Kevin MacLeod:
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http://incompetech.com/
Kevin MacLeod's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/incompetech
Songs: "No Frills Combia" and "Cold Funk"
Licensed under the creative commons 3.0 license

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Production Manager/Camera Operator/Video Editor/Distributor: Alan Taylor
Camera Operator(s): Peter Dick and Bob Bell

Special Thanks to:
David Todd, Cavalcade Director
Ann Sutherland and Jim Close and members of the Edinburgh Cine and Video Society

Lothian Buses Vintage Running Day 2017 event held within it's Central Garage which this year included a vintage running day between Eastfield and Atholl Crescent in the Centre of Edinburgh.

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▬ 📖 Featured Vehicles 📖 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Urban Wright Eclipse 158 SN57 DDA
Fleet No 135 - 1949 Daimler Bus CVG6
Fleet No 480 – Leyland Titan PD2/20
Fleet No 665 – Leyland Titan PD3/6
Fleet No 801 – Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1
Leyland National 102 KSX 102X
Lothian Regional Transport 667 GSX 667X
Leyland Olympian C777 SFS – ONTL11/2R
E322 MSG Leyland Olympian ONCL10/2RZ
X285 P285 PSX – Volvo Olympian YN2RC16Z4
No 572 – Dennis Trident XIL 1481
Leyland PD2A/30 Alexander 1962
Dennis Trident Double Decker Tour 217 XIL 1480
LRT Atlantean Open Top Tour Bus JSC 900E FSC 182
Guy Arab 2 JSX 595T Walter Alexander and Co

Lothian Buses Vintage Running Day Event 2017

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'Yippee' by Loyalty Freak Music Licensed under Public Domain
https://freemusicarchive.org/

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Videographer – A Taylor

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Video shot on Canon 60D

The doors open day 2017 with vintage running day event was a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in learning a bit more about Lothian Buses and Edinburgh City Transport. This year event features a display of vintage buses and modern vehicles.

A chance to learn more about the company's history while sitting on an open top bus taking in a garage tour. There was also bus racing and the chance to take a trip through a bus wash as well as taking part in edinburgh bus tours.

Equally exciting was their Lothian Buses Doors Open Day Event vintage running event which made a return where vehicles operated on the 26 service featuring older vintage buses between Atholl Crescent and Joppa Place, Eastfield, Edinburgh.

A chance to see behind the scenes while taking a trip of nostalgia on one of their vintage buses. Popular with passengers, families of all ages, and many transport enthusiasts visiting Lothian Buses Central Depot. Present were the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Police Scotland. Lothian Buses merchandise was available as well as the opportunity to get your name programmed onto a bus destination screen.

Travel and sightseeing at London Zoo featuring Humboldt Penguins, Camels, Llamas, Fish, Tortoises, Meerkats, Birds, Lizards, Kangaroos and Bugs!

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Composer: Kevin MacLeod
Title of Track: Monkeys Spining Monkeys
Licensed under Creative Commons 3.0
Link: http://incompetech.com/wordpress/2014/02/monkeys-spinning-monkeys/

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Videographer/Editor – Alan Taylor

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00:00:01 -- Kangaroos
00:00:02 -- Emus
00:00:04 -- Turtoises
00:00:10 -- Bird Safari
00:00:19 -- Tigers
00:00:27 -- Camels
00:00:30 -- Petting Zoo
00:00:34 -- Rabbits
00:00:36 -- Lamas
00:00:41 -- Pigs
00:00:45 -- Meerkats
00:01:02 -- Penguins
00:01:51 -- Warthogs
00:01:53 -- Frogs
00:02:01 -- Lizzards
00:02:09 -- Ants
00:02:15 -- Bugs and Fish

London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828, and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of 758 species of animals, with 16,802 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The London Zoo Wildlife Tour experience is sometimes called Regent's Zoo featuring animals galore!

The Outback is an Australia-themed exhibit housing groups of emus, Bennett's Wallabies and red kangaroos. The enclosure, which was originally called "The Mappin Terraces", was originally opened in 1913 and features an artificial rocky cliff made of concrete blocks for animal enrichment.

There has been an aquarium at London Zoo since 1853, the Zoo's first aquarium was also the world's first public aquarium. The word "aquarium" also originates at London Zoo, beforehand the term for a fish enclosure was "Aquatic Vivarium". The current aquarium was built in 1921 next to the Mappin Terraces, and was officially opened by King George V and his wife Queen Mary in April 1924.

Giants of the Galápagos was opened in 2009 to coincide with the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, and is home to five Galápagos giant tortoises, a male named Dirk and four females named Dolly, Dolores, Polly and Priscilla. The exhibit features a large indoor area, with a heated pond and underfloor heating, while the outdoor paddock has been designed to mimic the tortoise's natural envir

Short video showcasing animals featured at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling, Scotland including Giraffes, Rhinos Darwin's Rhea, Sealions and Lemurs.

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Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Video shot on Canon 60D

Blair Drummond Safari Park was first opened to the public in the year 1970 and is at present spread over one hundred and twenty acres, fourty nine hectures. The park features a petting zoo, wildlife exhibits, children's playgrounds, amusements, a boat safari and drive through animal reserves.

The Safari Park has various reserves where visitors can drive through using their own cars or by using the park's own Safari Bus to view animals that are free roaming. The first animal reserve features non carnivorous species native to Africa which include the Southern White Rhinoceros, Kudu, Lechwe, Guineafowl, Ankole Watusi Cattle and Grant's Zebra. The White Rhinos are part of a Europe wide breeding programme which initially began with the arrival of three young Rhinos from the Kruger National Park.

The next reserve contains African Lions who are also part of a Europe wide breeding programme. Recently a male Lion called Zulu was introduced through an exchange with the Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen with the aim of ensuring genetic diversity is maintained.

The final animal reserve houses various species native to Asia which includes the Eld's Deer, Axis Deer, Nilgai, Bactrian Camels and Pere David's Deer. There are various other attractions within the park which include the Pet's Farm where domestic species of animals live which includes Common Dwarf Mongooses, Oriential Small Clawed Otters, Slender Tailed Meerkats, Kune Kune Pigs, Guinea Pigs, Llamas, Donkeys, Clydesdale Horses, Shetland Ponies and Pygmy Goats.

Birds on display often include Barn Owls, Vultures, Kites, Falcons, Eagle Owls, Harris Hawks and a White Tailed Sea Eagle. Blair Drummond Safari Park is currently the only place in Scotland to see an African Elephant so worth a watch if you are interested in seeing what their current occupant, Mondula is up to. You can also see Elephants at Blackpool Zoo.

Alan's Animal Diaries Episode 1 this week visiting Gentoo Penguins Edinburgh Zoo colony as we meet one of our first amazing animals the Gentoo Penguin at the largest outdoor penguin pool in Europe at Penguins Rock as we check to see what mischief they get up to while exploring their enclosure.

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"Ukulele" by Adam Vitovski
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Vlad Gluschenko — "Penguins"
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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Aquarium by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5738-aquarium
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Alan's Animal Diaries is a series I am working on documenting and capturing footage of a wide variety of animal species from around the world profiling one specific species in each episode with a focus on wildlife that can be found by exploring a local wild place or local Zoo or Wildlife Park. My overall goal is to discover new species and document their behaviour and how they interact with others of their species. These short videos give viewers a taste of these amazing creatures which live alongside us within our natural world.

Here are some amazing animal facts.

The male Gentoo Penguins mark the start of the breeding season by gifting pebbles to females. This is something you can often observe while visiting Edinburgh Zoo's Penguin colony which has the largest outdoor penguin pool in Europe at their Penguins Rock. The pebbles are the Gentoo's equivalent of humans gifting a companion with an engagement ring which the male Gentoos use to court a potential mate.

The Gentoo Penguin species is a close relative of the Adelie Penguin and the Chinstrap Penguin. Gentoo Penguins have a number of different vocalisations but the most common one is it's loud trumpeting sound where it's head is thrown back.

The Gentoo has a wide white stripe across the top of it's head and it's red orange bill. It has pink white webbed feet and has a medium sized tail. Gentoo Chicks have grey backs with white fronts.

The earliest scientific description was made in 1781 by Johann Reinhold Foster with the Gentoos being spotted in the Falkland Islands.Gentoos can reach a he

Live event video of the Edinburgh Evening News Festival Cavalcade 2000 Millennium Parade featuring cast of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, local community groups, marching bands kickstarting the start of the Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh Tattoo.