Saturday 30 November 2024 (1201) – Brookline Coaches, Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent BC14 BCL, a Van Hool TX16 Alicron new in 2014, seen heading eastbound on the A11 at Fiveways, Barton Mills.

The company website showed a two day ‘Thursford Christmas Spectacular’ weekend break departing today. I surmise the coach was destined there. The break featured entry to the matinee performance at Thursford (1400) after which the passengers would travel to King’s Lynn for an evening meal and overnight stay at the Best Western Knights Hill Hotel. The Brookline website showed the Sunday itinerary thus ‘After a leisurely start and breakfast, we depart the hotel with a stop in a town on the way home for some Christmas shopping. Aiming to arrive back in Kent early afternoon’. The advertised cost was £242.