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Bird's Eye View
BY THE HAWK • As an often bemused observer of the road transport scene, I have a harmless little hobby of visualising the people behind the press releases that litter my desk.......
• The Restoration Period Is With Us Again: Teams At
London Bus and Kingston Upon Hull are both doing up ancient buses. Four stalwarts at London United's Fulwell Garage have bought a 1966 Bristol FLF — a former Eastern Counties......
• Now There's Not A Lot Of People That Know
this: In France it is quite ordinaire to rent a van: less so a car. Moreover, one in five Gallic van renters live in Paris; confusingly, it is more common there to rent a car.......
• Everyone Hates Roadworks; Especially Chancellor John...
was recently bogged down in a gully of wet cement after a meeting at Number 10. No, 1 wasn't too sympathetic either. • Word reaches me of a coach operator, transporting a jury......
• This Week Sees The Hawk Regretfully Packing Up The
bubbly promised to the winners of our Kenning Tyre Services caption competition, having failed to rig it so he can hang on to his favourite tipple. The lucky recipient of a......