03/10/14

Sunrise on the A169 looking towards Robin Hoods Bay across the North Yorkshire Moors.

This should have been my last day of seed dressing wheat until next year.  Not so, I'm out again on Tuesday.  I had only one customer today with five tonnes of wheat to clean and dress the customer was based near Saltburn, North of Whitby.  I have been to this customer several times in the past so there were no surprises.  Everything was going well until my intake auger stopped rotating.  After a bit of digging around in the intake hopper I found a lump of concrete about the size of a half brick.  Augers don't like things like this, they tend to throw a hissy fit and refuse to work until the offending article is removed, the auger did just that.  Peace was restored and the auger happily continued working for the rest of the job.  The second auger complained a little as a smaller piece of concrete had passed up the first auger and into the second but after a lot of rattling and banging it spat it into the cleaner which promptly removed it, no problem.  Job done and back to base before lunch.  After lunch, a flask of tea, I'm slimming, back to driving.  One store drop at Malton, one drop at A19 Koi Carp, which, surprise surprise in on the side of the A19.  And one drop at a boarding kennels.  All done easily enough and I had the pleasure of driving a nearly new Daf.  What a powerful little truck, on the way back I came up Whitwell hill on the A64 without changing down, amazing.  Monday I'm back to my normal delivery area, it'll be good to be back.  But, Tuesday back to seed dressing.  I know I will have some beans to clean later this month but I was hoping I'd finished with wheat, barley and oats.  See you Monday.