IT WAS ONLY CONCRETE ON THE FLOOR BUT....

In trepidation I went round to St Oswald's this morning between my myriad jobs to pick up my raincoat I'd left there yesterday after my third round of concrete acid removal and lo the wretched stuff was gone. We have clean tiles at last, no thanks at all to the contractor whose sloppy subbies trampled it all over the top surface. It was a rushed botched job and gave us a lot of grief. I didn't see any of them there today which they had promised with the lure of their outstanding cash dangling. Anyway all a bit last minute but that part is done, perhaps I'll even get the other bits and pieces in place tomorrow before the grand opening on Sunday morning. It's a shame that i'll miss it as I'll be heading down to Heathrow airport. I'm hoping that my camera arrives tomorrow, I'm almost packed although I've still got some bits to sort and until/if the camera arrives I can pack that or at worst take the old one with the scratched lens, you just have to juggle the ISO and speed etc to get rid of it on the image.

I had a whole bundle of DVD orders to clear first thing, Mandy is now at the helm downloading them for practice while I'm away.I mowed the lawns and did some strimming, got rid of some ants. A few bits of family admin to get through and looked at the dates I could walk to the Peak pilgrimage with Ged Coates, not that many days free really, I might see if I can get the stock in the van changed round ready for Lathalmond when I return from Ukraine. Still got things to do so here are some shots from Plymouth. Oh yes I did get the recent releases all on EBay and Amazon shops ( well except a few that Amazon keeps rejecting on EAN number problems). I also got the South West area DVD covers made, they are all available now. The clicks on our Youtube site have started to climb back up again, thanks to your efforts.

I've also done a favour job for my mate John down in Sussex, getting some photos off of 8mm cine film, the result isn't great but may do the job, chap lost his wife and wants a nice colour photo of her back in 1960. I've also copied some very interesting motor film, Brands Hatch CSMA day in 1968 plus others. I'll hopefully get them online at some stage. I also hope to recopy some of the early European tram cine material to test the market on EBay to help fund future trips.