Film Visits
Wakefield Saturday 30th Sept.
I very neatly arrived at 9 am and finished a nice film sequence of just over 30 minutes by 10.15 and then left, therefore avoiding (unknowingly) the last Olympian running day! Still got plenty of up-to-date stuff, a cloudless sky and encouraged to head down to Barnsley to see Stagecoach Tracky. There was one photographer there who scuppered away when I approached to say hello, a typical reaction, must be my two heads or the loneliness and secretiveness of bus spotters.
Barnsley. Sat 30th September For once a quiet visit with friendly crews and so much bus interest it was over the top. Stagecoach in a hundred different liveries (well almost). The bus station is being rebuilt and I had the satisfaction of standing in the old entrance/exit which is fenced off and gave some great nearside shots and no-one there to pounce on me.
Huddersfield. Sat 30th Sept.
I was heading for Doncaster but it clouded over so diverted to Huddersfield where it quite fortunately turned out sunny again, lots of new buses and again no hassle although it wouldn’t be my favourite place on a Saturday to visit in general. Again other enthusiasts about but only one actually talked, isn’t it hard work.
Birkenhead Sun 1st Oct.
The Wirral Tram and Bus show was a great day with much larger crowds than normal, more visiting buses than ever and good weather up to lunch time, after which it rained. A great days trading for PMP, a lot of books shifted and plenty of the latest DVDs went. The trams looked well, lots of interest in them.
TONY PEART
We were sad to learn on Sunday of Tony Peart's death through colon cancer, we visited his barn with buses and I think a horsebox in the early 1970s and of course he attended rallies since Adam were a lad, also a railway enthusiast and a teacher, another era passes.
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