Just been looking through OK Travel in the Bygone Era and they had quite a few daily runs to Blackpool, what was the purpose of this as it is a long ride and buses/coaches must have come close to being run into ground, did OK have tendered work in Lancashire and used these services as way of putting Vehicles in place to fulfill contracts, I cannot figure who benefitted from that service and they always seemed a canny presence in Cumbria around Keswick and Penrith...

I know OK specialised in finding gaps in the market to run commercially, but how sustainable was it being miles away from there base, some services being 100+ miles away, did they operate outstations in deepest darkest Cumbria