I seem to remember that once in the base driving was on the right and of course US Dollars needed for the canteen.
Mildenhall is an RAF base with USAF as its tennent. UK rules of the road applies on the base including driving on the left. I visit Mildenhall and Lakenheath almost on a monthly basis.
Yes the currency on base is US Dollar.
My American aunt who was in the US forces took me airside back in 1986, was an eye opener getting served a pizza the size of a dustbin lid!
If they did drive on the right on their bases on U.K. soil that’d be crazy, imagine spending all day driving on the base and then coming out of the gate and meeting for example a motorcycle!
the maoster:
If they did drive on the right on their bases on U.K. soil that’d be crazy, imagine spending all day driving on the base and then coming out of the gate and meeting for example a motorcycle!
Then claiming diplomatic immunity [emoji49][emoji49][emoji49][emoji49]
my home in oldham to warrington and get my truck an trailor, empty down to thurrock , collect a fork truck and deliver it to a place near heathrow , back to warrington empty. on a saturday night into sunday so all best overtime rate going. .
A few years back I took some timber into Preston prison, in a full sized artic. At the time the only vehicle access was a dogleg through a car park and into the big gates. There were two sets of gates, in a sort of airlock arrangement, with only one set at a time open. Much like a safari park, to stop the animals getting out.
Threaded the rig through the cars, and got straight onto the gates. Drove in as far as the next set of gates, with my bumper just kissing the inner gates, only to find about 3 feet of trailer stuck out of the other gates! Much consternation in the control room,which overlooked the containment area through armoured glass (it’s a proper Nick, with apparently some serious villains inside) with no access to the control room from the containment area. The governor was called in,who took one look and passed the buck to the home office. H.O. authorised the opening of both sets of gates only after the nick was put in lockdown.
A couple of hours later, all the villains were locked away, I think 3 wardens were injured in the process (not seriously, thankfully) and I was let in. Drove round the back (to plenty of catcalls from the cell windows, opened the curtains to reveal 3 pieces of 4x1 inch timber about 15 foot long that could have been carried in. Wardens were seriously unimpressed, despite me showing the paperwork to anyone who was interested when trying to get in. I was told to sling my hook, and it I came back in the same vehicle I’d be turned away.
the maoster:
If they did drive on the right on their bases on U.K. soil that’d be crazy, imagine spending all day driving on the base and then coming out of the gate and meeting for example a motorcycle!
Then claiming diplomatic immunity [emoji49][emoji49][emoji49][emoji49]
And then buggering off out of the country at the speed of light to keep living your life normally and avoid taking responsibility for killing someone
