A VINTAGE coach is returning to the North York Moors, giving visitors to the area a chance to travel in style.
The 1946 Leyland coach will stop at heritage sites, including the Terrace and Temples at Rievaulx, Helmsley Castle, Byland Abbey, Ryedale Folk Museum and many villages.
Travellers will also be able to admire the views from Sutton Bank as the coach makes its way up the steep ascent.
The bus has been owned by John Smith and Sons of Thirsk for more than 60 years and was restored by Granville Smith, who drives it around the moors. It is regularly hired out for private functions and appears in films.
Janet Armstrong, transport and tourism project officer for the North York Moors National Park Authority, said: "The vintage bus proved extremely popular with visitors and local people last year and we are pleased to welcome it back for another season."
A ticket costs £3 and it gives users discounts on admission charges to many historic properties and on refreshments.
The bus leaves Thirsk Market Place at 9.30am and the Sutton Bank National Park Centre at 9.55am and 1.30pm. arriving in Helmsley for connections with other Moorsbus services or further journeys on the Heritage Bus.
It will run every Sunday, starting this weekend, until August 29, on Bank Holiday Monday, August 28, and on Tuesdays, from 25 July to August 29.
Details are on www.moors. uk.net/moorsbus, or for a copy of the Moorsbus timetable, call (01845) 597000.
