What time you starting in the morning, wher're you going?

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Just had the phone call to start at 3am. Hopefully I'll have some Olympic runs taking soft drinks into an Olympic warehouse in the East end. You have to stay in the cab while they back you into a restricted area warehouse and unload you, so might I get a chance for some shut eye.

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4key said:

5am as per usual for Sheppy at 6. Judging by who you drive for we must cross paths quite a bit, keep an eye out for the yellow powder tankers being dragged by new premiums, one of them has a ph smiley on the back of the cab

Will keep an eye out. I'm on MJD, normally pulling the Coke contract with a curtain sider with a year old premium. Would prefer a Scania V8 though.

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4key said:

To be honest I prefer the new renults to scanias for driving, the scanias are better at being a home away from home though. Used to fly past your yard all of the time picking marble up from opposite the scrap yard with a curtainsider, you'll see most of our brick lorrys going in and out of cemex down the road from you, but I steer clear of that and stay on the tankers.

I was sold on the noise, had one going over the QE2 bridge next to me on Friday. He kept blipping it, as the traffic slowed and pulled away, as he pulled up to the top of the bridge.

Not driven a Scania V8 so can only guess what it's like. Love the premium though, it's very driver freindly with the button on the right stem giving you all the information you need to know.

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4key said:

They still running some of those old xf dafs over there? Most of them were in a right state, id hate to think how a renaults going to survive over there

All the old DAFS ended up on a boat to Africa, they couldn't go into London after January. The Renaults are holding up ok, although they take a beating at the weekends. Mines a year old and has done over 200,000 kms. It gets driven by anyone at the weekend

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I've been going up and down the A13 on a regular basis and have seen them practising at the 'tent site'. Think it was on Monday I saw the closing ceremoney with roads all meeting in the middle and curling up skywards, with Big Ben and the Gherkin in the middle. I take it these will rise out of the ground?

Also saw artics all around the outside, forming a circle with people in fancy dress on the back of trailers.

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chilistrucker said:

alangla and iva are pretty close.
i can't say who or what, (they're watching me!!!)

but i'll be on right near the start, hopefully it should be good.
look for the 11th artic in...

Is it a mini version of the London eye? Thought I saw that round the back of the tent.

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chilistrucker said:

ZR1cliff said:

I've been going up and down the A13 on a regular basis and have seen them practising at the 'tent site'. Think it was on Monday I saw the closing ceremoney with roads all meeting in the middle and curling up skywards, with Big Ben and the Gherkin in the middle. I take it these will rise out of the ground?

Also saw artics all around the outside, forming a circle with people in fancy dress on the back of trailers.

bloody hell, you did see alot

There were also London taxis, MG's, etc on the roads curling up.

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chilistrucker said:

alangla and iva are pretty close.
i can't say who or what, (they're watching me!!!)

but i'll be on right near the start, hopefully it should be good.
look for the 11th artic in...

Are you carrying a large multi coloured Bomb?

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ZR1cliff said:

chilistrucker said:

alangla and iva are pretty close.
i can't say who or what, (they're watching me!!!)

but i'll be on right near the start, hopefully it should be good.
look for the 11th artic in...

Are you carrying a large multi coloured Bomb?

And is there something or someone inside the bomb?

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You did well chillstrucker!

Today I'm doing East London to Slough followed by Wembley to Kent, last one olympic related.

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Looks like Croydon in the morning rush hour, followed by another full load into E2 later. Think there's roadworks at the junction of Mile End Road and Cambridge Heath road as well?

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4key said:

Ooo, im loading out of sheppy at 5 for a 7am beddington farm tip and back down again, look out for the yellow tanker shaped blur as i try to finish at a decent time for a friday.

I'm in at 6ish and should be plodding about in EPD, if I get my own unit. Don't rustle my curtains too much when you go by.

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4key said:

ZR1cliff said:

I'm in at 6ish and should be plodding about in EPD, if I get my own unit. Don't rustle my curtains too much when you go by.

Ah, it was you that i just chased down to the dc on the a22, i pulled into the last layby for a rat burger

Ha - saw the yellow tanker storming down the hill behind me. Guessed you pulled in for a break and a ratburger.

Couldn't stop, I didn't leave Croydon till 12 and had to pick up another loaded trailer for Hackney. Spent the day chasing my arse and trying to zigzag my way into Cam Heath Road around the roadworks.

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Is the A22 the quickest way back out to North Kent from Croydon? Is it quicker than the A23?

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I'm on a type of holiday - poxy Jury service. Not sure how long it's going to last either. Plus the money is crap!

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italianjob1275 said:

ZR1cliff said:

I'm on a type of holiday - poxy Jury service. Not sure how long it's going to last either. Plus the money is crap!

Hope you get a nice juicy murder trial, otherwise you get lots of waiting around while teenage scum bags play the system..

I'll be in a Court in South London, so am expecting a wide range of scrotes. Just wish I could get out of it somehow. Would rather do Lidls every day of the week for the next fortnight.