A vibrant floral-themed double-decker bus was present at this year’s Lincolnshire Show, celebrating the success of the Lincolnshire Enhanced Bus Partnership while honouring the county’s deep-rooted agricultural heritage, which 140 years after the first show still plays an important role in the county’s economy. The Scania OmniDekka, owned by ALBUM and CPT member and Lincolnshire independent operator PC Coaches, was transformed into the blooming spectacle by RHS celebrity florist Jonathan Moseley. Adorned with colourful flowers and slogans such as ‘Lincolnshire’s Buses Are Blooming,’ the bus served as a tribute to both sustainable transport and the rural community it serves. Many of the 61,000 showgoers, including thousands of schoolchildren, couldn’t resist snapping selfies with the bus. The vehicle also displayed the names of other operators within the Lincolnshire Enhanced Partnership, including fellow ALBUM members Delaine Buses, Brylaine Travel, and CentreBus.
All flowers from the display were donated after the show to a local adult day centre operated by Lincolnshire County Council. There, they will be dried and repurposed as confetti and pot pourri, to be sold on to raise money for activities and days out.
PC Coaches Managing Director Stephen Bryce commented: “With the formation of the new Greater Lincolnshire and a new elected Mayor, the Lincolnshire Show was a great opportunity to showcase the progress our Enhanced Partnership has achieved with year on year passenger growth, some of the highest levels of customer satisfaction in the country and continuous investment in infrastructure, not forgetting the important role that SME’s such as ourselves play in delivering passenger transport in a very rural county.”
