The first part was Tuesday , then Today sorry for mix up been early starts

My first drop was over the Dartford Bridge to a mail shot warehouse in Orpington for 8 am but managed to get there 1 hour, late They were all wankers . They all stood outside the shutter doors and watch me reverse up to them around a steel bin and a parked car , It was
A tricky reverse as the place was really tight.
When I finished and jumped down they said , its over there mate in the other shed near the yellow line ! , The other shed had no markings and no body there , nothing to suggest it was part of the same business. As usual . Then they asked me for the paper work. I gave them my stuff and the Prick said word for word “ Not interested in this shit you got here,. the delivery paperwork “.
I was pissed off but I thought it wasn’t to me personally but the customer who hadn’t sent the paperwork. I was still annoyed though.
“Maybe its on the pallets “I said.
“Yeah right, was his reply anyway I jumped up on the deck and on the last pallet was a delivery note . It listed every pallet , Saab and Vauxhall dealer brochures.
“This is shit” he said
Its all handwritten !! What can you say ?? They just want to complain.
I was glad to get out of there.

Then over to cranleigh in surrey for a bamboo floor delivery . It was in a beautiful farm , in a tiny lane with a tiny drive , and they wanted , yes you guessed it ,. Right to the door. “What about your trees ?” I asked him . “Fuck em “ he said. This was the Builder not the owner so I said I couldn’t damage any property to make a delivery.

We took a look and he directed me in here( in the picture). He had his labourers carry them up to the house.
Then into a company near heathrow for paramount pictures to Ireland . This went without drama.
Then back in time for a drop at a hotel in reading then back to base , listening Ian Wright on the Radio .

Up at 3 am for a drop in Welwyn garden city for the Hertfordshire council
A booking time of 6.30 am but when I arrived they said it wasn’t able to be dropped until 7 am ! I asked him to sign for the pallet if I used the Tailift to get it off and he grudgingly agreed.
That meant I was off to Harlow on time because that was a 8.30 booking time at 3663 foodservice.
I have to confess, I hate the food Industry delivery’s , I don’t know why they are so horrible and so slow to tip your load but Its always a nightmare I have been to some terrible places in London for instance where they seem to treat you like shit.

I visited a catering company in Walthamstow after the food place in Harlow and it was memorable for a few reasons.
The traffic on the way was horrendous , it took over an hour to get from the end on the M11 to the place on Priestley way.

I arrived and it was mayhem , there were foreign trucks jostling for places inside this tiny yard that doubles as a cash and carry as well. This means you have to dodge white vans and estate cars leaving with seeded burger buns and pickled onions.

Then you come to the fork loft drivers , I was directed around to the rear of the building and came across an artic fridge pulled up on the side, he was having a “conversation” with a rather angry looking car owner and he kept rubbing the bumper of his car , I don’t think it was going to straighten it just by rubbing ,but I didn’t like to say !.

I pulled in and over to the side of the yard and saw the fattest man I ever saw on the back end of a fridge. He was pulling pallets to the rear and the crazy fork lift drivers were taking them.

Now these fork lift drivers were different to most others that you come across. They actually took the pallets off for you? Imagine that , they didn’t ignore you , or tut or um an arr about tipping you or check your paperwork three times. They just took the pallets off, and then worried about it later . They were mad in their own way , driving around the yard like they were in a demolition derby. And shouting at each other all the time , in Turkish mostly but some times broken English Insults mainly. I was practically on 4.30 hours driving time so I asked if I good take a 30 minute break in the yard . He was brilliant and said yeah no problem , just open the side and ill empty you now . He took all 7 off and I still had my 30 minutes So I just relaxed and watched the mayhem unfold. My 30 minutes were almost up when the fattest Driver (in Walthamstow at least this morning) got on the forklift the a lift down off the back ha ha ha I wanted a picture sooooo bad !!!!! But I couldn’t cos I was to close and didn’t want him to see me.
This is what he was driving !!








I then ended up in DPC in Chelmsford and it was a struggle to get close to the yard , I had to park in the street and walk down past all the other fridges again . This time though it was true to form , One forkie and ten trucks!

I went into the office and it was full of signs , Drivers must not do this , and Drivers must not do that !! , most of you will no what I mean, One sign read Visiting Drivers will by NO means use the Toilet under ANY circumstances!!! . Toilets are availalable on the BP Services at the boreham roundabout.. Now, I wasn’t at the bleeding boreham roundabout. I was at their depot delivering their goods. And being made to wait in the road for over an hour by their Forkie to tip ONE pallet. GRRR .

I read this notice on the building outside it read DPC . Service for the new century what a load of Bullshit,
I was finished after that drop and took the m11 and A14 home , stopped at the Cambridge services for a break and got a call for a collection on the way back home.
I got that on now as I write this , its 6 am and I got here ion London for my 7 am tip a while ago and then off to Croydon , then Lewes. Ill post it all later.


This picture is my first drop Thursday
that hole is where they go!!!