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Impromptu stops
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Take a stroll with us through the little side roads of haulage, the diversions and detours, the quirky, the quixotic and the downright strange...
Like many young men who enjoy the odd bottle or two of sweet sherry or Buckfast tonic wine of an evening, we've slept in some strange places in our time: gutters, under hedges; even in a children's playground on one occasion.
However, wherever we have laid our weary heads you can guarantee it was nowhere near as stupid as the three Irish truck drivers we bumped into the other morning who had decided to leave their three artics on the cycle path that runs alongside the A24 near Dorking.
Now while we appreciate there are many difficulties with parking in the South-East, to leave three 40ft Irish-registered artics and a tractor planted as illegal as you like on top of a cycle path on Mickleham bends is pushing it a bit.
The key feature about cycle tracks is contained in their name... ..cycle track". Those words generally hint at the fact that its their role to keep those on two wheels out of the way of two Lanes of slightly crazed rush hour traffic which otherwise would smear them across the asphalt— not for lazy truck drivers who can't be bothered to find a proper lay-by, leaving those of us trying to get to work to trudge past through the undergrowth. Cheers, lads: much appreciated.
On a lighter note On the Margin would like to offer several words of praise to a number of hauliers and other firms across the South of England. Mid Hants Bulk, G Webb, Mike Beer, Simon Ruffell, Lime Logistics, Bournes, FM Conway, Special Carrier, Day Aggregates, Bretts, Hanson and RMC all deserve a generous round of applause for their sponsorship of a team involved in this year's Beajoulais Run.
This in turn enabled the team to raise over £5,000 for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. The team in question, Team Barking Mad, actually won the event, which raced from Brands Hatch down to Macon in France. Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital hopes to raise 270,000 with all teams chipping in at least a grand.