Excellent Diary…im SO tempted to go and do it myself…hate making decisions especially life changing ones though. 
Bikemonkey:
Excellent Diary…im SO tempted to go and do it myself…hate making decisions especially life changing ones though.
Hi mate, if your that tempted to do it just go, after all you can always come back. Thats what I thought when I decided to come to oz! I no thats easy for me to say not having kids etc… but you know what I’m getting at, life isnt a dress rehearsel after all… 
PS If you dont recognise the username I used to be uvox82 and at Deben when you were although out of Felixstowe. 
Take it easy.
Great read too nianiamh, thanks for the write ups.
Cracking post yet again, I’m glad you are enjoying your new job, thankyou for giving us this insight into life beyond this Island. 
I love these Diaries from afar, find them interesting and definitely makes me think about trying it. No pun intended here but those Pete’s do look well built. Keep up the good work Neal.
Excellent pics and a really good insight, thanks, three things that worry me though 1 no kebab vans 2 no chicken tikka biryany with a madras masala sauce 3 no millenium stadium (where we get to make monkeys of the english).
mike68:
Excellent pics and a really good insight, thanks, three things that worry me though 1 no kebab vans 2 no chicken tikka biryany with a madras masala sauce 3 no millenium stadium (where we get to make monkeys of the english).
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We have kebabs here, and they are far nicer than the greasy half cooked, kept warm in bain marie crap we got back in the UK. Here they double cook the meat, and its spiced beef, not lamb or whatever meat they could find going cheap that week
lol. The meat is cooked on the spit in the traditional british way, but they then cook it on the grill, to make sure any bacteria has been killed off. which is something that they should be doing in the uk, but it very rarely happens. -
Im sure you can find somewhere that does chicken tikka biryany with a madras masala sauce. There are plenty of Indians here, and plenty of Indian restaurants.
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You dont need a Millenium stadium
BigJon:
mike68:
Excellent pics and a really good insight, thanks, three things that worry me though 1 no kebab vans 2 no chicken tikka biryany with a madras masala sauce 3 no millenium stadium (where we get to make monkeys of the english).
We have kebabs here, and they are far nicer than the greasy half cooked, kept warm in bain marie crap we got back in the UK. Here they double cook the meat, and its spiced beef, not lamb or whatever meat they could find going cheap that week
Im sure you can find somewhere that does chicken tikka biryany with a madras masala sauce. There are plenty of Indians here, and plenty of Indian restaurants.
You dont need a Millenium stadium
The first two I can live without, number 3 would be a tough one, excellent pics keep coming,also what is the maximum length of a single trailer (in metres) what are the rules on drivers hours gross weights and axle weights, what are the facilities like for drivers, whats the method of payment that sort of stuff, thanks.Mike.
mike68:
BigJon:
mike68:
The first two I can live without, number 3 would be a tough one, excellent pics keep coming,also what is the maximum length of a single trailer (in metres) what are the rules on drivers hours gross weights and axle weights, what are the facilities like for drivers, whats the method of payment that sort of stuff, thanks.Mike.
You’ll find plenty of info here:
britishtruckersabroad.com/index.php
Big Truck:
mike68:
BigJon:
mike68:
The first two I can live without, number 3 would be a tough one, excellent pics keep coming,also what is the maximum length of a single trailer (in metres) what are the rules on drivers hours gross weights and axle weights, what are the facilities like for drivers, whats the method of payment that sort of stuff, thanks.Mike.
You’ll find plenty of info here:
britishtruckersabroad.com/index.php
Unless it has improved recently, that forum was worse than being in the middle of a cat fight.
I am still a member but no longer visit due to all the slagging off that went on.
If you decide to visit, take care.
Here is the Alberta government website with the information on hours, weights etc. Other provinces will be similar, search for driving regulations in the particular province you want to live in.
transportation.alberta.ca/Dr … hicles.htm
BJD
Thanks all the new job is working out really well and getting plenty of miles in
Once i reloaded on the monday i dropped that trailer in the yard and went straight back out with another loaded for Montreal for thursday night,
got my reload on first thing friday morning just south of Montreal and started for home and got into the yard by 8.30pm saturday
Having a quick stop on the run home throu Qubec
Don`t fancy backing this thing up
Had a quick 36hrs off and then done a quick trip over to Edmonton and reload Saskatoon back to the yard,
Seen these out having fun on the Trans Canada HWY1on the way out, can you see them being aloud to do that down the middle of the M1
If look closely you can see this blokes gear stick is at the same height as his head 
i leave sunday afternoon to load in Portage la Prairie Mb for delivery somewhere in Texas on wednesday.
Cheers
Neal
least he wont loose the gear stick lol
Haha who did i miss this thread, im always on the look out for your diaries 
cracking read as always
i no you probably been asked b4 but how did the move to canada pan out, is the work there for uk drivers just a liittle info on how too would be nice, one day i fancy the move once ive convinced the mrs, love the diary’s especially the open roads of which the uk aint got!!
Great diary again Neil, Thanks for posting it.
yet again, another great read, pleeeaaase keep them coming looking foward to more 