CONTINUING THE COVERAGE OF CHINA OVER PAST WEEKS

continuing the retro look with photos of our coverage around China continues with our visit to the one vehicle trolleybus line which operates in the Yangzhuang Meikuang area of Tai'an which we visited after leaving Beijing. Something of a system size shock I suppose. The good weather came back and we saw three decrepit old trolleys standing at the town end of the line run by the Shandong Energy Feicheng Mining Group. The coal was no longer being mined and it was down to maintenance and most miners had gone to work elsewhere. We though ourselves lucky to see it at all but were amazed when our guide found the old driver and discovered that there were still a few journeys carried out on the sole serviceable trolleybus. He agreed to slow down and also give a cab ride etc and after that we waited until an hour later when a slightly less co operative young lady phased by the cameras took it out. A very short run and now covered by frequent minibuses traveling a wider area and unlikely to remain active over its short run perhaps 1.5km. There was one more old trolley wreck in a nearby back yard but the old fellow who lived there was nervous about the pile of rubbish he's gathered around it.

I'm now working on the the garden at home on this bank holiday Monday with fine sunny warm weather, the back garden needs weeding like mad and I've again attempted to patch the front lawn and planted out the front bedding plants. The first DVD from the trip is nearly ready, just need to make the cover for Hong Kong island buses. ( lasts 90 minutes)