#ThrowbackThursday; Clarkes of London Setra

#ThrowbackThursday People often say to me ‘Luke, as the countries, nay Europes, nay the entire planets most respected, most famous and frankly most brilliantly skilled driver, what is the favourite vehicle you’ve ever driven’.* Most expect it to be one of the great many 750’s or V8 Scanias a man of my standing has obviously driven but no, honestly it’s always been this. I even preferred it to Clarke’s newer Setras. There was just something so right about it, from the four over four gear-change to the smoothness. If you don’t know about coaches there are two types, ones where a body is put on a manufacturers chassis, likes of Plaxton etc or these, integrals, don’t have a separate chassis and the manufacturer just buys in running gear. On Setras it’s Mercedes, the other intergrals, Bova/VDL use DAF, also great to drive, been many places across Europe in Bovas. For me rear engines are by far best, much better driving experience and more room for luggage. So yeah, this, athough not much in it as I can find the best in any vehicle usually, but I know full well if I were to drive this now, 20 years later it wouldn’t be a patch on new. I’m not one blinded by rose tinted specs😂 What’s yours?

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HIGHWAYS ENGLAND IS DAMAGING THE COUNTRY

Hello friends. I need to get a little rant of my chest..... I recently had two weeks off, it was lovely. On my return I went straight out with a load for Budapest. Ballina in the West of Ireland is a long way so had four days to do it. Lovely run. I delivered 2am Saturday, reloaded midnight Sunday at same place and headed back. Because of the loading time I got to run back overnight. I tweeted how this was a great way to run through Europe and that I could get 50 to 100km more done on a nightshift. I got some tweets about the UK being a nightmare at night so I smiled to myself and replied that that is very true. I flew back, lovely quiet motorways, flying along. Well, until I hit England. Coming round M25 and up M1 I see signs warning of problems on the M4 (almost nobody heading north on M1 is likely to have the M4 on their agenda). I stopped in Coventry for a spot of shopping and off I went. I was gonna go up M6 Toll but matrix signs said shut so carried on. Just before the M6 junctio...

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CAB COOKING; A HEALTHY FORTIFYING LUNCH

Now I do love fruit and veg, but I've never been a huge fan of salads it has to be said, but recently I've started making my own and they are delicious. I think the key is the hot chicken, it makes the whole thing seem more meal like if you know what I mean. This would never win a prize as the healthiest salad in the world, but a salad with a few more calories than the norm is better than no salad and a bag of chips! This is a really filling lunch and I do sometimes have it for my tea, dinner if you're posh! It has a nice bite to it, a combination of the crispy salad stuffs and the tang of the sweetfire baby beetroot. The beauty of a salad is you can make it anyhow you please, add things or leave them out. I found this particular combination the tastiest for me. I've named it the Lady Michelle Chicken Salad, as it looks great and has a nice kick to it. ;-) Time taken - 15 minutes 1 baby gem lettuce 1 chicken breast, diced 3/4 small sweetfire baby beetroot Half a pepper ...

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Today

Well I feel a bit better today having had a good sleep. I slept in a Gigantibus, or more commonly known as a Magnum, and when I opened the blinds I was greeted with an inch of snow and it's still snowing. So I've got to drive a truck I've never driven before, in snow, on untreated roads, oh and did I mention the truck is only a few months old! Today will be very much slow and steady with a good dose of nail biting!

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