It’s the tightest squeeze in Yorkshire, but Transdev bus driver Wayne Moody has proved that you can get a bus through it!
The historic Bolton Abbey stone arch measures just 9 feet 5 inches wide, with a headroom of only 10 feet 9 inches – and photos of Wayne calmly guiding his bus through the gap are now a viral sensation online, with over 6,000 likes and counting on Facebook.
The compact challenge is part of Transdev’s Dalesbus 74 route, which runs on Saturdays all year round from York, Harrogate, Otley and Ilkley to Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales, taking in beautiful Bolton Abbey along the way.
And as the route nears Bolton Abbey, it passes through the largest of three arches in an 18th century stone aqueduct wall, a grade II listed structure and one of the most photographed landmarks in the Dales.
Built in 1720, the Bolton Abbey arch has always been a hair-raising experience for bus and coach drivers, but York-based Transdev driver Wayne takes it all in his stride – even nonchalantly leaning an elbow out of his cab window moments before passing through the gap with millimetres to spare.
