Yet another hectic day, no wonder the blood pressure check isn't looking that brilliant. Clear blue sky and a frost greeted us this morning. We swapped around cars so that I could get away to Manchester, got there at tail end of the rush hour but thankfully most of the meters were empty and a got a parking spot just a few yards from the Chinese visa office which has been split off from the main consulate building just off curry mile. The doors weren't open to the office block, finally managed to get through on the intercom and got in only to have similar problems with the lift which jammed up, worried looks between passengers then it jolted into action. I was first in queue but being a gentleman let lady through door first who then became No1 to collect only she had problems, no more Mr nice guy next time, anyway shared the incident with nice young lady at counter who very gently lifted £151 off me as China now issues everyone like it or not with multi entry 3 year visa which costs nearly three times a single entry which was all that I required, also gives a prompt to people who want to get value for money going back again, hmm perhaps not. Well That was stage one of the morning done. Next it was to Trafford park Europort which I had promised for the truck fans out there, no hassles other than whinging prat from Maritime yard, always get one everywhere and more often in fact always not a driver who of course wavem flash and toot their greetings. Lots of pain jobs, classic trucks in regular use and a real good mix of operators including a few Stobbies of course. The sun shone almost continually and as it slowed down at lunch time I finished off the last few minutes at the roundabout off the Trafford Centre road which is entry point for a lot of the lorries. Just another couple of sectors to sniff around in future but handy enough. Got home just as Mandy came back, chased up bookings for meals at Brodsky restaurant at RNCM, we are there Saturday night for the st Davids Day concert which is actually a couple of days early. I've got todays film edited and the DVD orders ready to post tomorrow morning. It looks like being yet another ultra clear sunny day and thinking of heading down to the bottom of the A483 to the truck stop roundabout and see how I get on there, it will be two new truck locations in one week. I'm keeping an eye on next weeks weather as we prepare for our London bus filming trip. Meanwhile shots earlier today at Manchester Europort. Comments are closed.
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