Amersham & District Motorbus Society 4th annual Slough/Windsor running day, featuring vehicles of London Transport, London Country and guests. All travel is free. Buses date mainly from the '50s and '60s, so plenty of RFs, RTs and RMs around, with a smattering of Reliances and other types from the '70s and 80s. Programmes/timetables can be obtained on the day for £6 or from about two weeks in advance for £5 with a large S.A.E. from Peter Cartwright, 54 Guinions Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7NX.

Routemaster Owners Club and Beith Transport Museum joint event. Rally and running day, featuring many of the preserved and operating Routemasters in Scotland plus the Transport Museums own vehicles which include some fine AECs. More details at http://www.routemasterownersclub.co.uk/page11.html

Country Bus Rallies running day based on Sevenoaks, featuring vehicles of London Transport and London Country. All travel is free. Buses date mainly from the '50s and '60s, so plenty of RFs, RTs and RMs around, with a smattering of Reliances and other types from the '70s. Programmes/timetables can be obtained in advance for £5.50 or on the day for £6. More details at http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.smith/buses/CBR/CBR01.htm

Quantock Motor Services will be repeating their vintage bus running weekend at Minehead this year. Full details to be announced, but the 2007 events featured vintage buses running on their services with an enhanced frequency, and free buses from Taunton to Minehead. AECs included ex Potteries Reliance 805 EVT, an ex Crosville Strachans bodied AEC Regal and a pair of Regents. See http://www.quantockmotorservices.co.uk/qmsbusrally08.htm

The major event of the year for AEC enthusiasts is the AEC Society rally, which will again be held at Newark Showground this year. There will be a large display and a road run. More details from the AEC Society web site, http://middx.net/aec/page1.htm

Country Bus Rallies annual Hertford running day, also covering Hitchin and Stevenage, featuring mainly London Country vehicles with a couple of red buses guesting. All travel is free. Buses date mainly from the '50s and '60s, so plenty of RFs, RTs and RMs around, with a smattering of Reliances and other types from the '70s. Programmes/timetables can be obtained in advance for £5.50 or on the day for £6. More details at http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.smith/buses/CBR/CBR01.htm

Amersham & District Motorbus Society 3rd annual Hemel Hempstead running day, featuring vehicles of London Country with some red buses too. All travel is free. Buses date mainly from the '50s and '60s, so plenty of RFs, RTs and RMs around, with a smattering of Reliances and other types from the '70s. Programmes/timetables can be obtained on the day for £6 or from about two weeks in advance for £5 with a large S.A.E. from Peter Cartwright, 54 Guinions Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7NX.

Country Bus Rallies are running at Gravesend again this year, featuring vehicles of London Transport, London Country and possibly Maidstone & District and Southdown. All travel is free. Buses date mainly from the '50s and '60s, so plenty of RFs, RTs and RMs around, with a smattering of Reliances and other types from the '70s. Programmes/timetables can be obtained in advance for £5.50 or on the day for £6. More details at http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.smith/buses/CBR/CBR01.htm

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway are holding a Diesel Train and Bus Rally. Bus links are provided between Cheltenham and Cheltenham Race Course (GWR) stations, and between Evesham, Broadway and Toddington (GWR) stations. Event organiser Graham Smith's Routemaster will be one of the AECs taking part.
GWR are inviting owners of preserved vehicles to participate in this event. More details at http://www.gwsr.com/html/events_2008.html or email to jim@clarkeuk.net

"Red RF" running day, featuring RFs, RTs and commemorating the withdrawal in 1958 of RLH (low height Regent) route 127. About 30 buses are expected to participate in all, and last year's Carshalton event featured a variety of types dating from the 1930s to the 1970s. http://www.red-rf.com

Routemaster Owners Club rally and running day, featuring RMs, RFs, RTs and GSs, but open to all bus types and operators. It will be supported by trade and enthusiast stalls. Based at Milton Keynes bus station, two minutes walk from the station. This event is now in its 4th year, having outgrown its previous site at Leighton Buzzard. More details at http://www.routemasterownersclub.co.uk/page10.html.

Country Bus Rallies annual Dorking running day, also covering Guildford, featuring vehicles of London Transport, London Country and guests. All travel is free. Buses date mainly from the '50s and '60s, so plenty of RFs, RTs and RMs around, with a smattering of Reliances and other types from the '70s. Programmes/timetables can be obtained in advance for £5.50 or on the day for £6. More details at http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.smith/buses/CBR/CBR01.htm

Amersham & District Motorbus Society 20th annual Amersham running day, featuring vehicles of London Transport, London Country and guests. All travel is free. Buses date mainly from the '50s and '60s, so plenty of RFs, RTs and RMs around, with a smattering of Reliances and other types from the '70s and 80s. Programmes/timetables can be obtained on the day for £6 or from about two weeks in advance for £5 with a large S.A.E. from Peter Cartwright, 54 Guinions Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7NX.

Routemaster Owners Club rally and running day, based at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Halifax Way, Elvington, Nr. York. The rally will be open to all bus types and operators and will be supported by trade and enthusiast stalls. More details at http://www.routemasterownersclub.co.uk/page12.html.