We were sad to leave the old school house at comber where we had been very well looked after for three nights. The weather forecast had warned of light rain showers which actually turned out to be moderate snow or hail and it was near freezing. As I'd already managed to cover the buses in Belfast on Friday afternoon I concentrated once note on lorries and to start with the weather wasn't that much of an issue, the first hour was almost all in sunshine before going down hill. We were pretty well on schedule when I caught up with Mandy back at the pmp van and we spent a while getting onto the correct road for the ferry but found it in the end and had a cuppa at the port before boarding. We settled down into the stena plus lounge then the electric went off while many was in the loos, thankfully the doors defaulted to open and the emergency generators kicked in. We were an hour late getting under way and this was already a tight journey. We needed up the south Ayrshire coast which we never seen before good truck filming territory should Scotland ever make its peace with us in the future. The weather went worse and worse as we headed north plummeting to zero and eventually blizzard conditions with the roads not gritted or salted at all, thankfully there was little traffic and we finally got to the first house on the outskirts of Oban near eleven pm. Goodness knows what will happen, the earthquake in Nepal could have struck Oban and done us all a favour but no such luck.

poldark rubbish on the television as we come to the end of a relaxing day in northerb ireland on a day which often threatened rain but hardky dekuveted, the temperature may have hovered hardly above freezing but it was mosrly sunny. We git up very late for us and has a traditional ulster fry  which included delicius thick bacon and yummy suasages and the tastuest egg id had for many along day. We had alresdy planned our itinarary with the argory and ardress house two nt properaties cliseby only an hour fronnthe wonderful old schoolghouse near comber in co down which is thecoubty of mandys natural father. It was a most relaxing day which riughly translated means that mandy didvthe driving and i did the sleeping at every opportunity. It has been a marvellous plave to stay and the nt properties were both delightgful with the argory having avictorian weejend with staff acting out the parts of servants guiding you around the house by far thebest being the washerwoman at the end who scares the wits out of most of the visitors with her sharo tongue, actualky very wekl acted and brought it all to life alyhough in typical fashion the timing of the cafe etc had gone to pot as they tried to fit innthe victorian afyernoon teas and all the acting and it was down to a coffee machine at adress house an ancient ulster settlets pool lantation house much rebuilt in pallafium stylr. We called in ata few beauty spots along strangdotd loough on our eay bavk. Lost out on some ebay bidsbut i refuse to pay silly money however mote obsvure film loxations go for a song and we have a mass of folms awaiting copyinh. Tomorrow oncemote into belfast for some mote truck film and then sail back to the s plave ready for court on oban on titssfay morning.

Weebly is messing about again this evening the latest version if their app is pretty rubbish and it just crashes out and you lose everything you've typed. We had a great meal last night where we are staying at the old school house near comber. We declined breakfast this morning as we thought we should have an early start getting to the museum which was about thirty minutes away. We hadn't reckoned on northern Irish time which meant we were the only ones there for quite some time this morning. The day started of dull wet and breezy and freezing cold.we got the sales stand up with minimal problems and shrouded ourselves in the tarpaulins to keep everything dry. We met lots of people for the first time and a lot that often come over to the English rallies. Two bus owners found pictures I'd taken circa 1980 of their actual buses and another spotted a friend who was at the stand driving that year.. When the buses started arriving they seemed to go on for quite a wheel and certainly a lot that I'd never seen before although there were some that were expected which didn't make it including one from the south no mean feat sorting out a breakdown on a preserved bus. We had a better days trading than Mandy did at Cobham last week although the expenses getting here wipe out any profit.the weather faired up as the morning went on albeit still cold at least its warm in our digs. There a small lounge with tea and coffee making and biscuits near our room which is spacious and warm forgive going on about warmth but it seems very important with the bitter wind, chance of snow on Monday in Belfast although it could be sunny again.I though the turnout today was pretty good and it included  a lot of our friends from the potteries who cane in a Beresford's bus. The pops rally goes ahead at the stoke brittania stadium again this year its only a few weeks away. When we drove to the rally there were election banners for the greens ukip and conservatives it was strange to think we were actually I. Northern Ireland.

Clickwe set off this morning from Stranraer in Scotland and had a very good crossing  over a mist but mill pond of a sea across to Belfast with a very quiet stena plus lounge almost to ourselves. The inn where we stayed was very quiet and did what was required although a bit on the chilly side. We were so in parked up in Belfast  city centre th. Which was handy for Mandy to get to the shops and she certainly did her bit to boost the local economy this morning. As the mist cleared the sun came out and it was quite warm right through to lunch time and I managed to get two superb hours of the trucks at my favourite Belfast truck film spot then met up with Mandy and had a brew and bakewell tart in marks and spencers then just in case it isn't so good Monday filmed the buses and spotted one of their Brant new look deckers perhaps it will be at the rally tomorrow, the forecast isn't brilliant but fingers crossed , not sure what time everyone starts to roll up but I think breakfast here will be too late, its a restaurant with rooms near comber just on strabgford lough. At least we only have a few steps to dinner this evening. Time seems to have flown. I got a reply from the Scotland independent police enquiry board and surprise surpirise my complaint about the police incident at the commonwealth games wasn't recorded and all that on their special hate crime registration page. The whole thing has developed into an enormous cover up thankfully the matter is already known to mi5 which will give them all a shock. Our anger seems to rise with each passing minute having got mixed up with such horrendous people and the SNP nationalist bitch as the arbitor of last resort. Looking forward to dinner tonight, if tomorrow is wet well snow is a possible for Sunday but on the plus side Monday should be better again . I hope lits of you manage to get along to cultra museum tomorrow where we have a huge amount of Irish material plus half the pmp DVD stock overseas for the first time.

 the weebly app seems to have changed and of course i had all the triuble with the email while i was in mexico, at leastit is working almost correctly which is something. It was another day of blue sky and very warm, i got back home and we had dinner before we set off. Its a long drive all the way up to stranraer and not a journey that id want to do very often. I drove first then handed over to mandy as i was tired, i hadn,t slept much last night. The scenery was great even if it was scotland and we are tucked up in our little cabinat the rear of an inn in town only a few mins drive to cairnryan in the morning for the early stena crossing to belfast. I,m going to do the trucks in the afternoon and then we are staying three nights at a restaurant with rooms on the loch across from our usual spot but we wanted to have easy access to food and the last couple of times we have struggked to get anything good quality. The rally is on saturday and we look forwardsto meeting lots of you at cultramuseum.