• With the ending of Easter school holidays, transport cafes
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and motorway services throughout the land must be suffering financially. Every school holidays the Hawk sees large numbers of "dads" at the wheel of their trucks accompanied by offspring.
These children, no doubt, are foisted off on dad to give mum a break. And he in turn must be faced with the problem of feeding and watering the youngsters.
As the Hawk knows to his cost, children require "topping up" with crisps, coke and chocolate about every hour. This feeding pattern must bring a sparkle to the eye of eatinghouse proprieters alongside trunk roads.
Another side effect of these young passengers is their hidden hinderance of a truck's progress. Transport managers must wonder why 12 weeks per year journey times go offschedule.
During these holiday periods distraught drivers report "exceptional traffic" as the reason for their retarded schedules. But the wild look is occasioned, not by traffic, but by the incessant requests for refreshment stops. Pity the lorry driver in the holidays.