AMAZING TURN OUT FOR THE KELSALL RALLY

I think it was the biggest turn out of lorries yet for the Kelsall rally this weekend which is fast getting a reputation as the alternative to Gaydon where all lorries are welcome whatever thair age and thus a fantastic spread across the industry with the cream of the show going to the REVS display of around 250 ERF vehicles or so I've been told as I lost count at about 6! We never thought that it would be worthwhile for sales as we had tried there before but for footage of the vehicles we got oodles, I'm downloading it at present, several volumes to follow early this week. It's our wedding anniversary on Wednesday but tomorrow is the only really free day we have so are going to Calke Abbey National Trust in Derbyshire for a day out. I'll get the DVDs edited from, Kelsall and listed well before we vanish off to Cyprus. I'll put the holiday settings on EBay and Amazon has to be suspended as there is no actual holiday setting.

The weather was very cloudy, sometimes windy and much cooler than yesterday which wasn't that warm to start with. It looks like being more of the same all this week. Just to think that 43 years ago we were just get ready for our wedding at Manchester Reg office and both had hair down to our waists. Thankfully mine is still there albeit white instead of black although Mandy says I'm thinning a bit, evidenced but plug hole stands found, I demand a recount though.

We are having a quick tea then catching the evening service at St Oswald's, I'm not there for three Sundays in a row but will have time to catch up with my opposite number Keith at the standing committee meeting at our house on Wednesday. Not a lot of order for DVDs so it won't take long to get them sorted before we go out tomorrow, I may give some of the plants a water as the rain hasn't developed into much and in sheltered places they probably need a drink. We fly out to Cyprus Saturday and I hope to have a few transport outings over the 10 days we are there. Several should be up to the north so I can hunt down the older types still in service there. Ex UK buses continu to flow to Cyprus with a lot of ex London bendy Mercs there, I hear some of the old ones in Malta are now burnt out. Here we go with the slide show all shots taken a few hours back at the ERF display.