So as another year draws to a close its time to ask the question…how far did we go this year?
Who went the furthest …north up in to Scandinavia or the Arctic circle, or East across Russia, or across Europe to the desert kingdoms or South and down into Africa??
Im sure the R and R boys and girls went to a few far flung destinations or was it JJ72 sending his chaps across Russia to various unpronouncable places??
Did anyone get anywhere well off the beaten track, somewhere exotic and rarely visited by UK trucks??
Lets see who went the furthest, with pics as proof of course!!!
My first delivery in the year was Stockholm, and my last one was just outside Benidorm, 3500km apart, and I did 125000km this year, but no single long runs
ay up, furthest north was stockholm (one of ours got up into arctic circle on a gig) furthest east was budapest, south was seville, and best was ibiza (yes, in the truck! )
An extremely boring year for me Im afraid - Gibraltar to UK and back time and time again, the furthest north I got was probably Preston. Got to get a new job this year Im going insane with boredomn on this one.
Mind you about 4 years ago I was doing Malaga to Finland regularly, places like Lapeenranta, Tampere and a bit further north Kuopio and I got bored with that too!
looking through my Diary, the
Furthest south was Palermo, Sicily
Furthest north was Bergen, Norway
Furthest west was Cascais, Portugal
Furthest East either Lecce, Italy or Stockholm, (close call)
Furthest North Oulu Finland, Furthest South Gib, Furthest West Lisbon, Furthest East Thasos Small Island in Greece, Plus Ibiza and Majorca, and every small place where people move too in europe
Well now that we are all classed as Europeans and I’ve been back behind the wheel again from November this year the furthest North I’ve been is Darlington and the furthest South is London (Bow) Delivering upto 100 beds a day into a DC/wholesaler and sometimes the goods are straight off the truck onto numerous transit van’s for onward delivery
Where do all these beds go Does anybody know Coz I Don’t
Regards
Dave Penn;
DAFMAD:
Furthest North was Helsinki,
Furthest South was Barcelona
Furthest East was Krakow
Furthest West was Madrid.
Isn’t Madrid Further South than Barcelona?
I’ve just looked at a Map of Europe and realised the furthest North I’ve been in a truck this year is Norwich
East was Istanbul, but than we cheat really as we put it on a boat in Italy. so if that doesn’t count it’s Budapest
Furthest South Jerez.
Futhest West Portimao.
East would have been Marmaris in October, north probably Gallivare in Sweden early in the year, and south and west were the same job I reckon - Puerto de San Juan on the west coast of Tenerife. Some subbies went to Chernobyl but without a map in front of me I can’t think if that’s further east than marmaris
jj72:
East would have been Marmaris in October, north probably Gallivare in Sweden early in the year, and south and west were the same job I reckon - Puerto de San Juan on the west coast of Tenerife. Some subbies went to Chernobyl but without a map in front of me I can’t think if that’s further east than marmaris
Not sure where Marmaris is but a quick look at a map of Europe suggests that the Turkish border at Kapikule is about the same distance to the east as Chernobyl, which is northern central Ukraine, just above Kiev, so Marmaris is probably further east.
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