ANOTHER GAYDON TRUCK FLOP

I think instead of getting up at 5.15 this morning we should have slept on after all I had had a really good nights sleep albeit with one of the new set of pills reluctantly dished out by Tate at Holmes Chapel Health Centre. There aren't really any plus sides to the day as we got down to Gaydon through the pouring rain the motorway shut behind us and thankfully did reopen later on for out return. The weather forecast was way off the mark and far from dry there were showers on and off all day, as I couldnt get up to put the metal stand up we relied on paste tables etc which weren't much use with the weather doing its own thing plus the temperature was way down more like February than September. I'm not sure how this event was badged, perhaps classic truck show anyway it was anything from 60s to date which seemed more like a stab at truckfest only much smaller. I did get the video out for the first time since the knee replacement but there wasn't much if anything I was going to risk my future mobility on getting it too swollen and sore so I think I got around 20 minutes which I'll pop on to my Youtube channel. With a final downpour we struggled to get packed up and away but thankfully were home before 6pm and had simple flans and baked beans we can pig out on roast chicken tomorrow. I'll get that film sorted and loaded on if I get time tonight.

Mandy did well with her EBay uploads to auction with I think 5 out of 8 handbags sold although only 1 got a good price the rest can't have been serious competitors against each other but then I am not when bidding on films if not I bargain they have to be mouth watering to be of interest. There were a few of the rare booklet publications sold which has bolstered the funds, come to think of it we could have stayed at home, laid in bed, pottered down at 10am got a load on EBay sold a lot and sat back rather than going to Gaydon. This is our last attempt at Truck lorry events as far as selling, in future I'll just go as a punter although at £15 a day Gaydon seemed very steep for what was on show, the car museum is always changing its displays and really warrants a look around. I've got some stills from this morning so you'll get a flavour of content and age profile, a lot of them were poorly parked for photography although people getting in the way were hardly a problem there were so few there. Only thing now is what to do with the truck DVD sales stock we have put together, probably advertise a sale in the next classic commercial and vintage vetran or whatever its called, come to think of which they were opposite us almost and never even spoke which sums the magazine types up quite well Ian Allan were like that.

As related last night the big project this week is my central southern regional bus archive and best ever Reading Buses and Trolleys.