HI GENTS,
YOUNG PHIL, IV KNOWN PHIL ABOUT 20 YEARS, GAVIN (GS) HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH ROYS GOLDEN BOY, I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS IS YOUNG PHIL NOW, TAKEN IN COFFEE SHOP IN THE RAMADA DOHA.
SORRY PHIL. REGARDS RABBIT…
P.S. ROBV8 IS THIS YA MAN?..
mushroomman:
It’s good to see your back Harry, where have you been ?[/quote
I retired & now I spend the winters in Thailand . Dropped the big wheels & got meself a scooter. Workin’ on the suntan at the moment. Exchange rate grim tho’.
To be truthful I got a bit tired of the keyboard warriors so I gave it a rest .I’ll post some snaps later but I am on wi-fi here & its a slow job uploading.
RABBITASTRAN:
HI GENTS,
YOUNG PHIL, IV KNOWN PHIL ABOUT 20 YEARS, GAVIN (GS) HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH ROYS GOLDEN BOY, I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS IS YOUNG PHIL NOW, TAKEN IN COFFEE SHOP IN THE RAMADA DOHA.
SORRY PHIL. REGARDS RABBIT…P.S. ROBV8 IS THIS YA MAN?..
Bingo, certainly is.
robv8,i do believe GS has asked you a question…matey i operate out of the nw 20 you only had to ask me,but i do believe when i spoke to you in person i told you then,maybe you didnt believe that also,anyways feel free to ask if you have any doubts bud.Have a nice 1
Hi Harry, the oggy that you asked about doing Greece is Brian hogg, who runs or ran Anglo Greek in Silvertown and then Beckton. He was tied in with Veonellis shipping in pireous. The other one Is Dave Hogg of Hoggsped from near Nottingham who now does a lot of international low loader work.
( no distance too far for the flying pink pig) Regards jamie.
A Scot lost in the Valley’s.
That is not the bloke I remember.
The young Phil I remember was a slim bloke who drove to the Middle East.
How are you Phil?
Rod Holt sent his regards too.
philipmceveley:
robv8,i do believe GS has asked you a question…matey i operate out of the nw 20 you only had to ask me,but i do beltieve when i spoke to you itn person i told you then,maybe you didnt believe that also,anyways feel free to ask if you have any doubts bud.Have a nice 1
Eh upp Laa
I just had a nice 1, been at Polo this avo…! Minglin with some ministers and Senators, looking for some sponsorship.!!
Loads of Extra Old Rum. I’ve got a bottle for you, bring it in Feb.
Do you remember the brown 4 wheeler Messerschmidt box van that Roy made you drive ■■
You was doing big hits then, and that was only in the UK !!!
Couldn’t get away withthat now eh ! Oh and then the white Renault that you came to Lisbon with, remember the back axle in the customs, and all those spinning ceilings in the clubs in the centre of Lisbon. Oh and then they nicked Catweezle’s Roy Marsden’s money and he had to get a draw…you spent a few hours trying to get a draw didn’t ya !
It was hard in them day’s eh !!
See ya soon.
GS
philipmceveley:
robv8,i do believe GS has asked you a question…matey i operate out of the nw 20 you only had to ask me,but i do believe when i spoke to you in person i told you then,maybe you didnt believe that also,anyways feel free to ask if you have any doubts bud.Have a nice 1
You may of disclosed your location to someone else when we met, I am adamant it was not me, but thats besides the point. Why do you suffer from the fixation that I have dubious beliefs about your experience? Show me any evidence, extorted from any of my posts or PM that reinforce your allegation…
I would love to make it clear here, I’ve never doubted you and never will. If i did, why would I advertise a rather precise description of you and your vehicle, in a thread amongst people that I was confident that knew you?
P.S. I’ve never done Middle East / Turkey and never want too, unless your offering me a opportunity? eh Phil? 
now now fingers keep ya roof on laa
M&C Jamie; Thanks for the info.
Wheel Nut:
That is not the bloke I remember.The young Phil I remember was a slim bloke who drove to the Middle East.
How are you Phil?
yeah the phil i meet a couple of time was a bit slimmer but want we al. i remember being in the londra 1 night with you phill & u just brought an air line to fit to your air tanks to blow your diesel over from 1 tank to the other as before you was avin to use the air out of your tyres. glad to hear your still at it all the best mick
Blueknight wrote: Jan 5
When I was going to school in Lutterworth in Leicestershire in the late 70’s I used to see an Astrans artic parked on a driveway in front of a house on the left hand side just before you entered Lutterworth.
Hello Paul. (Blueknight)
That was my truck you used to see parked between trips.
Please dont make me feel any older than i am though, by telling me you were still at school !! Just to make you feel a bit younger though it would have been 81 onwards.
Hello to all you other guys
Only just found this site and not 100% sure how this message board works yet so hope this prints OK.
lets have some of your storys then ashbarns, relive your younger days
WONDERED HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE BEFORE THE ROOF PROBLEM MADE ITS WAY ONTO TRUCKNET…PROBLEM ARBS,THEY SHOULD AV CLOSED THAT BRIDGE,WILL PICK IT UP NEXT TIME,ITS PROBERBLY WASHED UP IN KLIVADA BY NOW AN HOUSING A FAMILY OF KURDS.HOWS IT GOIN ON YOUR SIDE OF THE PLANET.
HI ROD,ALL GOOD HERE,NOT SEEN YOU IN AGES,HOW YOU DOIN,WAS TALKIN TO A MATE OF YOURS IN ITALY LAST MONTH,GOIN BY THE NAME OF SIMOM,BOTH TALKIN ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU HAD THE DAY CAB DAF,AN YOU DECIDED TO PUT AN EXTENCION ON IT…REMEMBER…WHO"S MIKE THE BLOKE WHO SAID HI ON YOUR LAST MESSAGE
NOW NOW GREY CALM DOWN CALM DOWN,MUST BE MURDER ON THAT BEACH.AM KEEPIN ME ROOF ON LA
ok phill still in tieland ill be flyin back to doha next week inshalla
philipmceveley:
HI ROD,ALL GOOD HERE,NOT SEEN YOU IN AGES,HOW YOU DOIN,WAS TALKIN TO A MATE OF YOURS IN ITALY LAST MONTH,GOIN BY THE NAME OF SIMOM,BOTH TALKIN ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU HAD THE DAY CAB DAF,AN YOU DECIDED TO PUT AN EXTENCION ON IT…REMEMBER…WHO"S MIKE THE BLOKE WHO SAID HI ON YOUR LAST MESSAGE
sorry phill think ya got me confussed with sum 1 els my names mick used to drive 4 trailways on 4 astran 4 a few years red fh’s met ya a few times when ya had ya green f12 last time i saw ya was at maria’s you had pigeons trailer on maybe about 2000-2001
In 1976 when doing internals in Saudi I was asked to take a load to Najran near the Yemen border. The Arabs used to go across the desert from somewhere between Taif and Ryadh but they said it was not a good way for non- locals, but that I should go to the top of Taif and turn right along the top of the mountain until I reached Khamis Mashet keep going through the town and I would finally reach Najran The following pics are of the road I took at times I had to wait for them to level it out. Some time after leaving Khamis I was into open desert and was driving along following the tracks, I passed a police post with them sleeping inside, sometime later (maybe an hour) I came upon another police post this one was definately not sleeping he was standing in front of me with his gun and was quite insistant that I turned around. So I did and got back to the other policepost with out seeing any turnoff tracks. When I got to this other police post he was also quite insistant that I kept going back ,I said Najran? and he pointed back up the road, I had been driving for some time when I came to a cross roads in the sand. I was sitting there scratching my head when a pickup truck came from one of the side roads and an English voice called out Najran? I shouted yes and he bekoned me to follow him, I did and ended up in Najran.(He was working on site -either a hospital or school) If I had not seen him just at that time I’m not sure that I would ever have found it. I was told when I got back that I had probably strayed into N. Yemen, I don’t know.
Before any expert says why did yuo not buy a map, I had a map but they were very much like the one at the beginning of this thread!
If any one cares look at Google earth and follow the 5 south from Taif
and these are some of the views along the route - note the tiles sticking out of the mud walls to stop the rain washing the mud off.
Cheers for taking the time to post the pics and the memories Gavin, anything like this is very much appreciated
Keep em coming mate,
Cheers, bullitt.