Many of the French roadsigns are still upside down. The farmers did this a couple of years ago to highlight their grievances and disputes with the French government. But now they still have not been righted mainly because nobody wants to be seen, ‘crossing the line’. The job should be done by the local council workers but they are as bolshy as the farmers. The only way Macron will get them righted is by bringing in the military. Until then you may have to rely on your satnav or stand on your head.
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Two ships from the Brittany Ferries fleet in Cherbourg. Neither are ready to be replaced any time soon but both need a bit of TLC especially the cabins of the Barfleur. Must admit I had long retired from the road when they were launched so took my lorry on neither of them. It’s good to see though that Brittany Ferries are running a winter schedule from Poole to Cherbourg this year. First time for a long time but unfortunately not using the Barfleur.
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Just seen this article in the local rag. Early retirement for 13,000 lorry drivers in Almeria, well not all right now I know. How are they going to replace them I wonder and do you think the British government will follow their lead?
Have read the interesting article ‘whisperingsmith’ posted in ‘Middle East-Not Astran’ concerning the proposed reinstatement of the railway down through Syria from Turkey to Saudi. On one trip to Saudi, I was delivering furniture to British Embassy’s in Damascus, Amman, Jeddah and Riyadh, I saw two sections of the old railway. The first one was in Damascus near Sami Sirissi’s office and the second was in the countryside to the south of the town. The second location was where a picnic had been organised by members of the embassy (see photo). As I was stuck there for about 10 days I was invited along. I remember wandering along the old lines for about a km. The locals didnt seemed to be to surprised to see us as I’m sure the embassy crew had been there before. I was told at the time that the railway line had been attacked by ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ when he was trying to unite the Arabs to fight the Turks.
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Free the sandway 1..