BRISTOL FOR BUSES AND ST OSWALDS FOR MATS

Another early start although Mandy decided to stay at home and pass on the 5am start. It wasn't too bad a journey down, some of the M5 roadworks seem to be coming to an end , it had been shut through the night and had only just reopened. It was murky on the way down but the sky cleared as I arrived in Bristol in the rush hour but a little too much sun as it was low in the sky still after BST had started last weekend. I had a shock as the whole of the city centre was one giant building site with all the roads being worked on especially around the areas where I normally film , this wasn't helped by the sharp lighting. Eventually however it did mist over again and I did manage to get a film out of it although to start with i had considered abandoning the visit and moving on elsewhere. I had a bit of bother early on with a drug addict but other than that it was peaceful and friendly bus drivers.

Someone had suggested that I try and get buses on other routes on the 'other' side of town, I walked for ages trying to get all roads in and out but I'd looked last night and there is no map of city centre stops on the websites, no wonder with all the work going on. I had breakfast in M&S and then drove home, it had been about 16 degrees in Bristol, 12 at home, a very clear run back up. The access ramps had arrived so after getting sorted and had a brew we swapped the cars around again and went round to St Oswalds with the new rubber ramps which seemed to fit spot on and Mandy was able to get in and out on her own in the manual wheelchair, a bit of a rubber bridge across the top of the step and it will be job done. They weighed quite a bit and certainly won't move in action! Photos needless to say from Bristol this morning.

Shots of Dave and Mandy trying out the new access ramps at St Oswalds and the toilet floor goes in