I feel I should warn you that tonight may see blizzards, storms, plagues of locusts and the four horsemen of the apocalypse putting in an appearance, although it may only be three as I believe Pestilence is running in the King George VI at Sandown on Boxing Day, because for the second time in seven days I am venturing north of junction 14 of the M1 tonight, and doing night work as well.
To go north of junction 14 once is unfortunate, twice is just downright careless but I have enjoyed the last couple of weeks despite doing not one, not two but three UK nights out, including paying for parking
Coffeeholic:
I feel I should warn you that tonight may see blizzards, storms, plagues of locusts and the four horsemen of the apocalypse putting in an appearance, although it may only be three as I believe Pestilence is running in the King George VI at Sandown on Boxing Day, because for the second time in seven days I am venturing north of junction 14 of the M1 tonight, and doing night work as well.
To go north of junction 14 once is unfortunate, twice is just downright careless but I have enjoyed the last couple of weeks despite doing not one, not two but three UK nights out, including paying for parking
Dafman:
He wont be coming this far mc he will only be going to J15
Correct, 15 it is tonight, well I think it is 15 I need for my destination but the voices will guide me later. It was much further than that at the end of last week though.
Dafman:
i bet that was a culture shock three uk N/out
I enjoyed it actually, and to be honest once the curtains are shut it doesn’t really matter what country the tarmac you are parked on is in.
Is this a new Neil we are seeing here,3 uk night’s out,paying for parking ( but charging customer double) Should we be starting to worry about Neil,is he ok.
Will we ever see him this far north in his truck If we did i think treatment would need to be sort
kitkat:
Will we ever see him this far north in his truck If we did i think treatment would need to be sort
Depends if you were looking last Thursday and Friday? I spent nine hours loading from The Royal Bank of Scotland in Fettes Row in the centre of Edinburgh.
I did look for you Jim but didn’t see any yellow trucks on the hard shoulder at all.
I enjoyed it actually, and to be honest once the curtains are shut it doesn’t really matter what country the tarmac you are parked on is in.
Until you open them and find out how much breakfast costs, some [zb] has piddled against your o/s front tyre, nicked part of your load/lorry or diesel and you’ve can’t move because some wagon’s parked across you and gone walkabout then you realise your in the UK
kitkat:
If i remember that drop it’s a pain in the arse,especially with an artic. Don’t think your artic would have fitted in them gate’s
Correct, I was there for a good few hours so didn’t go in the gates, I pulled round to the left past them and parked there to load. If I had backed through the gates I would have blocked the road as there isn’t a lot of space between the building and the gates.
Was also a bit of a performance to get out when I had finished due to parked cars and I ended up waiting over an hour until their staff car park emptied enough for me to turn round in it and make my escape. Trouble was our second trailer had turned up to load the remainder of the kit and you can imagine the chaos with two artics down there.
I’m shocked to find you doing all this UK work Neil. Your pillows must be very fluffy with all those extra £20 notes filling them up now. I thought it would’ve been easier to nail custard to the ceiling than get you to do UK jobs
Next thing you know, you’ll be tipping/loading somewhere in London.
kitkat:
Will we ever see him this far north in his truck If we did i think treatment would need to be sort
Depends if you were looking last Thursday and Friday? I spent nine hours loading from The Royal Bank of Scotland in Fettes Row in the centre of Edinburgh.
I did look for you Jim but didn’t see any yellow trucks on the hard shoulder at all.
I was coming down from Scotland after a couple of days drifting around somewhat more aimlessly then normal and I think I may have passed you going up somewhere between Carlisle and Glasgow cant remember time but I noticed a motor like yours heading north I think it was pulling your normal type of trailer , the FH had a roof mounted aircon I think and the driver had a moustache I recall
I was in a PLAIN white FH Globetrotter pulling PLAIN white reefer PLAIN being code word for I now work for a company that I would rather not be made public( not Mr Betz I hasten to add) , no great secret but I have seen before on these forums some people like causing trouble for other people by dropping them in it , I think this happen with Ragtop at some point.
Anyway if it was you Coffee, truck looked good and if it wasnt you please ignore the last 2 mins of ramblings as most have probley done anyway.
then you realise your in the UK