Putting a bend in it in lay-bys

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I always got told it was for if you needed a tramp ■■■■, :grimacing:

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yt03:
I always got told it was for if you needed a tramp [zb], :grimacing:

Yet another good reason to avoid them, the turd minefield scenario.

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Never nighted out in a truck (I know, ‘not a proper driver’ blah blah! :wink:) but we did hire a motorcaravan about thirty years ago and spent one night in a lay-by on the A5 between Towcester and Weedon. Bearing mind that this was by then a fairly quiet road since the M1 was built we didn’t get much sleep owing to the draught from passing heavies, mainly Post Office artics, so I can imagine the effect that it would have on a modern units sprung cab! It would be like sleeping in a trawler during a force 9 gale. :open_mouth:

Pete.

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windrush:
Never nighted out in a truck (I know, ‘not a proper driver’ blah blah! :wink:) but we did hire a motorcaravan about thirty years ago and spent one night in a lay-by on the A5 between Towcester and Weedon. Bearing mind that this was by then a fairly quiet road since the M1 was built we didn’t get much sleep owing to the draught from passing heavies, mainly Post Office artics, so I can imagine the effect that it would have on a modern units sprung cab! It would be like sleeping in a trawler during a force 9 gale. :open_mouth:

Pete.

Its actually easier to sleep in a trawler (with sea legs, if you get seasick on a waterbed then of course it will be hell) than a shallow layby since the movements are somewhat regular.

A.

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since the movements are somewhat regular

and we all know that it pays to have regular movements :unamused:

legs down , ■■■ out , and keep it snug :grimacing:

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trux:

since the movements are somewhat regular

and we all know that it pays to have regular movements :unamused:

legs down , ■■■ out , and keep it snug :grimacing:

I knew I should have worded that differently.

:laughing:

A.

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One other thing about layby parking: Always sleep with your head at the curb side. Its easier to live without legs than without a head.

I always put a bit of a bend in it in a layby. I do it for the getting pushed into the hedge reason. Didn’t think about the mirrors etc, just getting to daylight and still being breathing.

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nsmith1180:
One other thing about layby parking: Always sleep with your head at the curb side. Its easier to live without legs than without a head.
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And that is worth the risk ■■ :open_mouth:

I prefer to keep both, so I still avoid em. :bulb:

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nsmith1180:
I always put a bit of a bend in it in a layby. I do it for the getting pushed into the hedge reason. Didn’t think about the mirrors etc, just getting to daylight and still being breathing.

is the hedge at the side of a layby really the place you want to end up - all them slippery carrier bags :open_mouth:

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Bluey Circles:

nsmith1180:
I always put a bit of a bend in it in a layby. I do it for the getting pushed into the hedge reason. Didn’t think about the mirrors etc, just getting to daylight and still being breathing.

is the hedge at the side of a layby really the place you want to end up - all them slippery carrier bags :open_mouth:

Better than the central reservation and all that smelly yellow Evian!

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Victa1:

The-Snowman:

Bluey Circles:
which would be pretty embarrassing if I was all dressed up in an Ann Summers outfit clinging on to my inflatable sheep.

:laughing:

Perfectly acceptable north of Scotland i beleive …

over here its not us that blow the sheep…the guards just raided a brothel over in Donegal and arrested 4 sheep.