• At the NEC last week the Hawk savoured the following morsels at no cost whatever.
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Salmon and scrambled egg breakfast on the Leyland Daf stand; lunch of sushi, tempura, yakitori and sake with Daihatsu; cream tea with AWD; high tea of rich Dundee cake with Scania; (unable to be in two places at once the Hawk missed its lunchtime offering of smoked salmon sarnies) an early dinner of no-nonsense beef stew and carrots from German firm MAN — washed down with a glass of bubbly on the CM stand. Nice to know that in these hard-pressed times manufacturers can still rustle up a modest bite for hacks like the Hawk.
(Just one more paperthin wafer, perhaps? —Ed)
• A light touch was brought to the Motor Show by Citroen whose vans' liveries included a florist called Mary Gold and Grabit and Loozit Couriers which — adorned by Viz Com ic's Roger Melly, the Man on the Telly — offered a Bloody Fast Polite Service.
• Kevin Fuller's plea for fuel for a two-week trip to Romanian orphanages has been answered (CM 13-19 September). A&K Oils of Northfleet, Kent and Burmah Oil are putting together a package to supply Kevin, who works at IC Harrison, with 5,000 litres of derv. Burmah Oil will pick up the tab for two-thirds of the 21,900 diesel donation. Any further offers of help? Ring Kevin on (0332) 31188.
• Leading members of the National Hauliers Association recently met Transport Minister Patrick McLoughlin to moan about the dire state of the haulage industry. McLoughlin obviously did not think the operators had been hit too hard as, a few weeks later, they all received letters asking for donations to Tory party funds.