 Hello, thank you for joining me just right here at High Barnet on this northern line train last time we're out in the Northern line We were down at the other end visiting their new Battersea power station extension But today I've come right to the other end of the northern line High Barnet and see line literally ends there The reason we've actually come to High Barnet today there isn't so much to look at trains But for the Muswell Hill bus rally so what we're going to do. It's a vintage bus rally We're going to go out the station and we're going to ride some vintage buses around this area of north London Around Muswell Hill go down to Finchbury Park. So it's going to be an exciting day I've seen some exciting vintage buses I might use the tube a bit in between just to get from one end of a route to another so I can maximise my buss riding So come out here out the station. We're going to go up that long slope up to Barnet Town centre So and that is where I believe the buses will be found so you can out the station now Take off my face covering. I'm gonna go top of this slope and find a vintage bus So as I came out the station I was planning to head up towards the church, but I saw a bus pulling up outside station So jumped on it. Here we go. So we're on route 1, 3, 4, and we're going to head up through Barnet Town centre Right to the other end of the route probably what I'm going to do. I'm probably going to stay on this bus I might jump down for a photo and then ride this one in the other direction all the way back to Mill Hill So we're just right now passing through Barnet Town centre There's a modern bus turning into Chesterfield Road, which is the terminus for this bus route So I'm not entirely sure what's going to happen if we're going to go round on a circular loop Before we head back, most people got off as we went through Barnet Town centre There's just a few people now upstairs in the bus Oh there's a big residential area. You can see a big green over there What will happen is if I get the chance I will get out I hadn't actually planned to do this, but I planned to get a bus in the other direction Which would have been this bus, but I think because it was slightly behind schedule In 10 minutes behind schedule, it effectively made me able to catch it So we're just coming up. I can see a normal service bus ahead Which appears to have terminated here, so we can see what happens And then we'll be heading back towards Fitchley So we've arrived at Marzwell Hill Broadway. It's pretty busy here. That's the bus Oh it's on. It's gone round the circle. We're going to head back in the opposite direction So there's quite a lot of buses to choose from to get this map So I haven't quite decided where I'm going yet. I might go to Archway I might go to Vinsbury Park I'm not sure yet I'm just going to walk around this area here. There's loads of other buses So it's just, you know, all the north buses It's been quite a pleasant journey. Through London, Leafy, Suburbs, London and Northampton I want to get this little one here. That's the 212, so that goes to Finsbury Park So it's working bus route 212. I wonder if I can get on that one Here you go. It goes around there. I reckon he's come from Vinsbury Park I'll just let you see it for a bit. There's no one on it I might try and get that one. I haven't quite decided yet. It's gone right round the whole circle So I'm going to go and have a look, see which bus I'm going to go, and where I'm going to go I've just got on the bus. We just saw go round the corner I'm on the seat, that one seat at the back, which is above the wheel So might be a bit of a bumpy ride, but we're now going to ride further towards Central London to Finsbury Park. My plan is, when we get to Finsbury Park to get on the Piccadilly Line up to Southgate where I can pick up another bus. So I'm going to now enjoy the ride down the hill to Finsbury Park. It's not easy to point out, but just over there is the Old Railway Line 2, Alexander Promise that'll have to be a video of the future. I tend to do that when they will walk the Old Railway This reminds me, this area is a bit of a high wiccum though in Buckinghamshire. You know, big hills, leafy streets So as I said, we're going down to Finsbury Park, past another vintage bus in the other way. This route down to Finsbury Park has the most frequent service there are approximately every 15 minutes. So we've just been through Crouch Hill Town Centre. We're coming up to now, we're going to go over the Old Railway which ran from Finsbury Park to Highgate and again, have to do that one in the future. I did want to do it as a child and it was a very pleasant ride. It's quite funny for the people down the side the camera really picks it out first. It's a bit like when you go on the main line and you pass through a station, they're all sorts. All these really nice surprise looking people to see these vintage buses, which is one thing I always particularly like about any form of heritage transport, whether it's main line, steam or vintage buses. I think we're just coming up to go over the Old Railway now and then further down we'll get to Crouch Hill Station which is on the Goblin line at the front of the bus. It says smoke because to occupy the rear seats, usually on double-decker bus on the old ones, is the smokes to occupy the upper deck. But of course today you can't smoke on buses so it doesn't really matter where you sit as long as you don't smoke. So here we go. Do you have a phone line? We should go over the Old Railway. This is the bridge now. I'm not going to see you much but that's it. That's the Old Railway line now we're going to go down towards Crouch Hill as I said, Fingery Park. So we've just arrived at Morris Place, the bus stop for Fingery Park. There's a little bus we came on so that will be departing soon if you're wondering where the railway line is. Just there East Coast Main Line. So if we can go across the road now, my plan is to walk up here a bit and see it go past. Funny, there's a picture of Flying Scotsman on a Lloyd's Airport, of course Flying Scotsman and all the other A3s and A4s that have worked at East Coast Main Line so didn't expect to see Flying Scotsman at Fingery Park today. Anyway, I'm going to hang around here and see that bus come past and I'm going to go to the station and get on the Piccadilly Line up to Southgate where I can pick up another London bus route. The bus heads back up towards Muswell Hill. As I said my plan now is to get on the Piccadilly Line from Fingery Park Station which is just round the corner here and head up to Southgate where I can pick up another one of the routes. So if you're wondering what this whole event is in Adolf basically it's 30 years since Muswell Hill bus garage closed. So if someone has the idea let's bring back all the vintage buses and run some of the routes which I think is a really nice idea. And all money raised from the event goes to the Poppy Appeal. So if you want to travel on the buses today, you're helping support a good cause. So it's very much worth coming to. It's been very interesting coming. It's not over yet. I've got quite a lot more to do. So what I'm going to do now is as I said I'm heading towards the other end of Fingery Park Station just down here. I've been this way for a week or two. Anyway I'm going to go into Fingery Park Station and get to Piccadilly Line to Southgate. I've arrived at Arnos Grove. I know I said I was going to Southgate but the train I got on terminated here at Arnos Grove but I thought while we're here I've put a good station building. You can just go up and have a look in the ticket office. The reason I say this is because this station has sort of featured in one of my videos before but not in this form as in if you have a look at the link on screen now you'll see a video called The London Underground Smallest Tube Station and that's the Beckinscott Model Village. Because the Beckinscott Model Village is a station called Hampton Road which is a model of this station, Arnos Grove. So let's just go up into the ticket hall and see inside. So this is the ticket hall of Arnos Grove, one of the finest Charles Holden Tube Stations. What I'm going to do now though is head back down onto the platform because of course this isn't where we're going. Although some of the buses are actually going from here I want to get the bus from Southgate so back down to the rail we're going. Underground coming into Southgate. It's a bit of a funny station this one because obviously at Arnos Grove we were off-ground and then we went over a viaduct over the valley of the barnsbrook and now we're underground again. So I've never actually got out of this station before so this is what I would call a winning station and I'm now walking towards the southbound line but that's just to have a look. I can't, they say you can see light. I can't see it that way maybe if I let it over I could. I can see light at the end of the tunnel that way so this station is underground but there's no other stations in this tunnel so the tunnel itself isn't actually that old because our train again which I'm not going to do. I can't see any light at that end of the tunnel but I certainly could on the other end. So as I said the plan is to get another bus from here now. The bus is at 1431 and it's currently 1429 so I hope the bus is running a bit late because otherwise it's kind of not going to work. So we go through here up the escalator up here to Southgate station to the ticket hall of Southgate Station rather and then we've got to try and find where this bus goes as I've never actually been to this station before. I do like this station a bit quieter than you know your own one deep level tube stations. It's also the most northerly tube station to be underground because you know as I said it's quite far north this part of north London as we experience when we're on the buses is quite hilly and it's quite scenic as well. That section over the prime's book over that viaduct so I really enjoyed that bit of it. So we get to here and there's a few different exits. Let's just go out of this one whether it's the right one or not. There we go. So we're in another round ticket hall. Right so we can see any vintage buses take this off now for a moment. I assume the vintage bus will go from here but as I said I hope it's a bit late or has it just gone. That's quite an iconic place here though this out gate station so I haven't always wanted to come here see a bit more London underground architecture. Just have a wander around here so we can find this but look at that there's a concrete clock just in the brickwork. Right one way when you come to a bus rally like this one way to get an idea is to look for the people who look like they're bus infuges. I've noticed this around they're standing there with cameras so there's like this gentleman over there and I think they might be bus infuges. I reckon the vintage bus is going to come from this way. So I'm going to hang around here. The station is effectively on a roundabout so it makes quite an interesting station. I do really like this bit of architecture so I'm just going to stand here now and wait for this bus to come along. So we saw a bus go around the circle at Southgate and then what happened was that bus didn't pick up anyone which I'm not quite sure why and a few of the other people looked a bit surprised as well. I waited there for a while and got a bit bored so I started walking the bus route as with these things which I sort of do expect. The buses end up a bit behind schedule. There's a lot of traffic. So what I've done I've walked down and of course as soon as I start walking 10 minutes into my walk a bus goes past so what I thought I'd do I'll stand here on this side of the road and I'm just going to hang around at this bus stop here. A request stop. My plan is when the bus comes in that traditional fashion I'm going to flag it down like that and get on it and ride it back to Muswell Hill. Anyway that's the plan. I'm now sitting upstairs on a more modern vintage bus. This little vintage is just not quite as old as some of the others. I do apologize for my lack of bus knowledge. As those of you who watch my videos regularly will know I'm more of a railway enthusiast but I do really like buses. I don't really know any bus from another. I just like being upstairs or down to the single-decker and just enjoying the ride. So we're now heading back to Muswell Hill and when I get to Muswell Hill I'm going to decide what to do next. I'm going to go to Archway and just have a look really. But now I'm just going to enjoy what really is quite an attractive part of London. Look here we're just passing one of the parks now. What this idea has done has given me some ideas of future adventures we could do. You know walking various and old rivers, some of the old railway lines we've crossed. An area of London I've not really explored because places like Muswell Hill don't have a railway station. So I've not really been to them but this area here all looks very nice. So that looks like that's probably an old manor house. I see scaffolding up on it so I know there are some around up there. These are all ideas for future videos so I'm just going to stay on this bus back to Muswell Hill. I've ended up at Victoria. That was really quite exciting riding the vintage bus all the way through centre of London to here Victoria. So most of the day was obviously up in the Muswell Hill area and all the buses this morning which I didn't get left Pimlico at 9.50. Probably this one went up to Muswell Hill so when I was on the bus and the previous one the one from Southgate and saw that behind me I thought yeah that'd be great I'll get on that. So that was a really exciting ride. That's Victoria Station there. Where quite a lot of my adventures start when I go somewhere by train. So now we're back here. The bus dropped us off just over there. I got out and got a couple of pictures so I didn't film the bus go but I'll insert the pictures now. There you go. So it's been a great day I've really enjoyed it. Last bus rally I did like this was the Village of In but that was really good fun back in the summer but just completely different to this bus rally. Of course another place you can regularly ride buses in London is up at the Epping-On-Gar Railway. If you go on the central line to Epping you can ride a bus to North Wheel Station and there's various other bus routes. So riding vintage buses around London is something that's still very much possible and I've had a good time riding them. Makes a change from trains even I say that sometimes. But most of my adventures do tend to be on railways hence finishing here at Victoria Station. So thank you very much for watching. It's been a really good day so thank you to everyone who put it on. Really enjoyed it. Please do feel free to like, subscribe and comment and from Victoria, goodbye.