There's an awful lot of Inters in South Africa....How does Biglorryblog know this? because Bob Tuck has been taking photos of most of them!. Which means that his saintly-wife Sylvia has ended up doing all the hard work as she's been doing the photography while Bob drives!Anyroadup she tells me in the latest 'Postcard from South Africa': "Hi Brian, today we drove about 250 miles east along the Garden Route and what does one do to pass five hours away as passenger in the car - take truck shots through the windscreen - some would say sad!!" Well Sylvia...it's what any true-blooded anorak would do so don't feel bad about it. Now click through here for more...
Sylvia continues: "We were bouncing along about 65 mph up hill and down dale. Actually traffic was very light but I thought the readers of BLB would like to see some of the trucks we saw through the windscreen. Some of them look as if they're on the hard shoulder----but this is the way they drive, to allow other road users to pass them. The speed limit on this road is 120km/h but the locals seem to think that is a 'minimum' speed limit and Bob was the slowest car on the road!"
"And rather than give instructions on how to photoshop lamp posts out of the way," adds Sylvia, "You can now explain how to photoshop wipers out of the way!" Meanwhile after the Inters...here come the Mercs!
Actros is quite popular in SA so it seems...
Both old and new models...and to finish here's a Hino too
Meanwhile Sylvia says: "I will now give instructions to Bob on how to take pics of moving vehicles in the future !!! Regards, Sylvia."
Very impressive, what a great collection. It is amazing what big brother Robert (Bob) has done to all his family, when we go on holiday or even just driving into town, we are on the lookout for big trucks. You will be losing your job has chief photographer, I think Sylvia is proving her worth as co-driver. Keep up the good work
Great photos.
Btw, driving close to the hard is popular in SA, to let those motorists from behind, pass you. Maybe you noticed some motorists flashing their hazards once or twice as a gesture of saying thank you for the truck driver who just moved over a bit.