Jack, thanks to you, your family and all the Dorset crew that made me feel so welcome. The mileage was well worth the effort, and it gave me a chance to show off both my port-hand and starboard-hand water buckets.
5.1/2 hours to get back was not too bad. Oh the traffic.
The journey highlight was the personal police escort off the motorway to the nearest exit,………… a first for me.
I know it was dark and pi**ing down, but somehow Mr Plod just couldn't seem to accept that even in all that spray a dark green 7 ton truck doing 30mph on the motorway with NO rear lights, was not a risk. I thought the tropical storm and the regular lightning flashes made the GMC perfectly visible, but they wouldn’t see it, and erred on the side of caution.
The night in the lay-by was not too bad, but it just wasn't the same without you guys. Cooking breakfast at 0600 by the side of the road after a good nights sleep is quite a new experience, and something not to be missed.
Cracking weekend, must do it again, but will have to fix the rear lights first.
Thanks for returning the flag also.
Looking forward to the next one
Karoshi
and Jack your GMC's just fine.