We are all ready for going down to London visiting family and friends tomorrow and then Mandy drops me at Heathrow and returns home. She will be here right through and will attend to all orders except downloads which will need to wait until I return. I'll try and get a few posts in on the road in Asia. I get back 3rd December. What shall we look at then, well I end up in Singapore so lets look at the last visit, they are mostly if not all green now.

If you are interested in  the Enviro 500 three axle two door the model is nearing completion in China. Pre orders on the PMP shop which are request to our friends there and they will send out an invoice direct and send your models out straight to you, no third parties involved.

Do you find that each day you are spending forever going around in circles trying to fine a to the point answer to problems with goods or services. if so this week we have
M&S trying to get a download of travel certificate ( lost when my camera bag was stolen in Belgium) several hours plus trip to nearest branch, they no longer have customer service department!!
John Lewis selling and Meile making shoddy products and ducking the issue has been going on two years
Coach & Bus magazine taking money without authorisation, two years ago I requested a stop yet again they take money
DropBox for random answers to cries of help on sending batches of files which then appear scattered rather than in order loaded or sent
Wondershare who make interesting editing software but send updated every day when do they ever stop and give people a chance to explore it.
And every company that uses complaints system that go in circles so eventually you get back to the problem you had in the first place
Anybody who says 'hope you enjoy the rest of your week when they mean p... off.

Plus side this week less spam calls
My 1997 lorry film uploads on Youtube

I've been editing the two Peak district films today, caught an ERF in action.

Before I forget, yet another reminder that I don't use 'messenger' on Facebook, contact is best by email then I can deal with it at my own pace. A very damp misty day, nearly hand in front of face over the tops heading down to Buxton but it cleared a bit.

I thought we had over come to issues with copying mpeg4 video files to external drives but with about 7 wasted days and nights it is really a pain. I think I've found a way round it but if I could download as quick as they go on the hard drive in the box hundreds would take just minutes as it is we wait days and nights.
We had our British Polio Fellowship winter dinner this afternoon , only to get home and find that one of our members had passed away.
After getting a little bit of progress with the file saving we headed down the pub which was quiet although we found out why all the cars were there yesterday the MP Esther McVey was meeting all the angry farmers about screwing them with inheritance tax on farmland. Anyway a quick blog so some pictures, well I'm heading to Dave Holes tomorrow for trucks so a look back at previous visits.

I've been racing against the clock today to get the latest archive finished, I'm just saving the timeline which is a precarious medley of hundreds of small clips of film and sound, transitions and titles. That done I'll give it a final clean up and then think about the film of the 1950-60s which I've also got lined up. Then I must be getting back to films on Youtube as I dare not let the momentum  slack especially as I'm away from Wednesday next on the Honk Kong Singapore Indonesia trip. Meanwhile how about a dip into warmer climes with some nice pictures from our Australian trips.

Just another hour of editing time today then we are off to the RNCM in Manchester where we are attending a reception with Dame Janet Baker who is doing a sort of Desert Island Discs evening.  Tomorrow it is the Polio Fellowship winter meal.

I felt that I made little progress today but I have almost finished the first in a small batch of London archives. I also managed to get a lot of photos filed so I don't delete them, it is so easy to let things build up! Anyway my mind is now turning to the trip to Hong Kong next week and with that I give you some photos from previous visits

On the PMP shop today!

Hard work pays off for a memorable season of events marking the 200th anniversary of buses in Manchester. Lets see what London comes up with down the line. After a dry nocturnal rally at Kirkby today in Manchester it rained, nothing new there then! once again we met many  of our viewers, subscribers, customers, friends. The famous Boyle cafe offered hearty food to ward of the damp and cold. Here is a selection of vehicles I saw. I left after lunch as tiredness overcame wanting to play buses. I hope to get both days on Youtube by this evening.