EDITING SCANNING FILING PHOTOS WASHING CARS SUNBATHING

As we teeter to the end of our summer and what will probably be a May etched in our memory forever it was the now familiar round of domestic and transport tasks with the added luxury of sunshine and heat. I got the overnight DVD orders more or less sorted and then spent the rest of the morning up ladders and on the roof cleaning the fascia boards , gutters etc , not unpleasant in the sunshine. After lunch I got all the PMP fleet cleaned and polished and then around 3.30pm I finally sat down and added to the moneys worth we have got out of our new garden bench/seats.  In between I've been diving indoors to swap around scanned cine films and DVD masters which I've edited and burnt to disc. I think we have Sunday and Monday and perhaps Tuesday morning left before it becomes cooler and less sunny. I've been looking at bus operator web sites, I think the bottom line is that while services increase a bit on Monday they are still subsidised and supported by government. I will get to Birkenhead as scheduled perhaps elsewhere next week but I'm reluctant to go too far without a substantial service going on to record.

I've got one more DVD from the Shropshire trip and two of Manchester left to prepare, then it will be covers to make. I have though added them to the list of DVDs and put that on the shop front page. So lots to do and it has been a lovely day even stopping for lunch which is normally a piece of cake has not become pate, cheese, crackers, M&S Eccles cake. No wonder we've put on weight, not sure if I'll be able to lose it again. I am mindful that I have promised another Bus Spot Ultra and the Iberian trolleybuses plus a history of one of the bus groups which itself is mammoth as they have some of the most involved ancestry you could imagine with the NBC break up and municipal sales into all manner of businesses and combined ownership none of which seems easy to put together without writing a book first as a script. Photos tonight from the last of the Shropshire albums last week.