Good evening to our regulars and those popping by tempted by our eclectic life and hobbies. Today I had a prompt although not unsociable start and pottered off in the direction of Shrewsbury where I arrived quite promptly with time to get some footage at the bus station and managed to get parked in the outside car park in preference of the dreaded multi story, thankfully the bus station also has the necessary facilities which an oldie like me requires after a lengthy drive after breakfast, enough said then. It is quite strange at Shrewsbury where the man bus operator is German railways DB owned Arriva looks down at heel with elderly buses and few in the latest livery, the drivers though were very friendly which is always appreciated. I copped four independents and a couple of N Express services then it was time to head out of the centre and find Peter's house thankfully made so much easier with one of my rare concessions to latest technology namely the Tom Tom albeit not updated since we purchased it many years ago but quite handy warning of Dick Turpin and turnpike roads as it does. Peter and I retired to a local pub which had great beer and such low prices it makes us weep here in Cheshire. We discussed many subjects and had a thoroughly pleasant lunch and even managed to get round to the business in hand, that is putting the PMP Film Archive cine into storage with OTA. Peter is custodian of the archive which moved from Surrey to Shropshire a few years back. In mid April I'll meet up with Peter again and collect some of there deposited bus films and make these available for viewing and help the archives get more material stored digitally so there is less need to resort to the original media. Not too much to get ready be way of DVD orders tonight so I'll perhaps make a start on our next Bus Spot Ultra production, still no quotes from either builder re the conversion of the garage to a showroom for my model vehicle collection. On the way to Shropshire by a route I don't normally follow I spotted at least three potential lorry filming locations. Here are some shots from this morning. Given the weather outlook it looks like Cardiff and Newport tomorrow. Comments are closed.
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