Van Day

I got back from the Welsh run last night at about 9.30 last night and there was a van waiting for me in the yard, loaded with a nice run up through the Dales and into Cheshire.

I had 5 drops from Maccelsfield to Wakefield , with a Stockport, Chorey and a Diversion to Blackburn in the middle.

I like driving the Vans because it means I can use sat nav without thinking.
Using sat nav without thinking in a Lorry , any kind of Lorry , even a 7.5 t is a dangerous business but in a van you can get away with it.

The first drop was in Macceslfield and took in some rather questionable roads, I wouldn't of gone the same way in a Lorry but it was a really nice morning and a pleasant drive up through the Peak district into Leek then up to Maccelsfield.

I was a bit early , the place opened at 8.30 and I was outside by 8.15 so I got my Daily Mirror out and settled into the seat.

There were two more vans waiting so I decided to pull into the car park, a little bit away from the loading canopy,letting them know that I knew they were before me.

I watched the staff arrive and the loading doors open and then like a bat out of hell,along came the UPS manThe van is clearly not in the loading area's, my back door is in the right hand frame of the picture and the other van was on the other side and there was a 7.5 t, out of the frame.
He just swept in and started unloading the parcels. I jumped out and before I could speak the goods in said "be with you in a minute drive" , sort of sympathetically.

I hate it when I'm in the truck and they do it but I didn't think they did it to van drivers as well.

I was finished here as soon as the Big Brown Delivery Machine had gone, and I went overto Stockport and delivered 6 boxes of lights

The next drop was a place I have been tolots of times before but doesn't show up on the Sat nav.
Its a multinational on Buckminster Rd in Chorley.

The whole estate is massive but shows up as a field on the Tom Tom. I have saved it as a favourite and as a POI and the same thing happens when I try to route to it, No Route Available.
Because I always approach this delivery from different places I always come unstuck looking for it.
Its just off the A6 in Chorley but the sat nav just finds unnamed roads and fields and a train line.
When I finally got there today I thought I was in "The 100 Acre Wood" look closey now!



This is just a bay shot. I was lucky to be under the canopy today.I had a few more drops to go and set off for Blackburn, then Wakefield. I went over the M62 again to get to Wakefield and took a few more pictures of that house in the middle of both lanes.




I have a new gadget for my Camera, A windscreen mount. Its brilliant, but it does mean I take pictures of absolutly everything I see.Editing the ones I use for this blog is getting to be a full time job.