The appropriately named Mountain Goat Bus Company commenced operations in 1972 with a minibus route from Bowness on Windermere to Glenridding on Ullswater, re-establishing a bus connection between the two Lakeland villages. It quickly established a reputation, maintained to this day, of going where no other bus company dares to go.
Whilst most commonly associated with Ford Transits in its earlier days, and latterly Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, it has operated a small number of larger vehicles over the years, including Bedford OB LRO 296, which was immortalised by Corgi in its Original Omnibus series of models. This fictional Plaxton-bodied Austin CXB carries the same livery. The story of this interesting vehicle (in real life operated by Supreme Travel on Malta) can be found in the Malta Bus Photo Features set within my Flickr collection (01-Apr-14).
See my complete set of English Provincial Buses here:
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