Hi MaggieD Yes I do remember them winning the trip.I said at the time we should all have gone because we all helped the effort. 
Fotos courtesy of Ian Hellawell:
Another rare vehicle in the ASR fleet: F88 290. Of which Ian says there were two.
I knew I had a Lautaret fotoā¦āThe Avalanche Tunnelā on the Mt. Geneve side. whilst I had Derek Obieās truck EAA 453S
Thanks for those pics Gazzer the one in the pic JCG 142N I think was one of the first in the country.The second was OAA 246P which I duly wrote off by hitting a tanker at 3am on the southern approach to the just before Port de Orleans never knew quite what happened just happy to walk away from it.
With ref to The Col de lauteret I remeber Mick Cairns aka Olio telling me he used the Col de Tende a couple of times runs south from Cuneo toward Nice I think but please correct me if Im wrong anybody else do this one?
I really must read my posts before I submit them but there again English was never a strong point 
traniht:
Thanks for those pics Gazzer the one in the pic JCG 142N I think was one of the first in the country.The second was OAA 246P which I duly wrote off by hitting a tanker at 3am on the southern approach to the just before Port de Orleans never knew quite what happened just happy to walk away from it.
With ref to The Col de lauteret I remeber Mick Cairns aka Olio telling me he used the Col de Tende a couple of times runs south from Cuneo toward Nice I think but please correct me if Im wrong anybody else do this one?
The accident Ian at the Port de Orleans was not strong drink and fatigue induced by any chance was it? Do you remember those two 20ft skellies with the tanks we took to Valencia? And how you made me drive from Rouen to Dieppe even though I was crying with tiredness.Youvāe got a lot to answer for my boy.
Ha! Charlie. I remember running back up the A6 on one of those overnight from Itsly to Le Havreās, just before Xmas, desperate to catch the sunday morning boat with Ian singing xmas carols on the CB to keep him and us awake!
Col du Tende is OK but there is a 4m tunnel at the top and lots of overhanging rocks on the way down to Monaco. Done that one.
Also when we used to go to Cuneo with rubber, Col du Larche.
Ha! Charlie. I remember running back up the A6 on one of those overnight from Italy to Le Havreās, just before Xmas, desperate to catch the sunday morning boat with Ian singing xmas carols on the CB to keep him and us awake!
Col du Tende is OK but there is a 4m tunnel at the top and lots of overhanging rocks on the way down to Monaco. Done that one.
Also when we used to go to Cuneo with rubber, Col du Larche.
gazzer:
Ha! Charlie. I remember running back up the A6 on one of those overnight from Italy to Le Havreās, just before Xmas, desperate to catch the sunday morning boat with Ian singing xmas carols on the CB to keep him and us awake!Col du Tende is OK but there is a 4m tunnel at the top and lots of overhanging rocks on the way down to Monaco. Done that one.
Also when we used to go to Cuneo with rubber, Col du Larche.
Hows about loading peaches out of Russi,clearing at 1900 and doing an overnighter and a dayer,trying to keep Derek Obbie out of the bars.Itās no wonder I was grey before I was fourty.Only went over the Col du Larche once with a fridge well over weight with fish.once was enough! I never thought Ian had that great a singing voice.Sounds more like cats being strangled.
Charlie I have a very vague recollection of the Valencia Job what did we do to fill the week was it a quick vicenza / bolzano.
I take umbridge at the derogatory terms used to describe my singing voice.I suspect you needed to adjust the squelch a little to gain more of an impact.
Ref being tired I do remember early hours first peage out of Paris on A13 failing to wake up in time but managing to negotiate peage with inches to spare at approx 80ks stopping returning on foot lifting the small french operative back on his chair paying the seven francs and wishing him a cheery ābonjourā . That kept me awake all the way to Le Havre
Ian.Re the Valencia job.If I remember correctly it was a one off for some guy from Henley on Thames.Bloody awfull skellies with 900x20s Frightened to go faster than 80ks for fear of blowing them(Not in the biblical sense you understand) You also had to take the guys son as passenger.Had a day off in Valencia and went to the beach which you knew from your days as a beach bum 
Any thoughts?
Charlie I really think you must be on some kind of memory drug as allthough I have very vague recollections of this job to Valencia I cannoy bring to mind any of the detail.I go into hospital on Tuesday I will ask them for the same pills that you are on.
Just for the record what were we loading wine,fruitjuice or what and where did it go in the UK you have got me going now more info please
Ian I think it must be the insulin or it was all that chemo I had all those years ago.I now have total recall.Now what were we talking about? Oh yes.We loaded Rioja in Valencia.Took for ever to get to Dieppe.When we arrived in Newhaven They couldnāt clear us so we dropped the trailers and bounced home.Jimmy was not happy as usual and neither was the customer. Does that jog your memory? Good wishes for Tuesday boy.Iāll light a candle for you. 
Would that be one of the candles that PBC put over the side of the quay one night a long long time ago.
Im still struggling with this Valencia thing I know it happened but cant remember the detail.Like so many things in my life.
God bless you Charlie
Photos courtesy of Ian Hellawell (cos he cant figure out how to post 'em!).
Lake Geneve (on the swiss side) and a truck obscuring the view!
Some tatty old tilt that Jimmy bought cheap from a taff outfit.
I read through threads like this and iām amazed at the old sheds we use to head off all over europe in. I remember that 2 out of my first three trips abroad ended up in french or spanish garages. Never put me off though, even when i had to get back on the train with no money from Brive after the turbo went and they couldnāt get one until after the new year.
i dont see any āOld Shedsā on this threadā¦remember these trucks were new/nearly new when the fotos were taken (1974/5/6+) AND were the dogs doodahs for their time. Compare what we were running abroad and the equipment the Spanish/Potuguese/Italians/Greeks and to some extent the French were (still are) toting around in, ASR werent doing too bad. Most of the ASR trucks (subbies inc.) were LHD, a rare commodity with UK hauliers.
Well said Gazzer in fact ASR were probaly at the top of the tree for vehicles doing europe at the time.I think what you have to remember was the fact that a lot of UK haulage companies were using Atki borderers Ford Cargo and Bedford TKs and alike at the time.
Just found an old payslip circa 1974 Dave Rawlings would pay you what he thought was right on the day
Load hanging meat ex Coggans Fareham Saturday pm ship Sat night Southampton Le Havre Clear customs Fernay Voltaire Mon 8am tip Geneve and Lausanne. Load Yoghurt ex Ulm Southern Germany tues morn ship ex Zeebrugge Tues night, clear DCS Dover tip Vandenburghs Purfleet early Wed morn then home.
Ā£55 plus Ā£23 exs
And that was a good week!!!
traniht
Ian, no wonder we never saw your wallet