Southern Vectis Poole, and Solent Blue Line in Southampton. The new operations used older Southern Vectis buses and second-hand double-deckers. Southern Vectis also moved into other business areas on the isle of Wight. The company bought a self-drive van hire firm. It also bought two Ford Granada taxis, which it ran from the Cowes pontoon and began taxibus services which continued till 1989. In 2003, Southern Vectis started "The Pink Peril", a pink bus designed to take students to and from school. The vehicle, an Iveco minibus (fleet number 283) was the oldest in the fleet. In July 2005, Southern Vectis and
Terminology of the British Isles II, Chapter 1 of as "Iwernia, Bretanic Island", and Chapter 2 as "Alwion [sic], Bretanic Island". The name "Albion" for Great Britain fell from favour, and the island was described in Greek as Πρεττανία or Βρεττανία, in Latin "Britannia", an inhabitant as Βρεττανός, "Britannus", with the adjective Βρεττανικός, "Britannicus", equating to "British". With the Roman conquest of Britain the name Britannia was used for the province of Roman Britain. The Emperor Claudius was honoured with the agnomen "Britannicus" as if he were the conqueror, and coins were struck from AD 46 inscribed or . With the visit of Hadrian in