Hi 240 Gardner can you confirm that the Dreadnaught is still on the road doing the steam show now? Regards Geoff
Think the Scania with the Estepe roof was driven by Mick Bingham who used to go out with Sophie at Truckline at Cherbourg.
Kerbut , I had an Esteppe roof on my ex Gilders 142, used to fly with no speed limiter.
The girls in the freight office were rather nice looking, Marie Noel with big blue eyes, she owns a baby clothes shop in Cherbourg.
The two Canadian old timers who marshalled traffic in the port.
On the Stena love boat from Southampton to Cherbourg there was Gina, long black hair, I fell in love with her.
I saw Frankie Carson on the new years eve crossing, he did a show, great fun.
Cherbourg Douanes on the take with ■■■■ off drivers when you had gone over four stamps on the permit, remember those from British International aka Tim Allan and Peter the poisoned dwarf Taplin.
claudes st genis what a spot fantastic days the one hitters club lol sometimes u could smell the b.s. from rennes gr8 days tho 
stevejones:
claudes st genis what a spot fantastic days the one hitters club lol sometimes u could smell the b.s. from rennes gr8 days tho
Steve the proper onehitters club was not Claudes it was Lillies at Le Souquet,that was a proper days work from Cherbourg.Cheers Geoff
geoff luther:
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worked on this old girl a few times when I worked for adams morey… I seem to remember they had a 2800 as well.
ye geoff know the spot gone by many tlmes always remember if u got fri night boat c/bourg/caen./le havre it was hammer down to get over border when it was 10pm shut down in france then usually into sunbilla for few cervezas.
lespaul1765:
geoff luther:
0worked on this old girl a few times when I worked for adams morey… I seem to remember they had a 2800 as well.
Hi lespaul they probably did have a 2800 but it must have been before I drove for Brian.Cheers Geoff
DEANB:
An article about Truckline from 1989.Click on pages to read.1
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Hi Dean thanks for the article that takes me back.That was in the good old days when they gave you the wine,and the food wasn’t as bad as some drivers made out.Those days also there were no Grockles on board.Happy days Cheers Geoff
we shipped out of poole to Italy regularly. not through the blanc or frejus round the bottom via ventimiglia in this pulling an old sts box trailer.
hotel magnum:
we shipped out of poole to Italy regularly. not through the blanc or frejus round the bottom via ventimiglia in this pulling an old sts box trailer.
Last time I did Ventimiglia / Menton instead of Frejus it cost a fortune in payage tolls and diesel! Robert
hotel magnum:
we shipped out of poole to Italy regularly. not through the blanc or frejus round the bottom via ventimiglia in this pulling an old sts box trailer.
Thanks for your pic Hotel Magnum,it was a long way round to get to Italy but if you were Hazardous I suppose your options were limited.As Robert says it was expensive with Tolls and diesel,and all of those tunnels once you got to Italy.Very scenic though wasn’t it.Regards Geoff
robert1952:
hotel magnum:
we shipped out of poole to Italy regularly. not through the blanc or frejus round the bottom via ventimiglia in this pulling an old sts box trailer.Last time I did Ventimiglia / Menton instead of Frejus it cost a fortune in payage tolls and diesel! Robert
Robert did you gain any info from Bob Jarett about Phill Horridges ERF.Cheers Geoff
we came back through the tunnels, always turning down the return ticket at the peage. we complained about the black truck and black uniform in the heat, the boss fixed it by sending us to Sweden.