HARD SLOG IN CUMBRIA WILL HAVE TO RETURN TO COMPLETE

I think we'll ditch Barrow on the next round of Cumbrian coverage, services seem to have dropped to little above starvation level and we had hassle with local over filming there this follows threats from Stagecoach driver last time, I must say the drivers were 100% friendly this time just the locals but then living in Barrow would I suppose send anyone round the bend. The traffic on the long slog up to Whitehaven was horrendous and really messed up the day. Whitehaven goes from strength to strength and in the sunshine must rank as one of the most improved towns as now comes over as a quaint seaside port town and bus content and frequency enhanced by Reays services.

Next we went up to Workington, it didn't seem as busy as when we used to visit on a Saturday but the sun was still shining, then another slow run up to Carlisle and the sun was already too low with sun and shadow making filming futile so I gave up but stopped off in Penrith to look at their bus station as I couldn't ever remember filming there, it is very open aspect only problem lovely facility, nice stops, nice info on old local operator problem is lack of buses 5pm a ghost town, ok to be honest one Stagecoach came through spot on time as well. Anyway reminds us that the Easter Cumbrian event with buses and lorries is one over Easter when we used to cover Scotland so if the weather is kind we may make a visit. I need to go to say Kendal and finish off the Cumbrian film which can easily be combined with a truck visit should some more sunny weather come our way. We have a family event in Midlands on Saturday so perhaps I'll combine that with a visit in the morning.