SUNDAY, 15 APRIL 2001

The Blurb
Are you fed up with the usual static rally every weekend? Then join the Easter Parade, a new event especially for people who are not afraid to actually drive their old vehicle - all kinds of vehicle, as long as they are 35 years old or over (ie first registered no later than 1965). No time checks, no difficult navigation, no hastle ..... just a leisurely run from here to there - read on.

The Easter Parade is being organised by The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond (the starting point), but is for all types of "vintage" transport - motor cycles, cars, vans, lorries, buses, fire engines, in fact anything which is power driven - the older the better!

Buses, a lorry and several cars await the start of the 2001 Easter Parade. Jim Crichton

The Parade
The first Parade - we hope it will become an annual event - visited the award-winning Scottish Fisheries Museum at Anstruther. The route started at Lathalmond (J4, M90) and meandered along some of the quiet country roads of central and east Fife to Anstruther where we took advantage of specially-discounted admission charges. There was ample time for a natter in the museum's cafe and a walk round the harbour or to sample the famous Anstruther fish and chips before the return journey by a different route.

Left, Guy Arab MkIII 6LW, AWG 393, and right with other entries, at Anstruther. Jim Crichton

On returning to Lathalmond entrants were invited to board a museum bus for a tour round the site, the exhibition hall, the workshops and other buildings which house approximately 170 buses!