WHAT BELGIUM LOST BOLTON GAINED ( AND LEIGH)

Whilst my back is still aching and I'm bent over with a couple of pain killers to kick start the day I can still get most jobs done although three days on my own around Belgium would have been optomistic. We loaded Mandy's car with piles of boxes and the old printer to go to the tip and then got the refill DVD stock in the van ready to slot in place at Heaton Park, everything will be there bang up to date, We got a bit more clutter sorted and I had a brainwave when I remembered that I have a projector for the computer and I needn't worry about how to operate the one at Plumley village hall so that's the pressure off that. I've topped up the water supply in the van for brews as well, Showbus isn't that far away, my sister Yvonne and Graham are coming up just after the Donington event.

The kitchen people finally rolled up with the missing shelves finally arrived from Germany and came round to measure them for cutting to size-yes still not finished. I decided that I needed to do a bit of filminmg to get my back used to it, can't let these things take control so I went up to Bolton, very friendly drivers and some interesting bits and pieces including Vision of Horwich formally UK Coachways, I think it's an ex Diamond route. All second hand deckers I saw three together in Bolton. Then I decided to go to Leigh which is a nightmare of a journey, I just needed 15 minutes to make up an hour of film with the Bolton footage. The place is so hard to get in to with thousands of traffic lights which are red for 10 minutes at a time. The bus station, well I've had problems there but none this time although it's not the easiest to get decent shots at but with Jim Stone and the bus way and new Stagecoach buses plus Warrington , Arriva et al it's quite a good spot for variety. By the time i got back it was nearly the back end of the afternoon, mowed lawns, fed plants in borders, fed birds, downloaded today's film and now I'm coming up ready for a rest, dripping it's so humid this afternoon. Phortos from Bolton/Leigh