Cracking pics Lurpack,regardless of the rain.Recognise most of the roads the A4111, A44 and A470 and some of the lorries.
Cheers Dave.
Yes thought you might turned left at Hereford though kington, Crossgates, and Llangruig, we came back down the A470. They have bypassed the bridge at Bulth Wells which we couldn’t get under when delivering polysterene, and also Talgarth which was fun if you hadn’t been there before 
cheers Ade
lurpak:
Cracking pics Lurpack,regardless of the rain.Recognise most of the roads the A4111, A44 and A470 and some of the lorries.
Cheers Dave.
Yes thought you might turned left at Hereford though kington, Crossgates, and Llangruig, we came back down the A470. They have bypassed the bridge at Bulth Wells which we couldn’t get under when delivering polysterene, and also Talgarth which was fun if you hadn’t been there before
cheers Ade
Yes two good road schemes Ade.Talgarth and Bronllys was done about three years ago and the Builth to Newbridge on Wye scheme more recently.The bridge you refer to was at Cwmbach on the A470.I did notice you came back down the A470 and took a pic at the Halt cafe and filling station at Llanwrthwl,plus some on the new road.
Cheers Dave.
Suedehead:
bubbleman:
Hello lads,good stuff coming in,well done…went for a “jolly” on Saturday,heres a few pics from the trip,Cheers Bubbs,Thats a fair ole derv tank on that Shirleys 4 wheeler.
Look’s like it’s off a F10/12 4x2 unit . Great pic’s Lurpak some nice motor’s
Hello lads,nice stuff Lurpak…you’re going to give Dave the R a run for his money taking pics through the windscreen ,love Dads Scania Nathan…I hope he likes it.heres a few cuttings today,Cheers Bubbs, 
Probably helps to keep those two extra cylinders cool Marc.
Cheers Dave.
lurpak:
Hi Bubbs, as you went on a jolly over the weekend i thought i could put these on. Had to take no2 daughter to Aberystwyth Uni the other day so on route gave her the camera, sorry about the quality but it was raining and i don’t think she wanted to play
Good to see a Black Lion truck again. I believe they have moved from Andover to Weyhill
This was on the back of the last photo
Hope that’ts ok, sat up in Kinross with nothing to do
Ade
I think there more than worthy, keep em coming.
norfolktrucker:
some more from me, hope they’re worthy.
Called in to see Len Isherwood today at his workshop in Bacup Lancs and this is the project he is currently working on.A 1948 Thornycroft which was rescued from a quarry by its owner and Len has just rebuilt the cab for him.When i arrived he had just refitted the cab back onto the chassis.He told me that the owner had replaced the original engine with an Albion engine which came out of a bus/coach,still plenty of work to do to complete the job but i look forward to seeing the finished result.
That atkinson in the background looks like it only needs a lick of paint and she’ll be ready !
bubbleman:
Hello lads,nice stuff Lurpak…you’re going to give Dave the R a run for his money taking pics through the windscreen
Lovely pictures again Bubbleman, thanks for posting the ones of the Guy units.
BB
Stanfield:
Called in to see Len Isherwood today at his workshop in Bacup Lancs and this is the project he is currently working on.A 1948 Thornycroft which was rescued from a quarry by its owner and Len has just rebuilt the cab for him.When i arrived he had just refitted the cab back onto the chassis.He told me that the owner had replaced the original engine with an Albion engine which came out of a bus/coach,still plenty of work to do to complete the job but i look forward to seeing the finished result.3210
That looks an interesting yard John,plenty of old ones in there.
Cheers Dave.
omg …Harry birrell redi mix ,long time no see , Longtown & Locharbriggs(dumfries) man thats a blast frae the past.
I always mind one o the redi mix trucks on the A74 heading south ended up wi a northbound patrol car that lost control after an accident going through the windscreen onto the drivers lap!
must have been around mid/late 70s around the old jet station (millhousebridge) north o lockerbie.
still remember it like yesterday 
one o the worst accidents i ve seen.
jimmy.
bubbleman:
Hello lads,good stuff coming in,well done…went for a “jolly” on Saturday,heres a few pics from the trip,Cheers Bubbs,
The derv tank on that old 4 wheeler looks in good shape and will be worth a “bob or two” I should guess ! Cheers bewick.
That looks an interesting yard John,plenty of old ones in there.
Cheers Dave.
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He has one or two knocking about Dave and he certainly knows is stuff.These are some of the others he has.
This Albion he sold last year.
The Bedford he has just completed and the owner took it away the day before I went to see him(so i missed it)
This ERF belongs to Len and he gets on with it when not doing the ones for customers
Guy Otter this is the one you see him with at the shows (The man himself in the picture)
He completed this Albion (which belongs to him) last year and took it over shap to a show up scotch somewhere this year.
Stanfield:
That looks an interesting yard John,plenty of old ones in there.
Cheers Dave.
He has one or two knocking about Dave and he certainly knows is stuff.These are some of the others he has.
This Albion he sold last year.
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The Bedford he has just completed and the owner took it away the day before I went to see him(so i missed it)
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This ERF belongs to Len and he gets on with it when not doing the ones for customers
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Guy Otter this is the one you see him with at the shows (The man himself in the picture)
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He completed this Albion (which belongs to him) last year and took it over shap to a show up scotch somewhere this year.
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Thats the thing about this forum John,its pure nostalgia.You can’t get better than that.
Cheers Dave.
Hey Bubbs
That Marshall bulker is a handsome looking lorry, as is the Maggie of Hanson’s. Great colour scheme…
That pic of the FL6 jogged a memory or two. I had a little time working for Exel…working on the drays for Tradeteam. Great job spoilt by jobsworth managers. It got me out of a bit of a financial hole at the time but it was probably the worst company I have worked for… 
I left after being badgered by Jeff…
Early '99 and Jeff said he was replacing the franchise FL with a new FM… ‘What did I think?’ ‘Good idea’ says I, ‘so long as I don’t have to spend too much time on it’…
He listened! It was driven very seldomly by me, mostly back to the yard for inspections and a week or two of holiday cover. The first time was brand new from the yard to the quarry to swop with the FL7, ready for the driver on Monday morn…
I was waiting for this! I was driving the FL up until a new fella started - he got his new FM six wheeler and I went back on the FL for a month until this beauty arrived. 380 horses, VEB ( fabulous ), CD trim which came with a night heater…
Piston Broke, I reckon that T reg FM is still around; The reg number rings a bell.
What do you make of the Hanson closures? Strange as the day that gets announced, our driver reps get told at a meeting we’re expanding our fleet next year; Three old ones out and four new ones in. The extra is to be a 6w so a return to driving is on the cards for me.