BUS fan Liv Rayment is driving a double-decker she bought seven years ago — at the age of 15.
Hooked on a bus simulator video game, she stumped up £4,500 for the Arriva vehicle thanks to a loan from a pal.
Bus fan Liv Rayment was hooked on a bus driving simulator game, so she went out and bought a double-decker that was set to be scrapped – when she was 15
Liv, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, passed her bus test ten months after completing her A-levels and now works as a coach driver – she also drives her double-decker to bus-owner ralliesKennedy Newsand Media
Liv gave her bus a fresh lick of paint but chose to keep the original seatsKennedy Newsand Media
The bus, four months older than her, was set to be scrapped.
Liv, now 22, has since given it a fresh lick of paint but chose to keep the original seats.
She said: “When I was 13, I had a friend of a friend who owned a bus and there’s a community of people who own them.
“I found the idea of owning a bus and restoring old ones really cool.
“My parents weren’t too warm to it and thought it was a bit odd. But they were quite happy that I wasn’t going out and doing bad things at the weekend.”
Liv, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, passed her bus test ten months after completing her A-levels.
She now works as a coach driver and admin manager at Warwickshire-based Ridleys Coaches.
She drives her double-decker to bus-owner rallies, as well as using it to train other young learner bus drivers. And she has racked up 100,000 followers on TikTok.
Liv added: “My boyfriend has no idea what’s going on but I’d rather it stay that way because otherwise you’re getting home and talking about work.”