HOBBLING AROUND BUMPF FOR OPERATION HAS ARRIVED

Another warm day and the further south you go the hotter it gets I bet that London was up near 30 once more. Anyway I've been struggling around on the knee which doesn't really lend itself to walking although standing still on a spot isn't that much trouble. We've got some superb footage from Coventry to bring you on a very long running DVD which will also include a brief visit to Rugby and then Stratford upon Avon. Coventry was very interesting with the new National Express deckers on the Birmingham airport run and there were also some equally old Mercedes still kicking about. Stagecoach also varies like mad from ancient to not so old and on between the other Warwickshire fleets from smaller groups and companies. Coventry produced a very friendly squad of drivers, great weather and lots to see.

Rugby is best forgotten, I couldn't really think of anything positive to say and it really makes me glasd that I haven't wasted time on the place for many a long year, gone are the Warwickshire independents of long ago and mainly Stagecoach with buses running in from all directions including Northampton.

Stratford upon Avon, not so much activity there as would be on a Saturday which in school term time surprised me and nothing new since out last visit although Johnsons give it a unique bus flavour and adds variety. Again the weather was great down there and even if the vening rush hour traffic is fierce we'd never seen the toll road so busy it was up north on the M6 where it all eventually ground to a halt, we came off at the turn off with the new roundabout at Sandbach which is supposed to ease the problems on the slip road although surprise not it didn't it seemed as bad as ever and a total waste of money. I'll get the Warwickshire DVD ready tonight and hopefully clips on Youtube, it last forever but hopefully it will just fit the limit. Photos needless to say from Warwickshire and tomorrow we shall be out and about with the camera heading down to Luton and Milton Keynes. We hope to cover some London destination on our way to the Southern rallies and know we are now overdue to do Romford, Stratford etc but once retired and my knee recovered we can concentrate on these things. Sorry Weebly just won't upload photos this evening!