The day sounded easy at first and then I woke up. First load, a full load to the Gate Helmsley store, easy enough but the load was a bit of a jigsaw, four pallets of sundries several gates and two full packs of fence posts, some jump rails, fencing wire, horse mats and all topped off with some mineral blocks. The whole thing took nearly two hours to put together. Thankfully it came off easy enough when I got to the store. Back to base, next load three farm drops and some feed to Gate Helmsley. This load didn't take as much collecting up and I was on my way. The only fly in the ointment was the collection from Driby Top, at least two hours drive from my last drop and a two hour drive back. The collection is a good one, the mill is well organised and always a pleasure to collect from. The drive would have been good but for the fog I entered once I got off the M180 and didn't leave until I got back to Malton. Finished at half past seven, I told you I'd pay for the lie in on Tuesday didn't I. If the driver of the white van who sounded his horn as I turned onto the A18 just outside Louth was, as I suspect, complaining about my speed he should consider three things. First my speed limit is forty miles per hour. Second in case he didn't notice we passed through two speed traps, one stationary camera and one van mounted, if he weren't following me he would have had a ticket. Thirdly and most importantly because of the fog the visibility was approximately one hundred and fifty meters and even if the white van man does get irritated I will drive at a speed that allows me to stop within the distance I can see for. My message to him is "don't drive like an idiot, you and others will live longer."
See you tomorrow.
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