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PRETENTIOUSLY UNTITLED PART 4

Hello friends. Heres the final part of this little series. Its a bit of a long one as I wanted to get this series out the way to make room for the next one. Me, Bertie and my lorry Michelle are at the All Wales Truck Show this weekend in Carmarthen this weekend. My god it is so bloody hot! I don't know how the drivers opposite me spent all day polishing! I was sweating after hal an hour. Anyway I digress, the show will be the subject of a future video so do look out! I will post some pictures of my favourite trucks at the show early next week. And feel free to comment below and let me know what you think. Comments have died down a little on the site and it would be nice to see some more! ONWARD


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