These are the pictures I took on the good camera but couldnt download until the end of the week.
Some duplicate from the iphone.
This is the Olympic Park on its way to obscurity
This is Elland Rd home of Leeds United.
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Thursday, 28 January 2010
The self loading lorry
In the west midlands , time must be a precious commodity, because every time I visit here, I have it stolen from me.
I spent an hour walking around this pressing plant, looking for the only person capable of loading one pallet for the USA onto me.
When I eventually gave up and went back to the lorry I was amazed to see I had been loaded.
The MD was sick of the "I'm on me break mate " brigade and had loaded it himself.
I didn't mess with their power supply, honest.
It was a similar story a mile away in Walsall, but this time it was shift changes to blame.
It's no wonder that companys are closing, because this car parts supplier can't tip any lorrys because it's a shift change.
I'm out side at 1 pm and they can't let me in until 2 pm. If it takes them an hour just to change shifts, how long does it take to make a component.
I was eventually unloaded in Walsall and had to find my way over to a brewery.
It had won awards but they were not for friendliness, efficiency or cleanliness.
I eventually had 6 tonnes of bottled beer loaded on to me, headed for Finland.
This is where the beer went, a Freight forwarder where they were forwarding this bubble car.
Past steptoes shop and off home.
I did my, routine factory walkabout again in Kent on Wednesday but eventually tailifted it off my self and left it for them.
After all that I couldn't leave because, beleive it or not some drivers are cocks as well.
I had to stay "darn sarf" last night so I stopped on the M20 looking for food but I was refused a mortgage. This salad was £3.99 !! It was lettuce and dressing the tasty looking baggette underneath is a whopping £4.29.
This truck tyre gave up. I think it had actually given up a long tine ago but he had driven in on it.
He was carrying this classic.
I spent an hour walking around this pressing plant, looking for the only person capable of loading one pallet for the USA onto me.
When I eventually gave up and went back to the lorry I was amazed to see I had been loaded.
The MD was sick of the "I'm on me break mate " brigade and had loaded it himself.
I didn't mess with their power supply, honest.
It was a similar story a mile away in Walsall, but this time it was shift changes to blame.
It's no wonder that companys are closing, because this car parts supplier can't tip any lorrys because it's a shift change.
I'm out side at 1 pm and they can't let me in until 2 pm. If it takes them an hour just to change shifts, how long does it take to make a component.
I was eventually unloaded in Walsall and had to find my way over to a brewery.
It had won awards but they were not for friendliness, efficiency or cleanliness.
I eventually had 6 tonnes of bottled beer loaded on to me, headed for Finland.
This is where the beer went, a Freight forwarder where they were forwarding this bubble car.
Past steptoes shop and off home.
I did my, routine factory walkabout again in Kent on Wednesday but eventually tailifted it off my self and left it for them.
After all that I couldn't leave because, beleive it or not some drivers are cocks as well.
I had to stay "darn sarf" last night so I stopped on the M20 looking for food but I was refused a mortgage. This salad was £3.99 !! It was lettuce and dressing the tasty looking baggette underneath is a whopping £4.29.
This truck tyre gave up. I think it had actually given up a long tine ago but he had driven in on it.
He was carrying this classic.
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Crusher rescue
Crushers are just like buses, you don't see one for an age and then two come along at once.
Filling up I noticed a clever spot of graffiti.
The first crusher was down in Kent and was suffering from a broken set of jaws. Poor thing was sitting in the corner if the quarry, struck impotent by a stray boulder.
It lit up when it's new teeth arrived though.
This picture is to prove a point if my previous posts regarding wolesely , I also spelt it right this time.
After a few more deliverys around London, my last delivery was another crusher on the o2 arena site. There was a team of engineers waiting for me so it was all hands to the pumps.
I took them a new door and brought the shattered one back with me.
I don't know why, but the east end of London seems to be a black hole for my sat nav. This is where it reccomended I go. Straight into the Thames.
I followed my instint and decided to turn round and use the dryer route, past the dome.
Filling up I noticed a clever spot of graffiti.
The first crusher was down in Kent and was suffering from a broken set of jaws. Poor thing was sitting in the corner if the quarry, struck impotent by a stray boulder.
It lit up when it's new teeth arrived though.
This picture is to prove a point if my previous posts regarding wolesely , I also spelt it right this time.
After a few more deliverys around London, my last delivery was another crusher on the o2 arena site. There was a team of engineers waiting for me so it was all hands to the pumps.
I took them a new door and brought the shattered one back with me.
I don't know why, but the east end of London seems to be a black hole for my sat nav. This is where it reccomended I go. Straight into the Thames.
I followed my instint and decided to turn round and use the dryer route, past the dome.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
A Drivers first port of Call
In the city bright and early I was delivering on London Bridge.
This part of London is Sat Nav hell, I dont know why but mine always cuts out in this area.
I took this route home.
I was in Coventry and a familier sight for us drivers, Tiny windows to stand at and wait like good little boys.
My first drop was next door to the home of the AGA. my mums most treasured possession.
This was where I was going, the world dominating Wolsey Group.
No matter where I have been in the Country I have always seen one of their brands next or near to it.
It is also home to the smallest drivers facility in the world.
The other sign says Drivers wait in the yellow area.!!!!
This was my load at Wolsey going on.
This bloke was doing a "Miracle Walk" for the fallen soldiers but most cars were flying past him in a rush to get to work.
My ideal job.
I'd love to deliver these for a living.
These Silver Surfers harrassed me on the motorway and stuck to my right all the way through the 50 MPH roadworks, at 40 !!!!!Then as you can see they rip away as the speed limits ends and leave me standing!
I have never seen this RAC centre from this angle before, normally its from the M6 when I crawl past but today I collected from right behind it.
I have not seen any decent vans for ages but this one was very special looking, it was immaculate but its only when you look closer that you realise why,
Its actually a 59 reg brand new, brazilian import. See the shape of the roof, and from the front you would see it had a radiator!
A radiator in a VW Camper? Ughh.
This was an old delivery in Birmingham that I used to do but Staples haver taken it over now, it was the smoothest and the fastest Staples I have ever delivered to, lets hope it stays that way.
I had a load of Underfloor heating for a metal recycler in Birmingham , they used to be called Scrap dealers before New Labour.
They had me drive onto the weighbridge and issued me a ticket, pity they didn't pay me for the Tonne I had just dropped off as well, that would of been a result.
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