A lorry drivers delight

Night driving is a delightful experience.No traffic, no TM ringing every few minutes and a simple A -B route.


 I had a great drive down from the lakes last week after a night out at the number one truckers choice truck stop on the M6 at Junction 38 . It wasn't as good as the write up in the magazine and I witnessed  one if the strangest practices I have ever seen inb a cafe. As I was eating , I was glancing up at a TV in the corner of the room showing the weakest link when one of the waitress started putting chairs on the empty tables, right in front of mine and other diners view. It was a really strange situation because, being early evening and  with the room filling up, it sent out a strange, unwelcome message, as if they didn't really want you there.

The food wasn't great either and at £6.99 just for a meal  (drinks extra) a £2 discount voucher was very welcome. I chose a curry but they couldn't provide a full portion of rice and offered a 50/50 mix of rice and chips instead. The waitress made sure I wasn't getting more than I was allowed and actually shook a few chips off the scoop when she gathered  up to much.

Anyway here's the pictures and sorry for taking so long between posts. Its been emotional !

 These pictures were taken at the new BAE bullet factory in Washington, but don't worry , they only make the shell casings here, the explosives are added later.

 As usual I was messed about by the security on site but I was eventually proved right. It was for your site and its OK no need to apologise!

 After my day in the North East it was time to follow that Roman Emperor wall and travel over to Whitehaven.

 OK , you don't get to see any of the wall but us trucks cant get near it.Sorry.

 One thing that Cumbria is good for is wind farming, it doesn't look very pretty and I'm told it doesn't make that much electricity but apparently it shows that we care about the environment, so that's OK then !

 This all lead to my night out at the Services mentioned at the top of the post.