FILMED AT CARLISLE FOR THE TRUCKS, WEATHER WRONG!

Even taking yesterday nights weather forecast from the BBC proved too early as despite the promise of clear sky for most of the day it turned out to be very much cloud and sun the hardest mix for exposure levels when filming other than 'auto' which is fine for static or very slow moving things but for speeding lorries you need to go to manual or speed sports settings which again are fine if everything stays roughly the same brightness. Anyway I battled on and there were some good periods of sun, on the way home north Lancs and Sth Lakes looked to have the best weather with diffused cloud but warm and bright, back in Cheshire at last a dry mild day but cloudy as ever. The bird seeds arrived and the feeders have all been topped up. The second computer corner table has arrived I'll assemble some time tomorrow but as we've got friend Sue arriving Friday we need to get the small bedroom painted and back to normal as upstairs is full of furniture and the contents of the great old family wardrobe.

As previously indicated I intend very shortly to delete the PMP Amazon shop, please use the PMP facuility on this site, UK buyers pay no postage at all and at present this extends to overseas although we may have to ammend that to a contribution. Amazon charge a fortune for postage and dictate the rates we should charge plus they charge us monthly for the shop, other than at Christmas we are lucky to break even even after the small numbers of orders. Most folk are happy to use our shop, the money goes straight to the PMP Film Archive a not for profit company. If you really want to go elsewhere there is also a PMP shop on Ebay but not everything is on it, I may try filling in the gaps although time is always at a premium.

We are going to start decorating the spare bedroom first thing tomorrow starting with the ceiling, then to spec savers to pick up Mandys new reading and driving glasses and get mine fixed, I've got three pairs but fell asleep on one lot on the plane coming back from asia in February and bent them! Then home to put on the darker wall paint and then the lighter asap before topping off with the glossing. Then we need to measure the old carpet against the new one sitting in the new showroom and using the old one as a template on the drive cut the new one to somewhere near the right size before I fit it. Somewhere along the line I'd like to get the new computer table assembled and put in place but that takes the best part of an hour to assemble and then sorting all the cables and the two computers out will be fun. This leaves us still with a lot of odds and ends seeking a home. Photos from this morning at Carlisle.