HORNBY 00
Hi & welcome to this Davies thread mate
I assume you drove the truck for Davies after i,d left & before i went back ( if you know what i mean ) Bit double dutch that .
Do i know you ?
Regards Tony
Here,s another one. A lot of you should recognise this
Very artistic pose Tony, nice shot, very David Bailey !!! 
bloody hell mappo how the hell did you get up there mate 
i bet it was a laugh watching you trying to get back down
Hi Dave & Ian
I must have been feeling a bit adventurous that day.
I did receive a couple of cuts & grazes on the way down. I certainly would,nt attempt it today
Looks like the Puerto Despenaperros to me Tone, aka "the mountain on the
N IV. That arced restaurant front looks familiar too mate,is it along the old national between Almeria & Murcia by any chance? Hard to tell without the procession of 6 & 8 legger Pegasos smoking along the road.
Been fortifying the house all weekend mate as we have the Kwoz himself & his good lady coming up for a couple of nights next weekend…HELLLPPPPPPPPP!!!
after glasgow its a wonder you went up there at all 
FLIP:
Looks like the Puerto Despenaperros to me Tone, aka "the mountain on the
N IV. That arced restaurant front looks familiar too mate,is it along the old national between Almeria & Murcia by any chance? Hard to tell without the procession of 6 & 8 legger Pegasos smoking along the road.Been fortifying the house all weekend mate as we have the Kwoz himself & his good lady coming up for a couple of nights next weekend…HELLLPPPPPPPPP!!!
Hi Flip mate,
I,ll have to take your word for the name ,but yes your right its on the N IV
heading south towards Bailen.
Right again on the restaurant one Flip. Well remembered.
Kwozzy did tell me he was invading sorry visiting you next weekend mate.
I think you,re very brave indeed. Batten down the hatches & for gawds sake
dont leave any booze lying around. Good luck to you 
dreva:
after glasgow its a wonder you went up there at all
Hi Dreva
A little mishap like Glasgow did,nt put me off heights mate.
I could climb down ,em as well
top lad 
did you do a lot for solstor they used to be in woolwich
Hi Dreva,
When Davies started on fridge work i was the only driver on it.
I used to export load from Bells abbatoir inTadworth nr. Reigate with hanging beef for Rungis, Brittany & marseille normaly, then re-load for Chingford Fruit Packers in Woolwich from Italy & Spain.
The guy in the transport office at Bells,Mark then moved onto Chingfords and shortly after Solstor was created & Davies put more trucks on there.
Solstors first trucks of their own were F10,s (plain white). Myself & my buddy Cluey left Davies briefly for a spell on there but soon returned.
Solstors F10,s parked outside of Madrid
My pride & joy on Blanc
top pics mate how about you the others get some more on and some more stories PLEASSSSSSSSSSE
Cheers Tone will hide away the tinti & scotch before the old lad gets here! 
Dreva, I only spent about ten years up ‘n’ down with the lads but even I have more stories than you could shake a stick at . Happy days & a few hard ones too, and even more “hard” sessions a la bar . As for photos I am trying to teach myself how to put them on here,then I’ll upload some all action shots from the dats of EEC (remember them lads?) & my days at McCann’s, only back to '91 I’m afraid but still nostalgic, 143’s etc.
Kwoz, on my old mate Tony’s advice it looks like you’ll need to bring your own booze for the weekend mate 
as you know I’m not tempted by the evils of alcohol 
even if we were accused of being big drinkers in America just cos we ordered a 3rd pint
Hi Tony,
Great pics,where is Pete Clue these days ? last time I saw him he was on Buckfast / Mammoth !!
Regards MaggieD
“Pint Size” drives a straddle carrier on nights for Pentalver. I believe he reads here but doesn’t contribute! ,allo Pete!
Flip
Hi mate , re pics, have you seen Ainacs ‘Instructions On How To Post Pics’
If you,re still having probs i will PM you my Phone No.
MaggieD& Gazza
You beat me to it Gazza. Cluey is indeed working for Pentalvers in the loaded yard. I,m sure Pete wont mind me saying that he had a ticker problem a couple of years ago & had to come off the road,although he seems more than happy with his lot. Com,n Cluey & get you,re ■■■ on ,ere
mappo
you do know me , the first time was up the yard at hedge end, the first time i drove i took a tilt up to cowley car plant and then reloaded haulfast heathrow
in one of the green volvos, the last time i saw you, you were in jacksons yard
you told me about your trip to iraq .i also have some pictures to put up when i work it out.
regards hornby
HORNBY OO
Bloody hell mate you certainly do go back if you were at Buzzers
old yard at the farm in Hedge End.
Put me out of my misery then with a name 
Dreva
This one,s for you
Many moons ago, while driving an F89 for Davies, I was pulling a TIP
trailer for STS on route to Italy. I was heading south on the A6 autoroute
in France near the Avallon exit when I felt a sudden lurch and saw a pair
of my trailer wheels overtaking me in the outside lane.
Miraculously they came to rest against the centre barrier without hitting
anything (I forgot to mention it was a tandem trailer).
Eventually a fitter came out and we retrieved the wheels, chained up the
axle and I limped to the garage in Avallon. 
To cut a long story short the garage were able to do the job but TIP were
haggling over their price so after two days I left the garage running on
just a single axle and had to drive to TIP’s in Paris for them to fit a new
one.
Needless to say this cost me yet another weekend away but hey who cared
in those days. 
Forgot to mention that obviously the wheel bearings had collapsed
HORNBY OO[/u
I,ve just read yours again. What green Volvos.? I,m more confused than ever