PROFUSE APOLOGIES FROM NATIONAL EXPRESS DUNDEE

Still no news o Mandy's urgent lung CT scan, really until we hear from the hospital we can't do more than a day out at a time other then weekends. This coming Sunday it's Heaton Park rally in Manchester, we'll be there with all our recent DVDs and a selection of stock clearance items at four for £20. I got a letter from Explore Dundee aka National Express, profuse unambiguous apologies and the incident with the driver has been taken through their disciplinary procedure. It's good that they take a similar stance to Stagecoach on such matters, this time it wasn't a foreign driver, they don't have so much to say for themselves after Brexit vote. It was a Scottish chap but me nor anybody else could actually hear what he said, only guess it was also a bit blowy that day but again full marks for the company for getting straight to the point and sorting it. That of course still leaves a few with their right wing proto terrorist agitators in particular West Coast Motors- I wonder if they have ever cleared their decks of those undesirables. The shame of it they fit in perfectly with the Scottish National Socialists, they were whipping up the frenzy at Dundee when I was their Lathalmond weekend, I guess they will be having their own Nuremberg style rallies with dear fishy leaders.

Today I was going to Stobarts port at Widnes but it was throwing it down first thing so went to Lancaster and filmed the buses until it then went sunny and it became impossible to film, after which I headed up to Penrith, a great time at my favourite spot by the fire station on the A66 roundabout but signs about rebuilding the road and giants cones all around didn't look good, don't let another favourite spot go to the wind. It was nearly a clear sunny sky but then early afternoon the cloud became thicker, neither sun no cloud, hard to get the exposure right so gave up and it will be an extra long running film. I need to do something to put with the Lancaster bus film in the morning. A lot of editing then and tomorrow ( or Friday) we are going to Aberystwyth which has changed completely since we were last there, if there is time we'll go on down to Cardigan but its a long way on small roads. A kind gent at Lancaster offered me his office window above my corner spot to get an aerial view, I thanked him very profusely but stopped down below as it isn't an easy spot at the best of times. He however scores an immense number of bonus marks for Lancaster! Not so Penrityh, great A66 but the town, what a lot of rip off places, the garage charged as much as motorway prices for fuel and the cafes offer poor value and little to tempt. Photos from yesterday at St Helens.