Wednesday 8 April 2026 (0858) – Stagecoach East Midlands 24195 (FX10 AEF) passing the Bird in Hand pub in Main Street, Blidworth when working the 0745 service 141 from Nottingham to Sutton-in-Ashfield.

It is an Alexander Dennis (ADL) Enviro300 bodied MAN 18.240 that was new in March 2010. Having spent most of its life based in Hull it now works from Mansfield garage.

The bus had climbed Ravenshead to the crest of the hill in the background. In the 1920s Blidworth expanded as a coal mining community on lower ground but the original village stands on this hilltop. The tower of the Parish Church (just visible above the roof of the building on the left) dates from the 15th century and is reputed to be the burial place of Will Scarlet, a prominent member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men. The Old School House, a private residence for many years, stands behind the camera. Further down the Main Street are early cottages now interspersed with more modern dwellings.