A GREAT DAY DOWN AT CRICK

The weather was spot on today at Crick/Rugby and much warmer than I'd expected at 19C all day albeit first thing at home it was only 6C when I got up. The crawl though Birmingham added 45mins to the journey but I'd allowed for that and any earlier the sun wouldn't have been up enough. I positioned myself by the end of the dual carriageway at the distribution centres and this proved really good and it was virtually non stop activity with Stobarts galore. I had breakfast at the Stobart cafe but was annoyed at the cash machine was out of order and I wanted to pay for tickets tonight as the fund raising committee meeting at George's place which is only a stones throw, I could easily walk there. We have a long string of events, concerts etc coming up in October although tomorrow is the final stage of my tooth saga ( I hope) and as it's midday it will really put a block on getting anything else done other than at home. I need to water the plants I moved at the weekend as its bone dry and no rain in sight at present.

 On Wednesday I'm hoping to film the new bus stations at Blackburn and Accrington. Thursday we are out with the Polio Fellowship at Gordale garden centre on the Wirral for afternoon tea and a talk. Mandy is still very sore after her bad tumble out of the front door yesterday afternoon and straight out across the lawn, looks like pulled or torn muscle. On Friday we head up to Scotland for the GVVT running days, if the weather is good we might film at Kilmarnock and Clydebank. Weather makes or breaks it up thhere, we'll set the stand up on Friday evening whatever. We've decided to do Germany by car in 2017 as well as the Balkans, Croatia, Bosnia and Albania- ish. I'm going to Japan and Mandy will be coming to India with me in February. I got a nice thank you note from the RNCM for my email on the squat there in 1974, it seems there is little in their archive on that aspect, I've sent them a copy of my autobiography, by the way there are still copies available, I think you can get it on Amazon or EBay. Anyway here are a few shots from this morning at Crick. By the way Showbus 1997 is now available and I'm just burning the first master for a two parter on Showbus 2000, once again the first time it has appeared on DVD.