(29 May 2022, 8:43 am)busmanT wrote Perhaps it's due to the driver shortage this year - running extra "seasonal services" whilst failing to operate all your normal local services for your regular passengers might not be something that Arriva wishes to do.

That's a fair point with regards a daily service. But I assume they have a pool of part time or school drivers that could be persuaded to work a few Saturdays in August for a round trip in the style of the old 714 and 508. There is always one driver that will.