I doubt if I'd have many takers in Scotland right now if I said there's nothing to beat the open road, a nice truck, a sunny day and a great view... especially as they're currently up to their oxters in snow, muck and bullets. Anyway thankfully, it's not like that every day in Scotland. And Biglorryblog is grateful to John Henderson, BLB's regular contributor North 'o' the Border and truck test for Transport News for these terrific shots of how life should be.
John tells me: "I liked the blog on Renton's Daf tipper, photographed in its working environment. There are some pretty smart fleets in Berwickshire and the rural sections of the A1 there provide great backdrops to 'on the road' shots in the better weather. [You're not kidding John!] I've attached some photos that give you an idea of the area and its operators. Alongside Renton's in Duns (pictured below), the black and blue liveried lorries of Pearson's (pictured above)also mainly feature the Daf marque, supplied by renowned local dealer J.E Douglas."
Now click through here for a couple of cracking Scottish artic reefers...!
John continues: "The coastal town of Eyemouth is home to a considerable fishing fleet, with D.R Collin's rather patriotically liveried trucks delivering the freshly landed catches to the UK and Europe."
"Up in Grantshouse, the area's rich red soil produces some of the world's finest vegetables and the Drysdale family business grows, washes and packs this top quality produce, utilising the service of their super smart haulage operation to deliver the goods. I hope this is of interest, Best regards, John...."
Great stuff JH and I hope the weather improves soon---I need to do some roadtesting!
I've received this via Gerald W at tnn (BLB's co-host). It was posted by Richard Shepherd-Barron at 04/02/2008 11:55 AM. Richard says: "Interesting that you should use this name - it was also the name of the Scottish motor-racing team, based on Berwick as it was backed by the local Ford dealer, that brought the late Jim Clark into prominence before he went on to become Formula One World Champion in the Sixties. His home town was Duns. It's now 40 years this year since his death in a minor race in Germany so it's very nice to see an old name used again."
Richard
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