June 03rd, 2018

It was a perfect day for the North West Vehicle Restoration Trust's annual running and open day fronm their premises near Kirkby on Merseyside. The sky was nearly cloudless throughout the event which was as usual very friendly with a minimum of marshaling and yellow vests. The event programme was just £4 and served as the enrtrance fee although those using the free bus service were as usual invited to contribute to the vehicles upkeep through contribution on exiting the bus. There was a fine spread of buses covering the Atlantean./Olympean era .

The highlight was the launch of the restored Ribble White Lay which proved a great attraction and on it's first public run has to be duplicated with National 1000 as the Atlantean was full to capacity. It was fantastic to be there free of any responsibilities other than enjoying myself and making the film to share with hobbyists worldwide on the PMP Youtube channel. It was as ever difficult to get everything right with my eyesight beuing skewed. The double vision resulting from the small stroke six weeks ago say my launch plummet to the ground as I attempted to put it on the table buy chose the wrong image! It was a shame that there weren't any half cabs operating in service showing how domininated some shows are by the youngsters who now have the energy and resources to get these relatively 'new' buses on the road. Here are some shots from today's event at Kirkby.