Ding, ding, all aboard! All the children at Ripplings Pre-School, Ripon Road, SE18 had the time of their lives.

About 9.30 a double decker bus arrived at the pre-school to take them to Bexleyheath Bus Garage for a grand tour!

We not only went up and down on the bus (like when they have to repair the buses) but also had the chance to press the buttons on the lifting machinery to actually make it go up and down.

The children saw the engine and went underneath it, like real mechanics. In fact we all had our photo taken so it looked like we were lifting the bus up by ourselves.

The best bit was sitting on the bus and going through the buses ‘car-wash’. The bus garage have offered this incredible experience to school age children before, but our children were the youngest they had ever had visiting.

The staff were wonderful with the children and the children got so much from it. The Pre-School staff?...we loved it so much we want to go again next year!

Based on information supplied by Denise Tucker.