Working in Ireland
I am sitting in the Truck on a dry Saturday afternoon on Dublin Docks at the Topaz garage, a recently built all in Parking Area for Trucks. Which charge some ten euros a night or twenty euros for twenty four hours the only place in Southern Ireland that I no off. There is an understanding that Stobart’s are or has an account at topaz for paying this at the moment, but one has there doutghs about this. We will see if this works out on Monday morning.
Back to sitting in the Truck thing, you don’t get many days here that it does not rain for part of the day. Well as I am writing this you guest its started to rain, this will not get the other two Drivers out will it. One is reading his book and the other said it is to cold to go into town, which was decided on last night that we would get a taxi into town.
The work here is ok for now it pays the bills, Stobart has very little work for the international drivers at this time so I am happy to work over here for the time being. It just intails picking up loaded trailors from the Docks and delivering them around Dublin manly, you do get some that go to other parts of Ireland. Work is limited, manly dry foods for small Irish food retailer. The reloads are limited to just three companies so you have some idea were you will reload from and the sort of time you will get back to the docks at night. But this is Ireland, there is nothing here you can rely on happening here.
I must say that the roads around Ireland have improved in the last eight year since I last worked here. The traffic has slowed some what, and they have stopped the habit of pulling over to the left, not slowing down, to let traffic pass. This habit is now illegal. Slows the traffic down, don’t get stuck behind a Tescos truck, they don’t like to go to fast you now. You must relies that most of the roads here are signal track, maybe only 150 km of motorway built here. There is one to the west of Dublin going north south and some others going out to the west.
The most demanding thing about working here is the addresses you get for the loads. This has developed the Irish way you could say. It is hard to explain because there are no rules to go bye for example.
TDG Ltd Decoded TDG Ltd
Farberry Farbbery Bussnes Park
Nangor New Nangor Road
Nass Naas
But this place is not near Naas it is near Grange Castle Dublin, so the best thing to do is ask an Irish drive if he can help. This can mean you will have to get pen and paper out, you will get the hole route, and the best route there is, with every Pub, Garage, traffic lights, roundabout, pylons, cow, dog and Micks Café. The cat dyed Last Week but it never went out the house!
So will try to get some more Pic’s of Ireland if the weather gets better, I have put some on the Blog for you.
I am sitting in the Truck on a dry Saturday afternoon on Dublin Docks at the Topaz garage, a recently built all in Parking Area for Trucks. Which charge some ten euros a night or twenty euros for twenty four hours the only place in Southern Ireland that I no off. There is an understanding that Stobart’s are or has an account at topaz for paying this at the moment, but one has there doutghs about this. We will see if this works out on Monday morning.
Back to sitting in the Truck thing, you don’t get many days here that it does not rain for part of the day. Well as I am writing this you guest its started to rain, this will not get the other two Drivers out will it. One is reading his book and the other said it is to cold to go into town, which was decided on last night that we would get a taxi into town.
The work here is ok for now it pays the bills, Stobart has very little work for the international drivers at this time so I am happy to work over here for the time being. It just intails picking up loaded trailors from the Docks and delivering them around Dublin manly, you do get some that go to other parts of Ireland. Work is limited, manly dry foods for small Irish food retailer. The reloads are limited to just three companies so you have some idea were you will reload from and the sort of time you will get back to the docks at night. But this is Ireland, there is nothing here you can rely on happening here.
I must say that the roads around Ireland have improved in the last eight year since I last worked here. The traffic has slowed some what, and they have stopped the habit of pulling over to the left, not slowing down, to let traffic pass. This habit is now illegal. Slows the traffic down, don’t get stuck behind a Tescos truck, they don’t like to go to fast you now. You must relies that most of the roads here are signal track, maybe only 150 km of motorway built here. There is one to the west of Dublin going north south and some others going out to the west.
The most demanding thing about working here is the addresses you get for the loads. This has developed the Irish way you could say. It is hard to explain because there are no rules to go bye for example.
TDG Ltd Decoded TDG Ltd
Farberry Farbbery Bussnes Park
Nangor New Nangor Road
Nass Naas
But this place is not near Naas it is near Grange Castle Dublin, so the best thing to do is ask an Irish drive if he can help. This can mean you will have to get pen and paper out, you will get the hole route, and the best route there is, with every Pub, Garage, traffic lights, roundabout, pylons, cow, dog and Micks Café. The cat dyed Last Week but it never went out the house!
So will try to get some more Pic’s of Ireland if the weather gets better, I have put some on the Blog for you.
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