Here are various buses that I spotted around Loughborough town centre on the 13th of December 2022. Diamond East Midlands 31423 (formerly Midland Classic 34) heads up Frederick Street with the 13:05 129 service to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Midland Classic will probably go down as one of the shortest-lived bus operators in the history of Loughborough. On the 1st of August 2022, Midland Classic took over the tendered service 129 between Loughborough and Ashby-de-la-Zouch from Paul S Winson Coaches; just two days later, the former was acquired by the Rotala Group, and is undergoing the slow process of being rebranded as Diamond East Midlands. Skills' Coaches' integrally-built Irizar i6s (YS22 JGY) passes along Ashby Square. The Irizar i6s was introduced just last year. Over on Baxter Gate, Centrebus's Optare Versa 773 (YJ60 LTU) loads up with passengers for a service 154 to Leicester. 773 was new to Webberbus, Bridgwater, Somerset, in 2010, and was manufactured during the brief perio...

 Some photos of Shepshed taken last October. Forest Street at its junction with Kirkhill (left), Fairway Road (centre) and Leicester Road (to the right, outside the frame), as seen from a passing bus. Kirkhill, looking east uphill. The Millennium Clock, Bull Ring. Hall Croft as seen from the Co-op store. Field Street as seen from the Bull Ring. Charnwood Road Baptist Church. Shepshed Fire Station. This building also formerly contained the police station, which was closed some years ago. Charnwood Road, looking toward the Bull Ring from adjacent to the fire station. Looking the other way up Charnwood Road; on the left is the Asda branch in Shepshed. The Shepshed Asda. Looking toward the Bull Ring from the opposite side of the road. The Bull Ring. Queen Street. Shepshed's terrain seems to be peculiarly hilly compared to Loughborough (although there is a fairly large hill close to my own house.) The alarmingly narrow Church Side. St. Botolph's Church, built in the 11th century and...