In all the jobs i have had over the years this one opened my eyes the most,Hauling Plant around is on another level.When i started in June 2011 the company were flat out working many sites around the UK although i only serviced the ones mainly in the North of England also moving plant form our head office in Cumbernauld back to Knutsford as both yards shared various pieces of Machinery.Im rather meticulous in work and normally frown at damage but this was totally different, guys on site seem to think this is the norm when i was loading i carefully moved excavators,tractors implements etc only for these guys
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to bang and bash stuff it really took some getting used to.Imagine my horror when a few months in i then became the victim of damage not once but twice in the space of a couple of weeks,first damage was when i reversed the wagon into a space then decide to pull forward and get into another spot only to catch a land drainage machine cab with the rear hangers on the trailer and virtually ripping the cab off OOOOOOPPPPSSS Bloody OOOOOPPPS,only to be told arrr dont worry about it it shouldn't of been parked there,dont worry about it, i couldnt believe what i was hearing i have just wrecked a machine.Just getting over the first incident and i wacked an excavator and damaged its ram, now this is it for me i have had enough im out of my depth here, so on arrival back in the yard truck keys in hand i head to the office to hand my notice in and quit on the spot (probably before getting fired).This got a little strange now 2 managers sat there and looked in amazement when i said i can't handle this and couldn't believe im jacking it in,you cant just walk away because of this it happens all the time said one, the other if i had a quid for all the time ive damaged something i would be living in Tenerife.Very very strangeI did stay after been persauded they must of been desperate bacause i would of turfed me right down the road.These incidents are the first things that ive been involved in for many many years and luckily have been my last (touch wood).Things did get better and work stayed manic all the way through the summer, company policy was no holidays til october and as i was thinking that would be me,as i said it was only supposed to be temporary we booked a holiday to go to Tossa der Mar (just North Of Barcelona) ive never been to Spain before.
So this was something to look forward and it would also be the first time Myself and Lady Pen to be away on our own since my return.
So here we are our first holiday since Canada and definately very much needed.We flew from Manchester to Barcelona then picked our car up at the airport and headed north along the coast to a little resort called Tossa De Mar, a very quaint Coastal village with lovely beaches and a narrow winding streets.Relaxation was on the cards i can laze on the beach all day and even in October it was stiffling hot to do this, unfortunately Lady Pen had other ideas and had site seeing trips planned.I must admit i hadnt adjusted back into home life as easy as i thought i would, i became very indicisive and a little withdrawn from our social life very unlike me,so i suppose this holiday was the start of intergration back into family life.We have never done an all inclusive holiday before but as this was kinda cheap we decided we would give it a go definately an eye opener.The Hotel was 5 star and on first impressions wow fabulous we sure did pick well the room were great as was the bars pool etc, then the restaurant!!!! well here goes i would the describe it as a school canteen, i called it the walk of doom, as you meander down the corridor down a flight of stairs to the slop kitchen,it was very clean but very basic and the smell of fish was that pungent i nearly threw up we did eat in here a couple of times but decided to try the local cuisine instead,now as i said it was all inclusive but as we didnt pay a great deal we wern't to bothered,and we did consume a large amount of Vodka over the ten days we were there so we felt we got our moneys worth here.
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