MORE DIGITAL DOWNLOADS ON SHOP AND YET MORE TRUCKS

Regulars will know why we have just had a heavy bias on lorries, buses resume pre Covid levels of services in most of England from Monday 8th March and we shall be using all reasonable weather days to keep on top of the scene particularly in the interregnum between schools and non essential shops opening.

I've built a top to the stationary cupboard above the packing bench in the PMP office, I have also at last put a safety mirror screw in each the the display cabinets, that's the full length ones, I'll do similar with the shorter but longer diorama cabinets which I'm working on at the moment, I just want to get the backdrop in first then I'll publish photos as I progress, is anybody out there actually interested? I don't want to be chatting to myself now would I. I've almost moved all the model vehicles which had gone to the top diorama shelf and squeezed what I can into the shallow full length show cases even though this leaves quite a few 'out of order'. The big three appear in the second diorama which I'm working on. The building based on the new Derby bus station now hosts an epic array of Stagecoach buses, pity nothing on the horizon yet in the latest livery.

The top of the stationery cupboard was made from some spare hardboard, I set up the bench in the garden as it was dry and sunny, although only 5degC it felt better. We had quite a few DVD orders which went out Friday and now have a lot ready to post Monday and a few more came in the post today. The weather for the week ahead looks challenging for filming but I'll try and go where it is best, I need to get mt 'to do' list revised. I'm about to start getting the DVD covers done for the 7 truck DVDs released this week, then I'll park lorries for a while. No news update on the Go North West strike but if there are hints of anything greatly different I'll probably head to Bury end of their area.

Here we go I've deleted the dross from the photos of lorries this past week ready to do the DVD covers but it makes it easier to grab some for a slide show. I also need to update the Smug Mug stills site, remember we have nearly half a million still images available.