WAS IN LONDON ON SAT STRESSED

[PAUL MANN]

anyone live near acton,or hammer smith or earls court & chiswick, i do a bit of driving a class2 hgv sometimes to earn a bit extra sometimes,i got a call off the agencey and was asked if iwanted to do a job for them,i said yea ok,off to london i trot in the lorryn (never been to london before) got to the first drop & the master switch for the tail lift is knackered had to unload the 1st drop box by box,anyway waited for the guy to came out & replace the switch & finaly got going at 10.30 had been there since 7.30 any way i hated it never going to london again in a lorry did my head in friggin weight limits at every turn,low bridges chuffin ell,i had 6 drops 2 cancelled did 2,1 would not except the load as it was 1am & they were closing,didnt even go to the other one,too late got back to banbury,3am jumpen in my car then got stuck in the snow stoems doing 20mph on the m40 heading back to tamworth got back at 4.45am not happy just wondered if i was near any of you london possy as i dont know london well only a bit and it was dark & cold

[lee_capri]

i often go to london for work f**king hate it take's me about 2hr's to get their,

 

i was working in hammer smith a couple year's back spent had to leave at 4.30 am to miss the traffic you can soon loose a hour sat at the leight's some morning's their

[marky4]

sounds like you had a right nightmare paul

 

don't live in london but know hammersmith, chiswick fairly well and as you said can be a right nightmare to drive in a car let alone an hgv

[ASBO CAPRI]

I try to avoid london at all costs. Not a plesant experience if your driving.

[Guest MK1gaz]

i drive around London everyday in my van . Hammersmith is a bastard of a place due to the poxy bus garage smack in the middle of the roundabout

[morcheen]

lucky you didn't go into ken's money making zone then

[jed]

Drove a skip lorry for 8 years all round those areas vboy did i have some fun up side streets in it yep its a nightmare...

[kevmk2]

I used to do the bread run, starting in fulham and finishing near tottenham court road, used to do 11 drops in 1 hour and 50 minutes

Once you know the back roads and routes, its a piece of piss, but the secret is getting up there early, around 5.30am

I did get stuck around a few tight back roads when i first started the job, took out a few barriers along the way in the 18 tonne lorry, fook it

[over_head_cam]

I used to go up to the city quite a lot a couple of years back, and that was good fun. They cut you up, you cut them up - no problem ;0

 

Heading out west though is a complete nightmare. I hated it

[Posse]

i like driving down that road in London called lets be having you But your right its a nightmare place to drive and when you get lost and pull over to ask for directions they all say i don't under stand or i'm not from around here

[MexDan]

i like driving down that road in London called lets be having you But your right its a nightmare place to drive and when you get lost and pull over to ask for directions they all say i don't under stand or i'm not from around here

 

Your fooking lucky if you even get that now... most of them just look at you through there letterbox eye slits and walk off!!

 

[Doc]

i love it !

 

Im in london now ..... in chelsea ! Its full of birds .......... Aint no harm in window shopping . Driving fook that take the tube

[H.P.E harry]

I started the knowledge in january and find it quite easy when driving in and around london........but i do drive a moped!

[Noodles]

London is shit it takes 2 hours to go 30 miles so what do they do shut the extra lane in the Blackwall Tunnel

[FredTransit]

I live near Hammersmith! Hope you firm paid the LEZ charge, the congestion charge isn't in on saturday. I passed my test in London, so got used the traffic decades ago. It's bad enough getting round in a 23ft luton, let alone in a lorry, I don't envy you!

[caprinerd]

i use to multi drop around padington in a 7.5 where ever the addy was i use to just stop the wagon there in the middle of the road

i know those areas well come from down the road from them and use to club at le pallis

[Capripete]

I've been doing class 2 for a while, and had to take a load of building materials to a drop on Oxford Street! What a mare that is, all the side streets are one way and pretty much too small for trucks. Never again!

[John boy]

Used to deliver to the Chelsea flower show in an artic with a fork lift hanging off the back of the trailer and i've got to say i used to love it.

[FredTransit]

Used to deliver to the Chelsea flower show in an artic with a fork lift hanging off the back of the trailer and i've got to say i used to love it.

 

Yeah mate but that's one a year (or twice, if you just go for the set up and break down.

[John boy]

Did do other stuff in london as well delivered a load of shop fittings to a dixons once had to park on the road across four parking meters i was really popular that day!!!!!

[FredTransit]

I find people get over it, they have to!

[red-rum816]

i drive round london 5 days aweek and it does my head in big time especially the King taxi drivers they do my head in.