SURPRISE IT WAS STRATFORD AND LEAMINGTON TODAY

A last minute loom at the weather before bed showed Newcastle as bright sunshine whilst Leamington was going to be cloudy so we changed our destination but got another two ticks off our to do list. Tonight I've concentrated on finishing the 2 hour marathon Bus Spot Ultra Manchester which has taken quite some effort to compile but I'm pleased with the result. I've now got six DVDs to edit and the cover for Manchester plus the other six but tomorrow I must have a final run through the Youtube clips and double check that there is nothing left from the cine archive which seems to have been the cause of losing thousands of pounds this couple of months, I think i can resubmit either Friday or Saturday, it will be USA time, can't express my true feelings for the Youtube organisation and the bully boys who claim the BBC sound archive as their own when we purchased as new with the licence which came with it. Still there is little point arguing they like all the other US companies are an absolute lay unto themselves and I've no energy to do battle, they speak a different version of our language and have faces both sides of their heads.

We had a really good day at Stratford upon Avon and Leamington. It was Mop Fair week at Stratford, traffic gridlocked around the temporary bus stops but some nice slow passes on film , more than I've usually got, Johnsons deckers are now on the Park & Ride and other services having I understand stopped the Birmingham run, perhaps people there shop at Coventry or Warwick not Brum. Friendly divers at Stratford, not like the one with the independents on schools contracts who had an absolute hissy fit after I filmed their bus! National Express have a decker in Stratford Blue livery, I hadn't seen that one advertised before so it was a great surprise almost the first buas I filmed in Leamington. Had an enormous caramel chocolate ice cream sundae instead of afternoon tea in Stratford, I also got stills of the fun fair wagons albeit some parked very tightly. But as promised here is a selection of unedited shots from yesterday at Newark.