Back in the UK

Thanks to everyone who has been reading my blog since I started it last year, and especially to those who have commented, but as some of you know, there were reasons why the posts got thinner as time went on, and unfortunately there will be no more posts from Canada as we have returned to the UK.

There are many things we will miss about working in North America, but the main thing will be the fantastic people we met whilst we were over there, and hopefully we will have made some lasting friendships, even amongst the people we never met in person, but just corresponded with.

We both wish everyone still working at H&R, and elsewhere the very best of luck in the future, whatever that might bring for you all.

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Lots of people are missing off this picture as I didn't have any snaps of you, but I'm sure you know who you all are.

Summerland, near Kelowna B.C.

Earlier this year, a fruit cooler in Summerland, where we waited all morning (after being told we must be there at 8am) to be loaded.
There is a hand written cardboard sign inside here which basically brags about how long they will take to load you if you complain!

We are currently visiting Micks cousin near Cowichan Bay, and then we'll return back over the Rockies to Calgary to fly out to the UK, where we will take stock of our situation, and when we are definite about our plans I will post something on here, or probably Mick will.

Luckily we arrived here in good time as H&R got us a load from Calgary down to Lethbridge to begin our vacation after trying to send us on a load which would have brought us down very late, but they did try bullying Mick into doing that one first after telling us that our time off didn't start till midnight (we had been available for work since 7am that morning).




We are hoping to meet up with the music writer Homercat today... woot!

Homeward Bound.

We are flying home next week, but will be visiting one of Micks cousins out Vancouver way before we go, thanks to Mike Nash, who has lent us his car whilst he is back in the UK on a visit.

Here's Mike in the middle, with Mr Broon on the left, and my Mick on the right.

This is a really nice lady trucker called Nathalie, who we met today in Red Deer.

This is Mick playing around with his new camera (Canon 1000D)

There'll be more posts soon, but probably by Mick.


This was the weather in Montana the other day, and it's nearly May!

The Rockies.

Here's a couple of pictures from 'ten mile hill' in the Rockies, it looks lovely in the sun, but imagine those drops when there's packed ice and snow on the road!







It's great seeing all the beautiful scenery, but Mick is not too happy with the company at the moment.

Truck Pics By Mick

Pictures only today

Things seem to be picking up a bit workwise now, and the training money has nearly stopped destroying the pay cheques, so here's a few pics taken recently.

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In the southern BC Rockies.

This shop was closed, but like many places here, everything is left outside, and no-one steals it!

Taken near in Bonners Ferry, the barber ship lol.

Diner in Wenatchee

Wooden drilling rig, and mine train in BC

This mine train was made in Leeds!

"Here sits a 100 horse-power Gardner-diesel’d Huwood Hudswell locomotive that the Hudswell-Clarke and Company, Limited, of Leeds, England, built in 1948 and sent to the International Coal and Coke Company operation at Coleman, Alberta. It was the first diesel locomotive to be employed underground in Canada. When the International mine was closed in 1954 the engine was transferred to the Cheakamus Power Tunnel Project
at Garibaldi, BC, where it worked until recalled to the Coleman area in 1959. It was acquired by the Fernie Chamber of Commerce after it was
retired in 1975 when the Vicary mine adopted a belt system to convey coal from the working face to the tipple. "

The few below were taken in Montana.

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Whinging Brits LOL

Here's a picture of the whinging Brit from the last post, taken near Mount Shasta in the Cascades, California.