BUSES AT READING AND OXFORD TOMORROW

A very busy day although I haven't an awful lot to offer as yet but the work on uploading all the Maidstone archives has been completed and I'm hoping to get it all edited for another in our exciting new series of Bus Spot Ultras which have attracted a lot of interest. Also proving popular are the many hours of film we took in Singapore last month, I guess the existence of UK companies has accelerated interest in what at the moment is a country in transport transition one day they will all be lime green and similar but offer lots of variety at present. I'm sure Hong Kong will feature on my list in the not too distant future. For the moment my Russian trip in May is going ahead and with luck all the discord will die down and I'll be able to keep my head down and get some great shots of the enormous tram and trolleybus fleets in St Petersburg and Moscow which I've filmed in before but not for a long time and so much has changed.

Tomorrow I'll be up very early and heading down to Oxford where with good road conditions permitting I'll be there for the morning rush hour. I may have to take the park & ride, I can't recall where there is parking but I know roughly where to head, normally Mandy is with me and we use the disabled spots outside the museum. The church heating took up a good bit of the morning plus we dropped the PMP van off for it's service so all checked out ready for Detling where our Bus Spot Ultra Maidstone will be launched and we'll have plenty of copies. I need to get the stock loaded back into the van now that the serving is complete.

The boiler at St Oswalds is taking a while to get parts for, we've a funeral tomorrow but Ged Coates of transport fame has loaned us an industrial blow heater to take the edge off for the service. The fuel company that delivered the wrong fuel is now getting twitchy as the likely cost of repairs is heading up towards a grand. We've just had a few minutes catching up with TV programmes, it's been hectic and tonight my ministry course is on at Chester, the end is in sight though. I'm busy reading for the penultimate and largest exercise to date from the course. I need to sit down with Mandy and review the accommodation in Reunion for our autumn trip this coming November which will also take in Madagascar. I'm still looking for a window in the filming schedule to get cracking on the British lorry scene, it will happen once those clouds so useful for buses unfold and the sun that suits truck locations appears along with the rest of spring which we are sadly lacking with the bitter cold and ice. What then can I ofer this evening, perhaps another dip into the archive with Oxford as I'll be these tomorrow.