Day off

Not at work today so ive been doing a bit of research on where we would like to live in Canada. Looks like its a choice between Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge. Also went to the police station this afternoon as they are missing some information for our criminal records check. They asked me if i had a "police" record, i said "no but i do have some of their albums on CD".

Job offer in Canada

The Canals a bit flooded

Well i got a job offer from a trucking company in Alberta, hauling frozen meat down to California and returning up to Canada with fruit. That'll do nicely but i have still got paperwork to sort out. Im on 2 days off now so i can get most of that squared away. Got stuck in another jam this morning but still made it back for lunchtime. As im typing this i am sipping on a Vodka Martini (in a half pint glass) lovely!!!

On the way back........

On the way back i noticed a red pickup parked in the truck parking area. I noticed it was there yesterday so assume its been abandoned. While i was inside getting a coffee i saw two policemen so i went over and told them. The first response was a curt "well its a staff car then isnt it" so i pointed out that it was hardly likely that a member of staff would leave their car right in the middle of the truck park. His second response was" thank you sir we'll look into it".

Well i watched them walk out, get in their car and drive off. Lets hear a big "hurray" for Englands finest.................

They must have been busy searching for a trucker diong 1mph over the limit.

I'll keep an eye out for the car and we'll see how long it is before it is moved

Some photos from Evercreech

Delivered to Tesco Southampton and collected from Evercreech, took a few photos of being loaded down there, hi lads if you're looking in........

Boring Day

Delivered into Tesco Chepstow and collected from Evercreech, boring day so lets have a funny picture instead.

Somerfield Huntington & Morrisons Thrapston

Heres a good start to the week, as soon as i got my paperwork i knew what was coming. At Huntington you have to unload yourself with a hand pallet truck, fantastic. Having done this run many times before i also knew what was on the trailer, 15 pallets of fruit juice each weighing over a tonne. Luckily for me this time there was a Lumper (person who loads and unloads trailers) with a motorised pallet lifter and he did most of the work. That done, it was into the nearest lay-by for a nap then into Thrapston for my return load of potatoes. The weather was awfull, rained all night and all through the morning. Got back into the depot just before lunch time, signed off, went home, and had a lovely Sunday Lunch, roast chicken if anyone was interested.

Tesco Hinckley & Morrisons Northampton

Thursday

Another Tescos so another lovely wait in a lovely tescos waiting room, luckily it was only an hour this time then a quick scoot down the M1 and a collection from Morrisons on Swan Valley for a collection. All in all a nice easy day apart from getting onto the bay at Swan Valley. There is about a foot between the trailers and not much room in front, i did it with only 1 shunt but there was no-one to witness it, bloody typical. Now if i completley fudged it then you could bet a months wages that there would be an audience.

Friday

Sixth shift so its time and a half (horray) Tescos Southampton so its lovely wait blah blah. Ive got a collection on the way back from Everceech but ran out of time on the way there so it was a 45 minute nap in a layby, lovely. Got serious munchies on the way back and had to make a pit stop in the services, a large Latte, BLT and a Twix (Raider) later and its back to the depot to fuel up, sign off and go home for a 36 hour weekend.

The Weekend

Went shopping, got drunk, watched videos went to bed. Next morning we went visiting up in Birmingham, I even go driving on my days off. Well thats about it and im back to work in a few hours ready to face another week and more Tescos.

I almost forgot, i also applied for 4 jobs in Canada, got my holiday approved from Wincanton and got Luke cleared from school. I also sent off our criminal record searches, applied to my last 3 companies for referencies and reconfigured Microsoft Outlook to help me manage the whole process, the boy been busy