Wakefield Sunset
Last week started off slow. With no job booked, we were in the unsual position of having nothing to do.
I arrived over at ALC around eight on the Monday morning, with the hope that they would have a job for us. But by ten I had a call to say that Kelvin had a job for us. It entailed getting down to his yard at Brackla Ind Est in Bridgend, and tranship eight empty chemical tanks onto my trailer. I got down there by eleven and Kelvin shipped them over to my trailer. I had to stop off at Coleford in the Wye Valley. I had to call in to collect another twelve containers to got to a chemical plant in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. I managed to get into Coleford by around one, a great run up the valley from Lydney in the early spring sunshine. In order that I could get up to Wakefiled in one hit I decided to take a 45 minute break. Coleford is a small town set in the centre of the Wye Valley halfway between the market town of Monmouth and the small harbour town of Lydney. The factory where I picked up the balance of the tanks is where your lucazade and Ribina are manufactured by Glaxosmithcline.
I hoped to get a few shots off on the way to join the A40 at Monmouth and then up to joint the M5 at Strensham, but I did'ent get much, despite the sunshine and the great blue sky's. I got up to Wakefield around five thirty and tried to get the containers off, but the factory was shut for the night, so there was only one thing for it, find somewhere to lie for the night and make my evening meal.
River Calder Waterfront development.
River Calder Waterfront development.
After tea I went for a wander round the sights and sounds of Wakefield, and discovered that the local authority was rejuvenating the canal and river front running through the town. There was a small section around the canal locks at the intersection with the Rivert Calder and the Aire and Calder Canal, which had been rejuvenated with new flats and some of the old warehouses revamped, in a very pleasing way I might add. I managed to get off a few shots but the sunshine that I had encountered in South Wales, sadly had not followed me North. The weather on the Monday evening was mainly overcast and a few brief bright spells. The canal and river along with the old warehouses gave me a clue just how big a part Wakefield had played in the thriving industrial Northern England of Victorian Britain.
St Mary's Chantry Wakefield
In the morning I got the containers off and made my way over to Fabritec, close to Derby. I knew that there were a few jobs here for me. there was at least four jobs for me. All the jobs being for various farms in various parts of the country, its easier if I just list them. The weather for the next few days was very drab and overcast, so I took very few photo's if any. The calls for the farms were as follows.
Weston Under Wetherley Warwickshire
Chipperfield Northamtonshire
Theddingworth Warwickshire
Welford Warwickshire
The farms
I did two calls to the farm at Chipperfield and two calls to Welford. So I did six calls in all for Fabritec, not bad, a good weeks work.
As the week had started, I rounded the week off with a return job back to South Wales for Kelvin. A company called Siemens is one of many contractors finishing off the building of a new power station at Marchwood in Hampshire opposite the Southampton Docks. I finished off the Fabritec work with a call to Theddingworth and then straight down to Marchwood. I had got directions from Kelvin, but I could'ent find the place, you would think that you could not miss a power station. I found it by accident, I passed the first set of lights on my way into Marchwood for the second time, and the phone went, its Carwen, you just passed the turn into the approach road, says he. If he had'ent told me, I'd still be driving around there yet. I had found the first direction sign but lost the direction's after that. I arrived on sight only to be told I had to load the last of the bits and pieces to go to the new power station being built at Nash Nr Newport in South Wales. And boy was it bits and pieces, there were lengths of pipes. flanges, and all sorts of other stuff. It filled the trailer, its just as well that I had the trailer with the pins, as I could put the pins in and jam the pipes between the pins across the deck. I got the pallets stuffed in between the pipes. It took me nearly three hours to get this lot loaded and strapped down, and just to make things more interesting I had two Fins to help me load this lot. I pulled out of the sight and was determined to get a few shots off of the couple of ships I could see across the water at the container terminal. I saw the Queen Mary II in the distance, but I could'ent get close enough. I did however manage to get down to the river front and get a few shots off, of the couple of ships opposite at the container terminal.
LPG carrier Margrite Hill
After tea I made my way up to Newport and had a quite night near the dog track. In the morning I had a lie in, as you are not allowed to go through the village of Nash before nine. Much to my surprise, who should be there to off load me but my two Finnish friends. After a lot of Finnish swearing words and an equal amount of sign language, we finished tipping by midday.
It was straight up to AlC for the weekend. I was to load on Monday with a load for Scotland
This weeks route
This weeks Picture of the Week
Hollington Sunset.
This shot was taken close to Fabritec in the Derbyshire countryside Nr Derby. It's had a very enthusiastic reception on my flicker site have a look
St Mary's Chantry Wakefield
Weston Under Wetherley Warwickshire
Chipperfield Northamtonshire
Theddingworth Warwickshire
Welford Warwickshire
The farms
As the week had started, I rounded the week off with a return job back to South Wales for Kelvin. A company called Siemens is one of many contractors finishing off the building of a new power station at Marchwood in Hampshire opposite the Southampton Docks. I finished off the Fabritec work with a call to Theddingworth and then straight down to Marchwood. I had got directions from Kelvin, but I could'ent find the place, you would think that you could not miss a power station. I found it by accident, I passed the first set of lights on my way into Marchwood for the second time, and the phone went, its Carwen, you just passed the turn into the approach road, says he. If he had'ent told me, I'd still be driving around there yet. I had found the first direction sign but lost the direction's after that. I arrived on sight only to be told I had to load the last of the bits and pieces to go to the new power station being built at Nash Nr Newport in South Wales. And boy was it bits and pieces, there were lengths of pipes. flanges, and all sorts of other stuff. It filled the trailer, its just as well that I had the trailer with the pins, as I could put the pins in and jam the pipes between the pins across the deck. I got the pallets stuffed in between the pipes. It took me nearly three hours to get this lot loaded and strapped down, and just to make things more interesting I had two Fins to help me load this lot. I pulled out of the sight and was determined to get a few shots off of the couple of ships I could see across the water at the container terminal. I saw the Queen Mary II in the distance, but I could'ent get close enough. I did however manage to get down to the river front and get a few shots off, of the couple of ships opposite at the container terminal.
LPG carrier Margrite Hill
It was straight up to AlC for the weekend. I was to load on Monday with a load for Scotland
This weeks route
This weeks Picture of the Week
Hollington Sunset.
This shot was taken close to Fabritec in the Derbyshire countryside Nr Derby. It's had a very enthusiastic reception on my flicker site have a look
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