On 22nd March 1987 DVG 561 is climbing up past Hollin Bank Farm towards Grains Bar with the Pennines making an impressive backdrop. This bus had a complicated life, in the course of which it toured the British Isles. It was new to Alexander (Midland) as their MRT 11 but after only a year it went to Eastern National in Essex as part of a vehicle swap. Crosville bought it in 1982 but initially it was used for parts and it didn't enter service until 1984.