The Optare Specta Damory- Dorset's Great Local Bus Company P

The second programme in our Damory DVD trilogy focuses on the Optare Spectra bodied DAF double-deckers. These buses were the mainstay of the Wilts & Dorset fleet for almost 24 years and during their latter days a number were cascaded into the Damory fleet. Originally turned out in Damory's smart two-tone blue livery, they later received the all over dark blue scheme in line with other members of the fleet. At the time of filming in summer 2017, the Optare Spectras were about to be withdrawn from service. The independent transport videos cameras were fortunate to capture some of them in action during their last week of operation, and in order for us to film a re-creation of the 387 service from Poole to Dorchester, Go South Coast kindly lent us 1678 (HJ02 WDM) just three days before it left the fleet.