Busy day. First load to Malton Store, a very full load. Malton store is only about five miles from base so it was a short run. Back to base for second load for Carlton store and two farm drops and one merchant drop. One irritation, I had to go back to Malton store to collect forty hooped net stakes, if I had been told earlier they could have been collected while I was there the first time. :-( The store manager asked me to collect him some horse feed from one of the other stores on my travels as he had run out and there was non in the mill. Then to Gate Helmsley store to collect a further ten hooped net stakes to complete an order and the required horse feed for Malton store. First drop Carlton store, as usual with our stores all was lifted off with a fork lift, nice and easy, also collected one bag of dog food for Malton store as they don't hold stock that brand. First farm drop at Eggbrough was a good drop, pulled up right outside the door and off loaded by hand with help. There was only about a tonne and a half and it didn't take long and had the added benefit of giving me a bit of much needed exercise to work off a bit of Christmas dinner. The next drop was a merchant drop at Gilberdyke. Even though the tonne was weighed and bagged I had to weigh in before unloading and out after unloading. I can understand anyone weighing in bulk or unweighed bags but this level of checking for a weighed product seems a little unnecessary. This is especially true as the product was palletised and the weight of the pallet can vary greatly. Oh well that's the way of the world and the man who works the weigh bridge is Ok. The last drop was a farm drop but was only three fifteen kilo bags of dry complete cat food so it didn't take long. Then back to Malton store with the ten bags of horse feed and bag of dog food. All in all a busy but easy day all had gone well and the weather had been clear and not too windy, then I got back to base! ;-( It seems that I had driven past one of North Yorkshire's motorist taxation vans a little too quickly, don't have a clean licence again and will be financially worse off. I would point out that I wasn't in a built up area I am careful when passing through the villages and towns. True I was speeding and I had no reason to be doing so, my own fault, or slip in concentration. But I find it irritating considering some of the driving I see people get away with. That's my grumble for the day, I have no intention of turning this blog into a set of grumbles and moans so please accept my apologies for this one.
Back to a more interesting subject, I haven't seen any hares in the fields yet, I usually start seeing them sometime between now and the middle of February, unfortunately at the same time as they become more visible they become more active and many end up dead on the road. Perhaps I haven't seen any hares because they know something I don't, perhaps winter will be back with a vengeance but I hope not.
Here's to tomorrow and whatever it brings.
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