February 1974 – CDK 857C, a Harrington Cavalier bodied AEC Reliance, had just been repainted when I took this photograph. The coach was new in June 1965. For the 1968 season this coach was upseated from having 45 reclining seats and was fitted with 49 standard seats specifically to work on the joint service with Premier Travel from the North-west to Cambridge and Clacton-on-Sea. It was usual practice for the AEC’s to reach about six years old before being upseated. Now nearly nine years old it would not work to Torquay on a Yelloway service but I couldn’t resist putting Torquay on the destination blind for this photograph!