BGI Blog - The Big Green Bus

14-01-09 Bus Update

I went over to Thamesdown Transport in Swindon yesterday to take delivery of our reconditioned Gardner engine! Although I was obviously extremely excited to be seeing the new engine (and to know that it would now be on site and ready to fit), I have to admit to being more than a little concerned about seeing the bus itself, for a couple of different reasons. More →

14-12-08 Bus to visit Worcestershire

Well, I'm delighted to announce that we have our first confirmed Big Green Bus booking for 2009!!!! By spring next year, I expect booking confirmations will be coming in thick and fast, but this one's very exciting because it's the first! More →

18-11-08 Breaking news ...

I had a call today from Bob Gillespie at Thamesdown Transport to say that he has found a replacement engine for the bus! More →

28-10-08 Mending engines and 2009

Goodness me ... it’s been nearly three weeks since we took the bus to the Bradford on Avon event and I’m still buzzing with the excitement of it all! Having said that, I wouldn’t describe looking for a replacement engine as ‘exciting’. ‘Interesting’ perhaps, but not ‘exciting’. More →

07-10-08 The story of the journey

I've already written about the two wonderful days we spent launching the big green bus at the Bradford Green Fair, but what I haven't said is that we arrived there on the back of a giant recovery truck. More →

05-10-08 The bus’s first event

I’ve just woken up after the best night’s sleep I’ve had in months! I suspect this might have something to do with the fact that the big green bus has finally attended it’s first event and I have at long last seen the project I’ve been working on for the last 18 months come to life. More →

01-10-08 Lights, batteries, action

We have lights in the bus...and they can run off the batteries powered by the solar panels!!!! More →

29-09-08 Only 4 days to go ...

Only another 4 days to go now till our first outing with the bus and it feels like we're doing one of those changing room' programmes you see on TV. More →

23-09-08 Yesterday was ‘Re-licensing and MOT day’ for the bus!

I went over to meet Andy and Mike the Sparky at Shobdon, near Leominster, where the bus is having its last few weeks of refitting. Mike had taken the day off work and came over from Cheltenham with some trade plates so that he could drive the bus to and from its test for us. More →

21-09-08 Latest Pictures from the Bus

Pictures of the latest progress on the bus. More →