altitude:
Bit off topic Charlie, but any chance you might be at Gaydon next weekend
Hi John.I,m hoping to go but my Sister in Law up in York is not well and
we may have to go up there.If she improves,I will be going.Maybe we might meet up eh?
Regards Charlie 
Yeah would be good to meet you mate, if not at Gaydon were not to far away, so we can sort something out. We will find a pop in for us old boys somewhere.
IHTOLS, sorry Winkle, didnt realise who you were until later. Welcome to the Forum.
Charlie I must take exception with your assumption that our mutual friend dear old Andy (STS) Harris was carefull with his money.I have to tell you on our recent visit he and Jan made us very very welcome and only charged us the same price that we would have paid at the Novotel in nearby Limoges he also provided us both with a very decent evening repas which included a full half a carafe of very good vin ordinere for only 24 euros per head.Ok I did think that the idea of asking for a deposit of 100 euros in advance incase we visited again was a little unusual but I presume that was is the custom in that part of France.
The 50 euros for taking us to see Ginger was a little steep but as Andy said he would have to have the back of his van valeted because we took my dog.
Both he and Ginger sent there very best regards to you and said that as long as you paid the full deposit they would be glad to see you.Reference your email Charlie Im afraid I dont have a email for Ginger but I will try and find out for you.
As harvest is not too far away and a lot of our work is derived from the Alton area why dont you arrange for either Gazzer or myself to pick you up and show you how the job is done nowadays. let us know.
Do you know of any baghouses on the Alton Basingstoke road 
Do you know of any baghouses on the Alton Basingstoke road
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Hi Ian,
If you are into whips etc. I think there’s one at Lash em 
and they’ll give you something to Bight on, last time Charlie visited she left him with 4 marks
Hope you are keeping well
Regards
Richard
Hi Ian.Iwould like to take you up on your very kind offer.Would it be advisable to bring oxygen with me
as I believe that these new fangled lorries are quite high off the ground? Re the prices that Andy charged you,they
seem quite reasonable to me.If you do manage to find Gingers email address Iwould be obliged.Cant understand why I can,t reply to him via the trucknet.Must be a senior thing.
Richard.Your comedy talents are wasted here.Why don,t we form a duo and go on Britains Got Talent?
We couldn,t do any worse than some of the m----s on it.
Re baghouses,I dont know of any on the Basingstoke road.Layby Lill who used to operate out of Herriard
put her prices up from two shillings to half a crown went bankrupt in a week.If you went futher afield Higher Upham
sounds quite nice Even Tillet Herts is a possibility Looking forward to August Regards Charlie
Charlie I have sent you a pm
gazzer:
Jim N Jim show.
Two old timers!
Blimey John (Animal) Smith!! I have him to thank for my handle (Puppy) that he gave me whilst working at RS Hills with him. Great days!!
Was it Polly Ian?, although i guess if it had been he would have dragged the cars out of the way.
Maybe it was your good self, or perhaps Derek or brain damage or Mick olio maybe. I give up.
Good to see you the other night by the way.
My mate Trevor has just come back from his Bi-enial trip to Skopolos. He keeps asking for “Olio” but no futher info yet.
Hi all can anyone on this tread help me with the old Rawlings Telex number■■?
Been through the tread not clear on any pics !
Does 858103 sound right ■■?
Regards Jimski
Hello, Telex number is 858109
Richard
Hi Many thanks Richardg
Regards Jimski
Jeeez Richard, nowt wrong with your nodule!!! I remembered the phone number for Jim!
Anyways, we at the Harvest Festival of Transport offered the “Old Folk” of the Borough a day out with the truckers of the highway for a bit of experience and appreciation of the work we do. The only proviso was to be self catering (extra sarnies for the driver welcome) and to help out where required. We only had one (sad) applicant and here he is sampling the delights of shovvelling the sh…oilseed ■■■■! We ensured he returned to the home safely, totally exhausted.
All Charlie could muster for me was a cup of very week coffee and a digestive biscuit 
Hope your Ok Charlie you havnt been on here to tell of your experieces and to tell all what very generous people we are
gazzer:
Jeeez Richard, nowt wrong with your nodule!!! I remembered the phone number for Jim!Anyways, we at the Harvest Festival of Transport offered the “Old Folk” of the Borough a day out with the truckers of the highway for a bit of experience and appreciation of the work we do. The only proviso was to be self catering (extra sarnies for the driver welcome) and to help out where required. We only had one (sad) applicant and here he is sampling the delights of shovvelling the sh…oilseed ■■■■! We ensured he returned to the home safely, totally exhausted.
Charlie,
I bet they told you there would be ■■■■ & Pillaging and of course you went for ■■■■ !! and they probably pillaged your wallet,
I see you have the Ian Helliwell shirt on Big Cheques
Did they line those shovels up and ask you to take your Pic ?
If you wanted a day out you should have come with me delivering to the Olympic Village,they are looking for someone to do Fencing,also helping the Girls Beach Volley ball team get changed You’ll have to work a week in hand 
Regards
Richard
Good evening gentlemen.
Here is a reply to the postings. Firstly in reply to Mr Ian Hellawell.I have ignored
the foolscap sheet he gave me to write from.He picked me up from the end of my road on Sat morning and
away we went.The first thing he asked me was “Have you brought your wallet? I seem to have mislaid mine”
Then while we were loading he drank three cups of coffee from my flask and ate eleven digestive biscuits.
Also as you can see from the photo I had to do some physical work sweeping and shovelling.Then to crown
it all he chucked me out at the grain terminal saying " Wait here for Gazzer,Iv,e got anther ten loads to do before
dark" What a differance.A real gentleman.He made me a cup of coffee.Helped me into the cab.Put a rug around
my knees and drove off very gently.We had a long chat about Ian and both came to the same conclusion.He
is just as good looking now as he was thirty years ago.
After we finished Gary allowed me to clean the cab for him and then Ollie( Ians son ) took me back to Alton in the
big Audi.When we got home he asked me for twenty quid for petrol and Twenty five for the days outing.Not bad eh?
When I have saved up enough can I come out again?
MaggieD.Hi Richard.I think your offer sounded a lot better proposition.Next on give us a shout.
Best regards to you all Charlie
