Ermintrude - TE7870 - a 1929 Dennis ES 29-seater single deck bus.
At Easter it will be 80 years since Ermintrude first took to the road and she will be celebrating by running a number of sight-seeing guided day tours throughout April:
- The Suffolk Cloth Towns (Long Melford, Lavenham, Clare etc.)
- Constable Country (Dedham, East Bergholt, Flatford etc.)
- Forgotten Local Railways (two different tours)
- WWII Airfields (two different tours)
- The Heritage Coast (Southwold – Bawdsey, two different tours)
- Our local connection with the Haunting of Borley Rectory
Depart from Rendlesham, Bentwaters Business Park, where free parking is available, and Wickham Market Railway Station on all tours, also Woodbridge & Ipswich on certain tours. Details below.
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BUCKLAND OMNIBUS COMPANY LTD
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Telephone 01728 747093
Email: bucklandcoaches@yahoo.co.uk
Operators of Coaches up to 57 seats and Historic Buses and Coaches from the 1920’s and 1960’s
Ermintrude Anniversary Tours 04.04.09 to 20.04.09
Easter weekend is 10th to 13th
Forgotten Railway Explorer 1 (FR1) Guided £20.00
Saturday 4th April
Rendlesham 09.45 (Bentwaters – free parking available), Wickham Market Railway Station 10.00.
Visiting locations on the former Snape & Aldeburgh Branches and the Southwold Railway (The Southwold Railway closed during this week in April 1929 as a result of motorbus competition)
Constable’s Country (CC) Guided £20.00
Tuesday 7th April & Tuesday 14th April & Monday 20th April
Rendlesham 09.45 (Bentwaters – free parking available), Wickham Market Railway Station 10.00, Woodbridge 10.20, Ipswich 10.45.
Via Holbrook, Brantham, Lawford, Dedham, East Bergholt, Flatford.
John Constable lived at East Bergholt and attended Dedham Grammar School. Our tour follows the Rivers Orwell & Stour until we reach Flatford where the locations of several of his paintings can be identified. There is free time in Dedham & Flatford.
WWII Airfields 1 (WW2 1) Guided £25.00 plus donation
Wednesday 8th April
Rendlesham 09.45 (Bentwaters – free parking available), Wickham Market Railway Station 10.00.
Visiting Debach Control Tower (493rd BG), Parham Air Museum (390th BG, 95th BG), Leiston Airfield (357th & 358th FG)
Medieval Suffolk (CT) Guided £28.00
Thursday 9th April & Friday 17th April
Rendlesham 09.15 (Bentwaters – free parking available), Wickham Market Railway Station 09.31, Woodbridge 09.50, Ipswich 10.15.
Via Bildeston, Lavenham, Long Melford, Clare & Kersey.
From the 12th to 16th centuries West Suffolk was an extremely rich area because of sheep rearing, wool exports, weaving and the cloth trade. In one of our most picturesque tours we visit some of the medieval towns which enjoyed that wealth and contain some of the finest buildings in Britain. There is free time in Lavenham, Long Melford & Clare
The Haunted Borley Rectory Connection (LF) Guided £20.00
Friday 10th April – Good Friday
Rendlesham 09.45 (Bentwaters - free parking available), Wickham Market Railway Station 10.00.
During the 1920’s & 30’s Borley Rectory near Sudbury was widely believed to be one of the most haunted sites in Britain. We take up the story of the Rev. Foyster and his young wife after they left Borley in a tale that involves deception, bigamy, changes of identity, Rendlesham village, the USAAF & The Pope.
The Heritage Coast 2 (HC2) Guided £20.00
Saturday 11th April & Sunday 19th April
Rendlesham 09.45 (Bentwaters – free parking available), Wickham Market Railway Station 10.00.
Bawdsey Quay, Butley, Orford, Iken, Snape to Aldeburgh. There is free time at several locations
The Heritage Coast 1 (HC1) Guided £25.00
Monday 13th April & Tuesday 21st April
Rendlesham 09.45 (Bentwaters – free parking available), Wickham Market Railway Station 10.00.
Southwold, Dunwich, Sizewell, Thorpeness, Aldeburgh. There is free time at several locations
Forgotten Railway Explorer 2 (FR2) Guided £20.00
Thursday 16th April
Rendlesham 09.15 (Bentwaters – free parking available), Wickham Market Railway Station 09.31.
Visiting locations on the former Framlingham Branch and other lines including Laxfield, Stradbroke, Mendlesham & Debenham (MSLR) and Eye & Mellis on the former Eye Branch line.
WWII Airfields 2 (WW2 2) Guided £25.00 plus donation
Wednesday 15th April
Rendlesham 09.15 (Bentwaters – free parking available), Wickham Market Railway Station 09.31.
Visiting Flixton Air Museum (446th BG, 93rd BG), Metfield Airfield (491st BG, 353rd BG), Horham Airfield & Museum (95th BG, 323rd BG, 47th BG) and Mendlesham Airfield (34th BG)
All trips will operate subject to a minimum of 18 passengers booking.
Alternative vehicles may be used if Ermintrude is indisposed.