BGI Blog - September 2008

29-09-08 Only 4 days to go …

Only another 4 days to go now till our first outing with the bus and it feels like we're doing one of those changing room' programmes you see on TV. More →

23-09-08 Yesterday was ‘Re-licensing and MOT day’ for the bus!

I went over to meet Andy and Mike the Sparky at Shobdon, near Leominster, where the bus is having its last few weeks of refitting. Mike had taken the day off work and came over from Cheltenham with some trade plates so that he could drive the bus to and from its test for us. More →

21-09-08 A visit to a local food fair

I've just spent the day at a local food fair at ‘The Fold', near Malvern. More →

21-09-08 Latest Pictures from the Bus

Pictures of the latest progress on the bus. More →

13-09-08 Soggy Exeter Green Fair!

BGI member Anne-Christine was at the Exeter Green Fair which took place Saturday 6th September. More →

13-09-08 Aarati - a retrospective

BGI member Salena visited the Aarati Festival of Light at Lanhydrock, Cornwall recently. More →

10-09-08 Things are hotting up!

Things are starting to hot up as we approach the deadline for our first event! It’s quite scary when I look at how many things we still need to do to get the bus finished and on the road but there’s nothing like a bit of pressure to get focused. More →

07-09-08 Soil Association’s Organic Fair

I’ve just come back from the Soil Association’s Organic Fair in Bristol. I met some great people and tasted lots of great organic food…as well as finding all kinds of interesting things to fill up our cupboards on the bus! More →

06-09-08 Too much rain!

Unfortunately the weather has been against us this week. The bus is no longer being worked on undercover and it’s been impossible to get anything done in this rain. More →

04-09-08 Bus progress update

The bus conversion is coming on in leaps and bounds now. We’re making final decisions about where to mount the solar PV panels this week and the wind turbine should be attached by mid September. More →