Warminster Vintage Bus Running day – next Sundayby The Warminster Running Day Team |
This year's
Warminster Running
Day is next Sunday
(12th October) and
we hope that you
will be able to join
us. With
approximately 40
vehicles providing
free rides over 20
routes and buses
departing
approximately every
5 minutes, we
suspect that once
again this is going
to be one of the
biggest vintage bus
running days in the
country and so we
are very grateful to
all the vehicle
owners who will be
donating their time,
vehicles and diesel
to participate in
our event.
To help you
get the most out of
your visit, here are
some quick links to
information that you
may find useful to
look a beforehand:
- If you have not attended one of our running days before, please click here to find out what it is all about.
- The latest list of participating vehicles can be downloaded here.
- A map of the routes that we are trying to recreate can be found here and for the history buffs amongst you, we have also updated the article that summarises their history.
- A special limited edition commemorative model is being produced for this event which will be available inside the nearby Red Cross Hall which houses the UK Transport Annual Sale. There will also be be a small selection of sales stalls nearby - click here to see a plan of the site.
- Still wondering how to get to Warminster or where you can park your car? Our September update offers some useful advice.
- If you want to catch one of our free feeder bus services from either Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Frome, Gillingham, Mere, Amesbury or Salisbury, please click here for the timetable.
- There are a few changes to our event this year so if you are a regular attender and want to know what the differences are, please visit the What's New page on our website.
- Could you spare an hour or two to help us with marshalling, selling programmes, or navigating the drivers round the country lanes? If so, please email us at warminstervbrd@gmail.com .
- We are also on the look out for photographs of this year's event to put on this website - including a new long thin "panoramic" one to go on the top. If you are able to take some for us we would be very keen to see them as we probably won't get much time to take any ourselves.
Unfortunately
it is now too late
to order a copy of
our timetable by
post, but there will
be plenty on sale on
the day - just head
to the Red Cross
Hall or to the
Control Bus opposite
the bus shelter or
look out for one of
our roving programme
sellers. If you have
ordered a copy of
the Timetable and
Duty Roster through
the post, this
should be landing on
your mat in the next
day or so, at which
point we suggest
that you click here to find out if
we have had to make
any last minute
changes we have had
to make to them.
Finally, a
reminder to everyone
who is bringing a
bus to our event.
With more than 40
vehicles entered,
our bus parking area
is now at capacity
and so if you
haven't already told
us that you are
bringing a vehicle,
it is unlikely that
we will be able to
accommodate you (but
please email
us if this is
likely to create a
problem for you and
we will see if we
can help).
KEEP
UP TO DATE WITH
LAST MINUTE
CHANGES
If it is
necessary for us to
make any further
changes to our
event, we will post
these on our Last Minute Changes page,
so please be sure to
check this before
you set out. We will
also try to email
them to everyone
that has signed up
to receive updates
via our website, so
if you have not
already done this,
please be sure to go
to www.warminstervbrd.wordpress.com
and click on the
black “+
follow”
tab at the bottom of
the page. In the
meantime, please
feel free to contact
us if you need more
information, either
by using the contact
form on our website,
or by emailing
us .
