I've always been a fan of the Routemaster buses. One of my earliest memories was getting a bus into London with my Mum. Climbing on the back made travelling a pleasure, and meant that when traffic was terrible (as it often is in this city), you can jump off easily. And the new bendy buses, as everyone agrees, suck.

So I was up for it, and went out filming for that last week. I shot about two hours of digital footage - all of which I decided to bin when I got the lovely Super 8 back. It just has that look to it, which suited the nostalgic feel perfectly.

It was my writer friend Emma Davis who suggested the first person aspect that then became the poem which I wrote. I wanted a good, old London voice to be the voice of the bus, and so George Cole seemed like the perfect choice.

I rang his agent, sent across the poem, and he very kindly agreed to do it for a bottle of Macallan. We recorded the voiceover at Metropolis studios (many thanks to everyone there), and I managed to get it in for the deadline on 20th January. I did ask Sid to do some music, but George's voiceover sounded so good on it's own that I ended up not using it.

The Farewell Routemaster Film Night was held at the Brixton Ritzy on Tuesday 7th February to a sell out crowd of 350 bus and film nuts. An excellent animation, 'Bus Kong' ended up taking the £500 cash prize, but everyone seemed to enjoy my short, and Jane has plans afoot to distribute all the films in the future, so watch this space...

Check out the website: www.farewellroutemaster.co.uk