Off to Sydney

My Reload back to Moncton consisted of 2 collections,quite straight forward humm! they were until i got to the first pick up place,the response was: Why do they keep sending you here its the wrong place no probs i said please put me in the right direction of i went on my happy little way.I get to the right place presented my self to the guy in shipping gave him my number, with that the blank expressions started to appear,what i have noticed over her is the total lack of help anyone is willing to give you if things don't match up (pick up numbers etc)normally you get told, Go and get in touch with your despatch those numbers are wrong,but not here the guy couldn't do enough for me he was on the phone in and out of the office and eventually everything was sorted,so off i went to my second pick up which was loaded without much trouble.I headed out of Toronto back east,running into some awful weather,torential rain then pretty bad fog the one thing that never ceases to amaze me is the stupity off some drivers,these trucks over here don't have mudguards or any sort of spray surpressers as we do in the UK so they kick up a hell of alot of spray so the visibillity behind is pretty much zero, and low and behold here comes joe bloody blogs going hell for leather with Gladys and the Gran kids with not so much as a candle light coming out of his car then wonders why all and sundry keep cutting him up(even though i singled this prat out i lost count of the cars without any lights on),There are certain States in the U S that have made a law saying that if your windscreen wipers are on you must have your lights on i think there is definately a need for some sort of education to these half wits.I did my delivery and headed back to the Island for a

couple of days off,just made it over the Confederation Bridge before they closed it due to

high winds which was a stroke of luck.I had a few things to do, first was to get my car MVi this is there equivilent to the MOT except i think its a bit of a farce and not half as strict as the latter, any pleased it passed as the thing had run out the week before i couldn't bear to be without a car now.Second was to get myself a new cooler as the one i had, had decided to pack up, undecided on what to get i get chatting to another one of our drivers telling him my dilemma, the conclusion was buy a proper fridge from walmart take the cupboard out of the truck and its fits in beautifully, just like his as he shown me, except his was broken as well so

off we jumped into his truck and down to Walmart to exchange his a get mine.Job completed fridge running one of our fitters came into the yard and low and behold he's only got a mssive pot of freshly cooked caught that morning lobster in his truck,after offering the pair of us one each in which we refussed first mainly because im so uneducated i haven't got a clue what your supposed to do with them, after a little lesson of what to do we greatly accepted,(basically you just smash them up and tear them apart and rip the meat out of them)what a sight we must of looked but i must say what a fantastic taste and i can't wait to get out and catch my own. Ive been staying in the Cornwall Hilton (aka Sunny King Motel)since i arrived over here the rooms are a cross between a 1970's porn set and Crossroads,its been ok but i have been looking for something else, i get a call to let me know there was a room up for rent on the other side off town so off i set to have a look at it unfortunately due to the cost which was more than what i was paying and the owner then not sure what to charge, left me still not sure what im going to do.So the hectic couple of days come to an end and ive got 2 drops in Toronto,i pack everything into the truck and notice the fridge aint very cold at all, infact the inverter had switched itself off no probs i switch it back on and set on my way i get to the Inspection place at Borden (this is just before the Bridge) and again notice the inverter had switched itself off this came a very very regular occurance.After 2 days of this i bought a new one and hey presto it works a treat, maybe buying a second hand one wasn't the brightest idea but you live and learn.I arrived at the Ontario Food market to be greeted yep we will have it all here normally they just take a couple of pallets of then make you tip the rest around in the cold storage, so i was in and out pretty quickly heading out of Toronto north to a place called Bradford which was about 1 hour away again tipped within 20 mins,heading back south i get my reload a quick glance told where i was going so i made my way there a load of Beef back to Moncton or so i thought,it was only when i was writing my trip sheet out realised that the delivery was for Sydney Nova Scotia this is right at the tip of N S.It was only then i i saw the delivery time even if i had concord there is no way i could of made it so a quick message was sent and was told that it was going to be rebooked.I often wonder why it takes so long to load when the stuff is ready and on the bay waiting for you, after a 4 hour wait im loaded and sent on my way, not far though just to the truck stop up the road for a quick bite to eat and a lot of shut eye.