28th October

So it is now dark by 6pm, the nights are setting, it is only a few days before Halloween, which means once this is over then the shops are ready to promote the dreaded C word. Stars and snowmen will dangle from the ceilings of the shops, and the music will take on a christmassy theme. Shops will start to stay open later, the adverts have already begun to promote it, with the buy this buy that, the count down is on, and I absolutely hate it. The consumerists have really taken over this event.

I suppose you have 10 weeks of build up, then you get to Christmas Day, and by 5pm, when it has got dark, you are watching the highly repeated christmas special of Only fools and horses, for the umpteenth time, and you think, what the bloody hell was all this about. You crack open another can of beer, because face it the pubs are shut, and there is nothing else to do and you settle down to Harry Hills you've been Framed christmas accidents and cockups special, with the video of a christmas tree falling on a toddler, and the cat electrocuting itself on the christmas lights.

This time of year can be quite cosy, but it means that the long summer days of open road motoring are over. At this time of year I dont really want to wander too far away, so I am more than happy to do local work. Well with the Leopard now being undercover means I can get on with a bit of work on the bus, although Most work will be carried out in the spring,when the weather brightens up. My other winter projects for this year, will be to sort some photos for copying, which I can sell on and make some money for the bus, I also want to get on with writing more of my life story, maybe research some members of the family. This blog is on going project, oh yes there is the website too, which will be up and running by the end of the year, I promise.

So I have a busy winter ahead of me. It is a case of watch this space.