We were up early so Mandy could get a parking spot in central Manchester first thing, we went to M&S and had breakfast then I went to Victoria Station looked for the free bus service to the museum but couldn't find the stop or see any likely buses other than Blackpool's on the rail replacement, strike again. Then I caught a local bus up Cheetham Hill road, nice First driver, very chatty, told me about the EDL demo at Piccadilly which I wanted to warn Mandy about. It was very quiet at the museum despite being start time, nothing inside that was special and checked with the chap with the running order, all that seemed to be on were a half dozen regular museum performers and a visiting Ribble Atlantian in NBC livery. I tried again inside and nobody knew about the advertised photographic trips, I thought we need to cut our losses on the day. It was hard getting Mandy due to lack of signal in M&S but eventually we got sorted I took a bus back to the centre and met Mandy we went through Stockport, Hazel Grove etc to Macclesfield, a bit of a crawl up the 192 route. The sun was dodging clouds a bit in Macclesfield but I managed at my spot by the toilets bottom of the hill by the lights which has proven a useful footage filler on occasions. Thus done we went home and I cleaned the cars inside and out plus the van , they were all covered in Saharan dust, thankfully we have seen the last of that. Not sure what the week holds for us but next Bus Spot Ultra will be Manchester, I've already got the archive sections on the editing deck. I'm running off the Crewe, Congleton and Macclesfield film as I type aided by a pastis, my favourite 'short'. So today and from Boyle St museum and then Macclesfield. Drivers were a bit hard to crack a smile but got there in the end!! Four operators isn't bad for a small town these days. Comments are closed.
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