Sunday 6th Jan 2008

Tony took the picture of the page and I have tried to get the look of the diary I keep in my cab to jot down all the drops I do.Yesterday we went to Sommerfield to get the food I will need next week,as the snow starts to come I want to make sure that should I get cut off at least I can survive,but more to the point I dont have to line the pockets of the service stations on the motorway network.

I have rang work up this morning to see where I am going and what time to start,well I am off to Bristol for 07:00 in the morning.If I set off at 14:00 I have had 45 hours this week and just in case I need to work next Saturday I can.

Cooked dinner for the girls,I am well enough now to see them,we had Beef and all the trimmings sat at the Christmas table and pulled the last of the crackers.Bernard is driving down to Exeter today and he has rang to ask when I will be setting off.So as a treat I will knock up a fist full of prawn,salad and sweet chilli sauce wraps to eat when we stop,all washed down with some colombian driving powder I bought ( coffee ).

Set off from the yard at 14:30 with the 'owd dog' Bernard in my slip stream,he was off to Exeter and I was off to Bristol.We stopped at Stafford southbound for coffe and a catch up on things that went on over Christmas.The prawn wraps went down a storm.We parted ways at the M5/M4 split and I headed off to Temple Meads.My drop is slap bang on the A4 right on a junction and surrounded by bus lanes so I found a industrial unit to park over night at.Gladiator is on the telly and as it is one of my top five films I should sleep soundly.

My cab looks very much like the U-Boat in Das Boot as its sets out to sea from La Rochelle laden down with food and drink,its the best part of the start of the week , I could eat my self stupid if I put my mind to it.Well the starting credits are rolling in Gladiator so thats it from me - STRENGTH AND HONOUR