Rain fails to dampen FoKAB's New Year

摘要

The 2012 rally season kicked off in traditional fashion on 1 January with Friends of King Alfred Buses' annual free bus ride running day in Winchester - expected to be the last centred on the city's bus station, though there definitely will be a 2013 running day next new year.A dull and gloomy morning turned into a wet afternoon, but although the rain hastened the replacement of two open-toppers with covered top buses, the weather did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the crowds of enthusiasts and other visitors who continued to pack the buses till services wound up around 1 7.00.