Milton Keynes Marathon 2015

At the start of the MK Marathon

The MK Marathon takes place on the first bank holiday in May each year. 

In 2015 it was Monday the 4th of May.

As last year, we were used as the official start with the starter on the roof of the bus.   As soon as everyone had passed we decamped and moved a few hundred yards closer to the finish line.

One of the fun runners

The winner of the main race was a man who claimed he only started training on the Thursday before
and had been on a night out before the race.  I'm not sure how much I believe of this but that is what he said.

There where other races including a half marathon, a super hero race and a batton relay.



Also see..

Photos of the MK Marathon 
3CR at the Royal Wedding 
BBC 3CR
BBC Beds, Bucks and Herts

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The Royal Wedding 2011

April the 29th 2011. Not only was it Margaret's birthday but also the day of the Royal Wedding at Westminster Abbey.

H.R.H Prince William of Wales, K.G. married Miss Catherine Middleton.

It was an early start for my and John Reynolds as we headed into Hyde park for the party. The service was due to start at 11am however we were in the park by 4.30am.

Hyde park was where 3 large screens got put up so that 1000's of people could view the whole service and party. And Party they did. Over 100, 000 of them in Hyde Park alone.

It is estimated that over 2 billion people worldwide watched the wedding on TV. You never know 2 billion people could of seen the bus in the park.

BBC 3 Counties Radio and BBC London both came out to the bus to do a full show from Hyde Park as well as a stream for GNS to all stations and voxes being sent to all 40 stations. BBC Five Live also came along and used or bus too.

It was a manic day which ended with Gareth Roberts doing GNS 2 ways sat on the roof of the bus with people still partying around.

It was a great atmosphere and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
The bus really came into it's own here as John broadcast 4 live streams of audio at once and each could be crossed with any of the others if needed.

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Elections 2010

What would you do if you were Prime Minister?

On May the 6th 2010 Britain went to the polls to have there say in what the make-up of the new parliament would be. After 13 years of a Labour government there was a real feeling that the end of the road could be on the cards for Gordon Brown and his party.

It wasn't helped with bad performances at the new live TV debates and also Brown calling a voter a, “bigoted woman”.

However no one party won the election and the UK was left with a Tory/Lib collision.

For the weeks leading up to the election The BBC Bus was out in Dorset, Sunderland, Liverpool, Swindon and Luton.

We were asking people, “What would you do if you where Prime Minister?” And just like the outcome of the elections themselves, what we got where a lot of differing views. Click here to see some of the videos that we shot on the bus.

Also see.. BBC Tyne and Wear
                 BBC Dorset
                 BBC Meresyside
                 BBC Wiltshire
                 BBC Beds, Herts and Bucks

View...  How the Dorchester Youth would vote.

The Election Tour

BBC Dorset's Sue Paz talks about the elections.

Also from my blog  BBC Meresyside's Toy Appeal 2013
                                 Liverpool v Cardiff at Wembley

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Made in England

The BBC Bus is back and being used for Big BBC campains.

Over the last week I have been in MK finding out about what it is to be English!

The idea was to sing a new "english" song in Mk, get on a London Routemaster to Luton then by Train to London where the story was told all over again.

My photos are (From MK only) are at workphotos.adrianchenery.co.uk

From MK it was on to Birmingham for St Georges day in the square. A full filled day and loads of people to talk to.