By BOB HIND
Feature
For the fourth of his rides around the national parks*, former Arriva regional managing director BOB HIND takes himself to the south of England, issued with a poncho to view the ponies in the New Forest from three open-top double-deckers, and goes on to ride three operators’ routes along the South Downs
BRITAIN’S BREATHING SPACES — NATIONAL PARKS BY BUS
Go South Coast 1827 (HF05 GGK), a convertible open-top East Lancs Myllennium Vyking-bodied Volvo B7TL, operating the New Forest Blue Tour in Burley. NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
The New Forest was surely one of the more obvious candidates to be designated as a national park, but its status was not confirmed until 2005.
