…of a multidrop driver.
Having seen people do their own daily/Long distance diarys i thought i’d do one of my own. Maybe not as exciting but still.
Headed off to work with this cracking sunrise
This is my regular steed, 16 year vintage with too many miles to count. All ally body so sadly wont rust away. Mercedes running gear so pretty reliable. Only problem now is finding parts, Merc don’t stock them so most have to be sourced 2nd hand.
All mod cons, heater, steering wheel…err, thats about it.
Fluid checks, most of the oil is on the floor as per normal
Quick glance at the counter reveals todays drops
Looking pretty full
Final few packages on and its time to mount the camera and head out.
A normal 30 min trip to Bicester now takes in excess of an hour due to the traffic at Oxford. Cant wait till the new bridge is open.
9am First drop, lovely girls here sadly no pics
I get a roughly 50/50 split of commercial and residential deliveries, the latter taking 3 times as long to do. Typical new build estates, no parking anywhere!
Needless obstructions
Company responsible for providing the data for all traffic controls, cameras, speed humps etc.
Had to snigger at this scaffolders slogan.
Love this place, reminds me of my RV trip across the US 2 years ago
Came out to find Mr Lowes had abandoned his truck whilst he went in search of his drop.
10:30 am and 32 drops down
Few old wrecks at Bicester Commercials
Found this outside OCB Recovery, no engine in it. Some nice recovery gear here but unfortunately all out.
Someones new pride and joy at the local paint shop.
Bicesters most radioactive building
Quick trip out to some rural farm units gets me stuck behind this for 4 miles
Time for a visit to RAF Bicester, or whats left of it. The main hanger is now home to the local Gliding club
The big warehouses on the edge of town is where you normally find some nice motors, today is no exception
Then this beauty was coming off the bay at Fresh direct
Normally straight in here but not today, Mr courier didn’t have a collection reference so they made him sit there till his boss got one. Its ok, i’m not in a hurry
Only thing of interest was their tug
Next drop find our bulk vehicle dropping off a pallet.
While i have these, every single one is empty. No one knows why they ship them from the US
They go straight in here
12:30 and 65 drops done
Straight after lunch i tackle the town center, major redevelopment going on so its complete carnage
Bit of a walk for this one
Above the newsagents is a salon who have 20+ boxes reguarly. And they aint light.
Numpty number 1, “oh there’s a truck in the way so i’ll drive round it” no luv, i’m stopped at traffic lights
Numpty number 2, 4 attempts it too the red Rover to get out of the space
Surprisingly quiet at the back of the high street apart from this Argos truck
See the next drop?
Nope, down this tight alley
3pm, 85 drops done & almost time to start collections
First collection of many and for once and empty van
Down to the printers for a couple of dozen boxes, a copy of Trucking and as much free ■■■■ as you want
Van starts to fill up again rather fast now
Finally back to the depot for about 1800
Todays figures: 101 deliveries, 19 collections. 327 packages in total.
Apologies for the amount of pics, couldn’t make attachments for all of them.