HUNDREDS of visitors and passengers came to Skipton to take part in the 12th Yorkshire Dales Running Day, which featured a number of vintage buses from across the years.

The event, organised by the Aire Valley Transport Group, featured approximately 30 vintage buses, dating back to 1927 up to models built in the mid-1980s, on display in the Skipton Coach Street car park on Sunday.

Approximately 30 vintage buses, dating back to 1927 up to models built in the mid-1980s, were on display in the Skipton Coach Street car park on Sunday.

Visitors and passengers also had the chance to take free journeys in a number of the vintage buses over both days.

On Saturday, local company Pennine Motor Services, which folded in 2014, ran buses on their old routes from Skipton bus station to Embsay, Carleton and round the Horse Close circular. Buses also went to Settle and Malham.

"With them being a local company, we had quite a lot of interest in the Pennine buses," said David Hudson, one of the organisers. "In the early 1920s, they started running buses from Gargrave."

A statement from the Aire Valley Transport Group website read: "Once again the Yorkshire Dales Running Day at Skipton was a huge success with the enthusiasts and the general public. Most buses ran with good loads and there were plenty of visitors to the static buses. A huge thank you to all the visiting vehicle owners, some who travelled a long way to support us, also huge thanks go to all the crews and marshals who helped us."

Skipton resident Philip Winstanley visited the Coach Street car park on Sunday to see the static buses.

He was particularly surprised to see a 12mph speed limit sign on a vintage Leyland Lion, which was built in 1927.

Mr Hudson explained: "That was the legal speed limit for all buses at the time. It then went from 20mph to 30mph in 1955 and later 40mph. A lot of the older buses built before the 1970s weren't capable of doing more than 40mph."

He also took note of a sign display bus prices for Yelloway coach excursions from Bury to various locations around the country.

While a journey to Skipton cost just £1.45, for a few pounds more - £5.05 to be exact - passengers could make a lengthy journey to Windsor Castle.

"It was quite an eye opener to see the prices of the excursions in 1981," said Skipton resident Philip Winstanley. "It gave people an idea how much it cost in those days."