Earlier start today, wasn't loaded the night before so I was at work by six. Not a big day, one store drop one farm drop and a mill drop. There would have been two more drops but the product wasn't available. The feed mill is busy, which isn't unusual at this time of year but we seem to have gone from steady to busy in very short order. I suspect farmers are being cautious, the winter last year was wet, cold and long, many of them had to buy feed for much longer than normal as they were unable to turn stock out, the ground was too wet and the grass wasn't growing. Back to today, the first drop was Carlton store, the second drop was a farm drop, because my truck has a long wheel base and a poor steering lock it isn't possible to back right into the drive. All I can do is back off the road and barrow the feed in, not far, about twenty yards is all. Did the tonne in five loads, eight bags at a time, some people pay gym membership I get my exercise and get paid for it, lucky me. ;-( Third and last drop was a mill drop near Brigg, this involved a two way trip across the bridge. "The Bridge" for those who live in Yorkshire is the Humber bridge, or in our Yorkshire dialect "t'umber bridge" at the time of its construction the longest single span suspension bridge in the world.
"T'Umber bridge" for those not from Yorkshire "The Humber Bridge"
Sorry about the photo it was the only chance I had to stop and take one. I always enjoy a trip across the bridge, I have no idea why. The countryside at the other side is wonderful farming land. Wold land but wold land with a greater soil depth than the Yorkshire side of the wolds. Anyway I hadn't done this drop before but it was easy to find and well organised when I got there. As I said to the lad on the weigh bridge, I'd be happy to go there again. Good run back to base, had to stop for lunch on the way as my hours were up, crusty bread, cheese, small plum tomatoes and a bit of olive oil to dip the bread in all eaten in a quiet lay by in the countryside, a great lunch while listening to a comedy on radio four. What more can a driver ask for? Back at base nothing else doing for the day so I spent the remainder of the day helping picking stock in the warehouse. No rain to speak of all day and part of it spent in sunshine driving country roads, all in all a great day.
Took two better photos of the bridge, my wife and I walked it on Saturday, neither of us has ever done this before. The experience was well worth the effort.
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