When we arrived back in Edinburgh, some of us had to go back to university to complete our courses. Some of us had to lay up for a while due to hepititus (Don C, Jim M).

Greg had arranged a post-Comex "do" in London. Gordon Bell took Cuddles down south for that - Battersea Park rings a bell.

Gordon Bell writes:

The conclusion of Comex3 was an exhibition in Battersea Park in October 1969. This was, understandably, poorly attended with perhaps no more than seven or perhaps nine coaches in all. This was reflected in the Edinburgh contingent with myself (Gordon) the only driver and, indeed, the only member available to attend.

Fortunately a lifelong friend of mine who had always been fascinated with the Comex idea volunteered to come with me. Not only that but he had never been to London. Fortunate too is the fact that his recollections of the occasion are far better than mine so most of this text has been taken from these. His name is Malcolm. Neither of us can remember which other contingents were represented.

The exhibition consisted of an open-sided marquee displaying a large variety of maps and photographs but who organised it I'm afraid I do not recall. Malcolm and I slept in Cuddles accompanied by two American Gis. Maybe they were amongst the many we befriended on the expedition but, once again, I don't know how that came about.

We had word that a meeting was being held at Comex HQ so Malcolm and I made our way to Old Brompton Road. We weren't entirely sure of the address and knocked on the door of a ground floor flat. It was open by Cecil Thomas, a well known sculptor, who, apparently, designed the florin and the sixpence. Anyway, enough of that. He simply pointed to the staircase and up we went to find Comex HQ.

Again, neither of us can remember anything about the meeting but Malcolm is convinced that Fay was there. I have been unsuccessful contacting Fay to see if she was, in fact, there and perhaps able to provide more detail on the exhibition.

One last snippet that Malcolm (always a ladies man) remembers is that we gave a lift to a young lady on our way home and dropped her off at Lancaster University.

As a point of interest a year or so later I pulled into a motorway service station in my car and there was Cuddles! Still in her Comex livery and now owned by Sonny Swinton who had a bus hire and scrap yard business near Straiton, just south of Edinburgh. Of course I climbed excitedly aboard to tell the passengers the story of their coach but none seemed to be particularly interested.