I'll let the photos do their own story, the NWVRT family has put on another first class show with record numbers of people and the weather to match.I can't begin to recall all the people who I knew but it was moving on to our previous best in the POPS days at Wedgwood at Burlaston in Staffordshire. I think the best part now is the friendship and genuine interest at the NWVRT and the good relations between all the N West collections and museums which  ensures a constant supply of ' new' buses in service on the big days as each supports the others. The effort for all those who put on these running days is a tribute to the hard work of many teams, ours at the NWVRT certainly get regular challenges as ageing buses are as temperamental as ageing film makers!

As we continue to wind down the event stock at PMP we are donating the general national and international photos to the NWVRT shop. We are looking into a deal to sell the large number of South Eastern photos from my own collection  mainly displayed for sales previously at Detling , Brooklands and Alton etc. The online shop continues to offer prints and digital images as usual. I have been spending some time getting more digital films loaded, when we get full fibre connection this will be much easier.

Anyway enough chat, a real belter, a cracker, a corker call it what you wish here is NWVRT in flaming June 2023.

The car is loaded and ready to go, we'll be there bight and early to set up our little stand which will have all the recent releases including the launch of our latest Merseyside archive all in colour with rail, ferry and tram scenes. We had a bit of a sit in the garden after I'd done some weeding at the back of our borders which with the fine weather are full of colour and without any rain beating them down it all looks stunning. Mandy got back just before 9pm last night. A big pile of washing is now edging towards ironing. G&T and IPA now the order of the day. Please come and say hello at the Kirkby events tomorrow

If anyone has a favourite bus they think should really be modelled and perhaps a member of the various local preserved fleets and handy for in depth photography now is the time to speak with the first two new releases coming in the summer we'll be looking for follow up vehicles under the Brilliant Bus banner.

Now for some shots in Birkenhead yesterday and yes the DVDs will be there for Chester, Wrexham, B'head and St Helens. Lots more digital downloads on the shop they are available to download but I haven't had time to add the cover pictures yet.

I went for the verruca  treatment first thing, by heck it doesn't half hurt!, a couple of Anodin haven't even touched the pain, putting myself through hell again end of June. There were actually three of the little devils which must be treble the pain. Still back now and cracking on with jobs as Mandy is back tonight and its the big day at NWVRT KIrkby this Sunday, everything seems to be done, huge effort by the lads. So sorry I won't be at either MTT events as holiday and family wedding clash. Anyway  I quickly move on as so many jobs to continue with. Here are shots at Wrexham on Wednesday

Yet another fine but cold and windy day filming this time at Birkenhead and then St Helens. Once more I was glad I took a coat with me. The computer is doing a massive back up operation and this machine which is on Windows 7 has limited USB ports which are all engaged but more photos will appear tomorrow. 9am I have a foot appointment at Northwich which it seems needs micro waving of sorts to rid me of an annoying verruca on my big toe, first I've ever had. I've now edited the films from Chester and Wrexham, tomorrow I'll get the other two out of the way and covers made.

The big job is getting the stock together for the NWVRT  running and open day Sunday which promises to be quite a spectacular show with several buses being unveiled. It seems I am now a 'member' of the Online archive and need to get my hear around setting up a Youtube channel for them.

As mentioned a big file back up operation ongoing tonight so I've two copies of the last volume of scanned films. It isn't a whole 5 TB albeit that is the capacity but just files getting added in each direction to ensure the two are complete. It also seems I'm getting involved in the Midland publishing operation which produced the Railscene series who are going to dip into the archive and select some scenes to work with selected from the many scans I've made. It is always great to see them getting an airing. I'm going to put a gift box on the website for PMP and OTA as neither of us makes a surplus these days. So photos tomorrow.

It was a chilly day, thank goodness I decided to take my coat, when I fetched the milk in I knew it was no heatwave day. I filmed first at Chester, late rush-hour, trains on strike all very busy then on to Wrexham which showed signs of sun coming through the cloud but never really delivered, again quite busy. Then I stopped off for tea and cake and some fresh peanuts for the birds plus three choice plant to put in which I got to grips with when I got home. My left middle finger is now really painful and the left little finger is now starting to go like the second finger on my right hand. Thankfully I'll still be able to type. Mandy is feeling it difficult to cope with PMP when I'm away as she can't life the folders with the discs in. Anyway enough of all that Chester 8.45 onwards this morning. On the way to Chester this rather splendid ERF was on the same road so overtook a couple of times and snatched a photo.

Lovely weather again, I was down at Southern Cemetery at Manchester all morning getting the famly graves tidied. The gardeners there are now struggling to keep on top of the work, the council drags them off to other locations and with so much TV stuff happening they are constantly dropping everything else to tidy a particular spot. So it was a mammoth task compared with normal but being warm and dry I could get down on the ground and save my back.

After making a sandwich and having half hours in our garden I got on and mowed the back hedge which allowed me to get weeds out which come through the unkempt garden at the rear which i think is rented out. I'm back on the clicker, scanning cine films and also converting a few more old VHS tapes to HD digital.

Other than that, well got an appointment to have microwave on my big to to shift an annoying verruca, the first one I've ever had. And almost got a quote for our car insurances but I was doing the hedge so carry over to tommorow but I'm off to film buses, in my sights are Birkenhead, Chester and Wrexham, lets see how much i get done. As I'm scanning film from 1963 in Switzerland lets have a dip into my own pictures, alas not that old!

I have it on good authority that a new range of British 4mm 1/76 00 gauge model buses are coming soon. They have been making Chinese prototype resin moulded buses for several years and the quality is very good. As soon as we get full details of Brilliant Buses first UK release I'll get the news to you

I was going to go to Gaydon but when I saw the running order there didn't seem to be a whole bundle of buses in services so I have been catching up on domestic jobs and editing the recent lorry films which I hope will all be done and one the shop tonight.

I've just sent in the copy for our last advert in CVC magazine, Kelsey stopped sending advertisers copy of magazine, never even bothered to tell anybody and then had the audacity of telling the production people to just repeat our old advert - with people like that I'm glad to be rid of it. Anyone who needs information will find the new releases on the PMP website www.pmpfilms.com and if they aren't on the computer can send us a SAE and details of their interests and we can send a tailor made copy of the DVD list.
Here are some photos from our trip to Ross on Wye on Friday.

I woke up early and by 6.30 couldn't wait any longer, suns was up and jobs to do. Cleaned car, cleaned off bird dropping all over, got rid of Asian hornet after getting picture, these big devils are killers, 6 killed in France by these invaders which eat honey bees. Repaired grout in shower floor, ongoing this evening. Started Polio Fellowship branch newsletter. Got orders away and latest ones received today can go out Tuesday. Popped into Knutsford for fibrous begonias for Southern Cem family graves on Tuesday. Bus filming planned for Wed Thurs or Friday. Monday I'm going to Wythall. So here is the huge hornet found in greenhouse, same as two years back, they are about 2" long some even bigger.

Shots from yesterday lunch time at Avonmouth

A catch up on trucks today, next week it will be buses, lots of locations to pick from. I'm still supplying data to John in Guangzhou who will be releasing two UK derived bus models soon. This is just another notch in the work in progress ! Anyway some scenes from Monmouth this morning.