Davies Int. Southampton. With photos

[wrighty]

Hiya Wrighty last time I was down that rd at the Bt site there was a pub at the end of the road iirc

Evening Dan

Yeh only problem is I'm now locked in the site, which is being patrolled by two mean looking German Shepherds... A tinny out of mi fridge now.

Cheers Wrighty.

[wrighty]

Hi wrighty, camped up at Leeming Bar couple of times last year and this lot were running daylight to dark, empty into Leeming Bar(somewhere) and loaded out, two possibly three of them and not hanging about either.
Oily

Evening Oily

Those outfits are run by Metcalfes of Silver hill fm at Colburn, they take waste out of an ice cream factory on Leeming Bar ind est. I used to take milk and skim in there when I was on for S J Bargh.

Cheers Wrighty.

[wrighty]

Hi Wrighty...
The auction site wouldn’t be Brightwells would it?

Evening Balders

Yes I'm at Brightwells site, loading a tractor and a gaitor in the morning for scotch, for some reason they are not allowed any vehicle movements after 4.30pm. It's going to be a long night....

Cheers Wrighty.

[wrighty]

Wrighty you make me tired just listening to what you cram into a day, let alone doing it. Took five Angus heifers to Salisbury market today which came with some steers bought as a bunch, only want steers and the TB date was getting close to running out so they had to go, never lost money sept for a bit of commission but it made the steers cheaper that were in the bunch, cheers Buzzer.

Evening Buzzer

We had 5 bulls and 4 heifers in Leyburn on Friday, bulls topped at £1020 and the heifers got to £890 no too bad for 8 to 9 months old, It won't be in the bank long before it's buying more grub...

Cheers Wrighty.

[Baldrick1953]

Hi Wrighty...
Brightwells was an old haunt of mine when I used to deal in antiques back in the 90’s
Nice people to deal with and a great bacon buttie on sale days...
Kate Bliss who does a lot of tv shows now was a trainee valuer there at the time , and very pleasant she was to look at too

[Buzzer]

Roger & Matt heading for the South of France, 5th coffee break, cheers Buzzer.

[DEANB]

Roger & Matt heading for the South of France, 5th coffee break, cheers Buzzer.

Sounds like they are on holiday Buzzer 5th coffee break !

Paul caught this one.

[Buzzer]

Roger & Matt heading for the South of France, 5th coffee break, cheers Buzzer.

Sounds like they are on holiday Buzzer 5th coffee break !

Paul caught this one.

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Thanks for the pic Dean must be one of our trailers that was sold as destriped, in Tracy Island today saw one trailer we kept and it is 13yo and don't look out of place to the new ones, Buzzer.

[Bewick]

Politics update Buzzer, apparently a row has broken out locally because the five (out of six) Conservative M P's from Cumbria have had a meeting in Westminster and excluded the sixth Cumbria MP the Lib Dem Farron who unfortunately is MP for South Cumbria where I live. Farron is not very happy and he can't understand why he was excluded as apparently when there was a mixture of three Labour,two Conservative and one Lib Dem they all got on well and had regular meets ! But Farron reckons that when Rory Stewart ( Con MP for Penrith & Borders) crossed swords with Boris he got blown out and that was a disaster according to Farron but I thought it was great Farron's also spouting about why he should be at the centre of activities as he is the Committee Chair for Upland Farms !!!! He's a [zb] Veggie FFS ! Anyway I couldn't keep a straight face listening to his bleating on the local radio---- what a [zb] that man is ! Cheers Dennis.

[Buzzer]

Dennis I don't know your man Farron but he sounds a bit of a J. Arthur don't you do country sports up your end then perhaps a stray shot or two would put it right, cheers Buzzer

[oiltreader]

Hey Buzzer, on the farming front across the Channel I like this https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/0 ... nshrining/
Oily

[Buzzer]

Oily heritage concerns, last night I watched Ed Balls in the Netherlands on BBC2 and a feature about there custom of Black Peter who assists Santa Clause now that would never happen here as it would be classed as racist but there its been the custom for men to black there faces in the name of that tradition and they are protecting that right as part of there Dutch heritage.

Wrighty when Alice wants to redo the kitchen below is pictured the very latest in farm house kitchen down lighting what do you think, Buzzer

[oiltreader]

Oily heritage concerns, last night I watched Ed Balls in the Netherlands on BBC2 and a feature about there custom of Black Peter who assists Santa Clause now that would never happen here as it would be classed as racist but there its been the custom for men to black there faces in the name of that tradition and they are protecting that right as part of there Dutch heritage.

Wrighty when Alice wants to redo the kitchen below is pictured the very latest in farm house kitchen down lighting what do you think, Buzzer

That's mooed lighting Buzzer

[DEANB]

Scania.

[Buzzer]

Went shopping at 10am today first stop pick up 30 pol pullets then on to the second stop 8 single suckled AA x steers followed by the third stop 9 AA x single suckled steers all steers to be picked up next week and still home by 2pm phew, cheers Buzzer

[Andrew Morrison]

Tracy Island tonight

[Andrew Morrison]

Good evening everyone it looks like I’m back (stop groaning at the back lol)just thought I’d look in & try it & there’s now an option to choose image size Happy days.......
Cheers Andrew

[Andrew Morrison]

About to leave Tracy Island

[Andrew Morrison]

East Kilbride

[Andrew Morrison]

All parked up for Christmas

[wrighty]

Morning Snapper

Good to see you back with the photos, happy near year and all that hope to catch you up the road in 2020...

Cheers Wrighty.

[sheepman]

Hi Andrew, Good to have you back, happy snapping from now on. Bobs

[Buzzer]

Another sad day as we learnt at the weekend that Paul Bessant aka "Paul Who" had passed, it was him that started this thread back in 2008. My first encounters with Paul was in the early 90's when he drove for Keith Barrett from Newcastle, one of four drivers for that company he used to call into our home that was also our office for supplies, we were Barrett's southern base or at least it felt like that back in the day, anyways Paul subsequently came to work for us and it is allegedly he got the name Paul Who from using the CB and on one of his first trips abroad he met another Davies truck on its journey home, the conversation went who's that in the Davies truck to which he replied Paul and the answer came back Paul Who and that name stuck with him thereafter, this was quite common for drivers to be given nicknames in our company and they seem to stick long after leaving us.
Paul was a quiet but full of humour and a pleasure to work with but lost his fight with the big C which is so sad and a life taken far to soon.
his name will live on as the founder of this very popular thread RIP friend from the Davies family and all who knew and worked alongside you at Davies International, Buzzer.

[DEANB]

Another sad day as we learnt at the weekend that Paul Bessant aka "Paul Who" had passed, it was him that started this thread back in 2008. My first encounters with Paul was in the early 90's when he drove for Keith Barrett from Newcastle, one of four drivers for that company he used to call into our home that was also our office for supplies, we were Barrett's southern base or at least it felt like that back in the day, anyways Paul subsequently came to work for us and it is allegedly he got the name Paul Who from using the CB and on one of his first trips abroad he met another Davies truck on its journey home, the conversation went who's that in the Davies truck to which he replied Paul and the answer came back Paul Who and that name stuck with him thereafter, this was quite common for drivers to be given nicknames in our company and they seem to stick long after leaving us.
Paul was a quiet but full of humour and a pleasure to work with but lost his fight with the big C which is so sad and a life taken far to soon.
his name will live on as the founder of this very popular thread RIP friend from the Davies family and all who knew and worked alongside you at Davies International, Buzzer.

RIP Paul.

[Baldrick1953]

Another fella gone...

[Baldrick1953]

Nice bloke to run with.... R.I.P Paul...

[cav551]

I saw one of the fleet for the first time today while road testing an old bus, 99 GEL was leaving the airport cafe at Sellindge.

[DEANB]

Paul was overtaken by one last week.

[Punchy Dan]

That you this snowy morning Wrighty on shap with 3 Deere John’s on ?

[Buzzer]

Paul was overtaken by one last week.

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Thanks Dean driver needs a slap as he left the lock bar swinging, I will have a word mate, Buzzer.