CONTACT AT LAST WITH 'JOHN' IN GUANGZHOU, CHINA

Great to have contact today with China John in Guangzhou, he and his family are all well and life in Canton is almost back to normal. He has only managed to get one factory to produce the model and variants shown of the trolleybuses, same story even for Chinese, no capacity, too much detail, not enough required etc. My last meeting with John and the Guangzhou bus club was in Hong Kong, now information even from HK and Taiwan is very limited in China. Anyone who has followed our various adventures in China may have read about our meetings and exploration of Guangzhou and even encountering the first privately preserved bus in China. Little 'Penny' has grown a lot, fingers crossed that John and family will one day be able to make their oft postponed trip to Britain.

I have now listed the new DVD releases on the PMP shop and all the DVD orders are ready to post tomorrow. We go down to Hampshire for another family wedding on Thursday returning Monday, weather permitting we may get visits to Portsmouth, Reading etc. I'm also hoping on this Mon or Tues to get some local lorry filming done.

Meanwhile here are some more shots from last weeks trip, following on from Chelmsford and Grays was a rare trip to Basildon. From a Northern perspective it is reassuring to find Essex near to London has such poverty and run down towns. Harlow, Basildon, Clacton, Southend etc.