I seen the British registered BMW R 1150 GS near Canmore, Ab and yes it had longway round stickers and sponsorship all over it. I would love to have got the chance to talk to the guy but he was going too slow and I had 2 collections to do that day and then 4 drops on the way back home.

I brought the truck home to give it a clean inside, well for Sue to give it a clean inside while I tidied and cleaned out the side lockers.

On my way home once again after a nice little 3870 mile trip in a week. I left on Saturday with 3 drops, Greenwood, In, Tallmadge, Oh and Lebanon Pa. Those were all done by Tuesday morning. I called my last delivery to let him know when I would be there and he offered to come and unload me Monday night but as I didn't have my reload it wasn't worth it so he asked if I would like coffee in the morning. Next morning he arrived with coffee, opened the doors and was about to start unloading and I told him I still didn't have my reload so not to rush. He asked if I would like breakfast then locked the warehouse up, took me in his pick up to a restaurant where we had breakfast then went back and unloaded by which time I had my reload. I was sent to Hazleton to switch trailers for Brampton, On. Got to Brampton Tuesday night and next morning picked up an empty to take to Napanee, On to switch and then back down into Dekalb Il where I swapped once again to take a loaded back to Steinbach. I am in Fargo, ND tonight on the last leg of this trip and hope to leave home again on Monday.

Got a chance to speak to Mike Nash this week and had a good chat about the farcical goings on at H&R, see Mikes blog, http://www.mikesjollyincanada.blogspot.com/. Peoples lives are being ruined by this company and there is even more that I really would love to tell you but it is confidential.

Oh by the way Mike, these ip address trackers are very good, Lyndon keeps flicking between your blog and mine lol, he used yours and then the link to get to mine, quite a number of hits from Lethbridge too, haha

Why is it that my home time always goes much faster than any other time? Sue, Craig, Jacey and I all went to the stock car racing last night and, although it was very dust with the breeze blowing the dust directly at us, we had a great night.

Thinking of cutting more wood today. I am cutting the wood from around our own land right now, taking away some dead and damaged trees before we move into the provincial forests and start cutting the trees there.

Will call work later to see if anything is planned for tomorrow.

I am going to be pretty busy when I get home so thought I would get everything up to date now.

This week there was a dead bear on the highway at the end of our drive, looks like it had been hit by a vehicle. The next day the dogs were in the bush barking and going mad, they came back and sat on the porch and it was then that Sue saw why, they had found another bear, this time alive, and obviously scared it had climbed a tree to get away from them. Once everything had quietened down again the bear sloped off into the bush. Craig also seen a deer in our drive one morning when leaving for work.

Sue also got me a permit today to allow me to cut down trees for firewood, so I got the permit, got the chainsaw, got the axe, got the checked shirt just got to get the rest of the gear (watch the video).

No back seat drivers here.

Back up in Ontario tonight and will drop my loaded trailer tomorrow and pick up an empty. That will be loading Monday morning in Brantford, On and will deliver in Winnipeg Thursday so on my way home again!!!

Had a nice relaxing couple of days at home and left again on Wednesday morning bound for Memphis, Tn. Tonight I am parked in the Flying J in West Memphis, Ar and will make my delivery tomorrow morning.

Once empty I am reloading back up to Bramalea, On.

Good miles again.

Been getting some decent miles since starting at Penners and really hope that I am not speaking too soon but things have been going pretty good.
Left last Sunday to run an empty up to Pine Falls Mb, switch for a loaded one and deliver Brampton, On Wednesday at 4.00am. I then loaded that one in Scarborough for a delivery in South Dakota on Monday which would mean 3 days layover so they got me to drop that in our Brampton terminal pick up an empty and go load that in Listowel for delivery to Hazleton, Pa the next day. I again switched trailers there and took the loaded one back to Brampton and on Friday morning switched again with a trailer loaded with two deliveries in Winnipeg on Sunday.
All completed and back home Sunday lunch time, 7400 miles this month and it`s only the 16th.
Maybe I should be looking for a load south if it doesn`t warm up here. It has been so wet that everything was starting to feel damp so we lit the fire for a bit!!

Left you on Sunday in New Jersey and since then I have delivered and run empty to Ontario where I loaded Tuesday ran to Minneapolis, Mn where I then delivered, reloaded, delivered Winnipeg, Mb and got home 9.30am Friday morning after meeting up with Bryn on Thursday night.

We have seen quite a few snakes around the yard since moving out into the country but this common garter snake is the first we have managed to photograph, they usually don't hang around long enough. They are non poisonous but can bite if cornered or threatened.

Had a great run down to New Jersey and I am parked up just across the state line in Bloomsbury ready for the mad dash in the morning. Will probably start about 4.30 in the morning to make a 7.00am delivery 53km away just to miss the New York traffic.
Once I am empty I have to make my way to Brampton, Ontario empty, another nice 480 miles on top of the 1640 miles already done to get to my delivery.
Not sure whats happening once I get there.

Been very busy at work the last couple of weeks. Started this trip with a delivery in Edmonton, done a bit running to Saskatoon back to Calgary, Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Wakaw, Saskatoon and finally back to Steinbach. Another nice 3900 miles with 7 collections/deliveries.

Met Gid (Wolfman) in The Flying J at Calgary on Friday too. Nice to meet you mate. Unfortunately I had just missed Lyndon he had been there too, it would have been nice to meet him there are a few things we still need to chat about.

It has been manic the last couple of weeks trying to fit everything in, get settled in the new house and still get out and do things when I am home.

Will try and quickly bring you up to date. Went to the Manitoba Stampede again this year. Had some great weather for the whole weekend so got the boat out and went fishing on Red River with Jason & Jenn. The fishing was very quiet so went for a cruise downstream from Lockport to Selkirk. Got too much sun and suffered for a couple of days after.

I would like to thank this motel for the use of their internet connection while I have been sitting waiting today it has been much appreciated. This very large chain of Motels rarely have a secure network and are usually conveniently situated often with truck parking too although this time I am parked in a Husky with the motel at the back of the parking lot.

I made it home Friday and we went to the rodeo in Selkirk on Saturday. We went to see a singer that I know and have come to like his music, Mike Blair.
I made myself available to leave again on Sunday not really believing that they would have a load for me at such short notice but it backfired on me and I got a load to deliver Edmonton, Ab Tuesday 5.00am.
After that was delivered I picked up a loaded trailer and dropped that in Calgary, which is where I am now.
We still have not got internet at home and not too happy with the service we have received from xplornet. If it is not connected by the end of this week we will look elsewhere.

What a trip this is turning out to be. I have already covered 13 states/provinces. I got delivered early Sunday and thought I would try my luck at getting loaded early at the shippers. My luck was in and by 12.00 I was heading back to Canada. I would now be 36 hours early for delivery so a message to dispatch had me doing a trailer swap Tuesday evening in Brampton, On and on my way with 2 deliveries. 1st in Thunder Bay, On and 2nd in Brandon, Mb.

Getting very short on hours but if all goes well I should be able to make it home Friday afternoon having covered 4500 miles since leaving Thursday evening.

British Truckers Wanting to Emigrate To Canada BEWARE!!!

For any truck driver planning on emigrating to Canada then please take note, H&R (Hit & Run as they are commonly referred to) are actively recruiting yet again in the UK.

Do your research very, very carefully, check out the BTA forum here http://www.britishtruckersabroad.com/viewforum.php?f=53 or look at what ex drivers have to say here http://cathincanada.blogspot.com/, be sure to read all the comments on that blog and if you check out the forum all the abuse is coming from their recruiter!!!! Even check out the comment on my blog left on the previous posting. I cannot confirm or deny the statement left by the poster but it shows the emotions stirred up when Hit & Run are mentioned.

They will not discuss driver turnover or retention and not even discuss how much the fleet has increased by to accommodate the new recruits, which incidentally are being recruited on 2nd generation wage agreements, see here for new wage agreement http://www.britishtruckersabroad.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=1119

Think twice, Canada is a superb place to live but that is not the way to get here.

Made it to Dallas by 2.30 Saturday afternoon, time for some R&R in temperatures of 44c phew!! It is so hot the air con only blows warm air.

Delivery is only 29km away and can be made any time tomorrow. I have my reload which is only 49km away from my delivery but can't be loaded till 8.00pm tomorrow so nice lazy day tomorrow.

This is good miles on this trip, my reload is going to Brampton, Ontario for delivery Thursday morning. Even if they load me straight back to Steinbach from Brampton I will have covered about 4177 miles in 9 1/2 days + all the loads and unloads.

I am back at work now and on my way to Texas following our move to the new house. The move went really well and we want to thank a couple of friends for the help they gave us. Thanks must go to Majka, Lowri, Neal, Jacey, Jason & Jenn and of course to Sue, Gary & Craig. It would have taken us much longer without you all.

What a wonderful stress reliever the hot tub turned out to be after all the effort that was put in over a couple of days, very relaxing.

We still don't have internet at home but we are trying to get that installed asap.

We are absolutely delighted with the house and it is all we could have hoped for and more.

So back to the grindstone again. I have a delivery in Waxahachie, Tx on Sunday will try and keep you posted soon.