milodon:
6 years ago woke up in Autohof Olzheim on the morning of the 24th, coincidentally my 26th birthday
I remember being parked up there many years ago on 22nd or 23rd on the way back from France watching the trucks exit the parking area.
The Swedes, Danes and Germans turning right or the Spanish and Portuguese turning left were not going to be home for Christmas. (For those who don’t know it, this is a popular watering hole on the B51 on the Scandinavia - Iberia route)
Still one of my favourite truckstops. A trifle pricey but fantastic food.
I think it depends on your family circumstances. I was offered a run down to Sotogrande tipping today, but having a wife and kid there is no way I could ever contemplate it. If I was single, then I would have jumped at the opportunity to have Christmas in the sun!
Once had a Driver from one of the former russian countries turn up at our yard on xmas eve, just as we were locking up. Me and the boss tipped him, and sent him away. I went back in to do a run on the 28th, and he was still there. Stayed there till the 5th waiting for a back load.
In the good old days before the invasion by the EE, it was common for many Brit trucks (especially Cheltenham Airways boys) to sit down in Murcia and Cartagena waiting to load Boxing Day morning. It was well worth OUR while so the boss was making a very pretty penny (he always paid us a straight ‘in the hand’ payment).
You won’t see many Pedro’s coming north from Murcia after today in case they don’t make it back for the Day of Kings which in when they celebrate.
In fact, here is a true story concerning their DoK’s.
About 8-9 years ago, I left Pompey for Caen on the 1515 on New Years Eve which was a Friday. I was due to tip in L’Alfas Del Pi just outside Benidorm on Monday morning. Job done and duly wandered back to Simba’s whilst waiting for my backload of oranges from one of the many packhouses along there. Alas, I sat there a couple of days and was given a load from a place slightly inland between Valencia and Alicante (can’t remember the name but began with an A). Anyway the load was scheduled for the 6th which is the DoKs. Now as I drove to the place in the early morning, I was well aware of what the day was and was highly sceptical of getting loaded but we always do as we’re told. I was loading at a warehouse and the name was Excel. I figured this not being a small packhouse there was no way a factory was going to be open this day. Anyway, about 20 minutes before I reached the factory I received a phone call which went roughly thus. “Is that Austin?” to which I said yes. “ah, this is Pedro (name forgotten lol), the manager of the Excel factory where you are due to load this morning. As you may know today is the DoKs and the factory is shut. So when you get there, see the security guard, he will open up for you and if you back onto bay 16, there is 6 pallets of garlic by that bay for you. The paperwork is in the pallet, leave a copy of the CMR with the guard. Can you drive a forklift ok? If not, the guard will load you. Feel free to make a coffee in the office if you wish”
So this is what I did and a coffee and 6 pallets of garlic later, I left for MercaMadrid to pick the rest of the load up.
Could you even begin to imagine a manager of an Excel depot in this country doing that■■? pmsl
In eastern european countries Christmas eve is celebrated on January 6th, due to the difference between the old Julian calender and the modern Gregorian one.
skinhead:
In eastern european countries Christmas eve is celebrated on January 6th, due to the difference between the old Julian calender and the modern Gregorian one.
and the rest of Europa is spending this evening opening Xmas pressies on the eve of xmas! Happy times
The-Snowman:
According to “unplanned night out” this is transport and (zb) happens so I hope they arn’t complaining about it too much
OK, you lost the argument, move on man, let it go
I didnt lose any argument,I just accepted that there was never going to be an agreement so I stopped answering. It continued long after I stopped
But this post of mine here was a joke coz im an argumentative (zb) and im attempting to be a bit more light mooded.
weeto:
Well, seen at least one, maybe more today, that won’t be driving home for Christmas, Turkish registered truck at Hartshead Moor services to Turkey by midnight, possible?
Maybe some get a plane or coach back, but some must get abandoned over the Christmas period, poor beggers.
Bein a mainly Muslim country I’m not sure the captains celebrate Xmas . But a lot of EE firms get the trucks over here ready for delivery in the new year an fly drivers home . You will find waberers trucks parked in yards all over Europe that will sit there till new year
The-Snowman:
According to “unplanned night out” this is transport and (zb) happens so I hope they arn’t complaining about it too much
OK, you lost the argument, move on man, let it go
I didnt lose any argument,I just accepted that there was never going to be an agreement so I stopped answering. It continued long after I stopped
But this post of mine here was a joke coz im an argumentative (zb) and im attempting to be a bit more light mooded.
Yeh so was mine, so am I, and so was I…hence the smillies
The-Snowman:
According to “unplanned night out” this is transport and (zb) happens so I hope they arn’t complaining about it too much
OK, you lost the argument, move on man, let it go
I didnt lose any argument,I just accepted that there was never going to be an agreement so I stopped answering. It continued long after I stopped
But this post of mine here was a joke coz im an argumentative (zb) and im attempting to be a bit more light mooded.
Yeh so was mine, so am I, and so was I…hence the smillies
The-Snowman:
According to “unplanned night out” this is transport and (zb) happens so I hope they arn’t complaining about it too much
OK, you lost the argument, move on man, let it go
I didnt lose any argument,I just accepted that there was never going to be an agreement so I stopped answering. It continued long after I stopped
But this post of mine here was a joke coz im an argumentative (zb) and im attempting to be a bit more light mooded.
Yeh so was mine, so am I, and so was I…hence the smillies
No probs mate. Merry crimbo
For a minute there I thought the unplanned night out “debate” was going to kick off here on this thread
Well I for one have moved on, I have stepped away from the subject
Slovak artic parked up at our store in Rotherham today…going nowhere fast.
yesterday afternoon i saw 4 of T.French’s bulkers in convoy heading north on the A1 near Grantham…heading home to Ayrshire i presume,dreading a phone call about a backload?
carryfast-yeti:
Slovak artic parked up at our store in Rotherham today…going nowhere fast.
yesterday afternoon i saw 4 of T.French’s bulkers in convoy heading north on the A1 near Grantham…heading home to Ayrshire i presume,dreading a phone call about a backload?
In my experience the Jocks would be more concerned aboot New Year than Christmas
and a merry christmas to all, on the road or not
whilst waiting for my backload of oranges from one of the many packhouses along there. Alas, I sat there a couple of days and was given a load from a place slightly inland between Valencia and Alicante (can’t remember the name but began with an A). Anyway the load was scheduled for the 6th which is the DoKs. Now as I drove to the place in the early morning, I was well aware of what the day was and was highly sceptical of getting loaded but we always do as we’re told. I was loading at a warehouse and the name was Excel. I figured this not being a small packhouse there was no way a factory was going to be open this day. Anyway, about 20 minutes before I reached the factory I received a phone call which went roughly thus. “Is that Austin?” to which I said yes. “ah, this is Pedro (name forgotten lol), the manager of the Excel factory where you are due to load this morning. As you may know today is the DoKs and the factory is shut. So when you get there, see the security guard, he will open up for you and if you back onto bay 16, there is 6 pallets of garlic by that bay for you. The paperwork is in the pallet, leave a copy of the CMR with the guard. Can you drive a forklift ok? If not, the guard will load you. Feel free to make a coffee in the office if you wish”
