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Old 12th May 2018, 01:10 PM
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I drove down to Hereford using the A49 early doors yesterday in a VW, not too bad. Collected a coach there with passengers and brought them back the same way.
All those miles and not a single 8 to be seen.
Perhaps they received the warning letters and paid heed.
Tomorrow I'm in my soot chucker heading down to the National Arboretum at Arewas.
Tuesday driving a coach and pax to Bodnan Gardens.
Thusday doing a four day tour in Barmouth, just across the river from hotel George III, if you remember Snowdonia. Wow, that was three years ago, time goes by.
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Old 12th May 2018, 01:30 PM
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I drove down to Hereford using the A49 early doors yesterday in a VW, not too bad. Collected a coach there with passengers and brought them back the same way.
All those miles and not a single 8 to be seen.
Perhaps they received the warning letters and paid heed.
Tomorrow I'm in my soot chucker heading down to the National Arboretum at Arewas.
Tuesday driving a coach and pax to Bodnan Gardens.
Thusday doing a four day tour in Barmouth, just across the river from hotel George III, if you remember Snowdonia. Wow, that was three years ago, time goes by.
I wish I had half your energy Ray!
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I wish I had half your energy Ray!
It's not energy it's needing the money
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Just back from a. 600 mile round trip to Bristol, Ray.

I saw one, a 3.0 TDi D3, metallic blue, on an 08 plate.
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Old 13th May 2018, 05:19 PM
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One day last year heading south on the M5 from Bristol two 8s passed me. I was in a coach so they did not "see" me.
A few miles later they were on the hard shoulder with one of them blue/yellow chequered things flashing blue lights parked behind them.
I think he was treating them to a coffee, but then I'm not the brightest.
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I was on the M42 when a scruffy A4 Avant on foreign plates weaved past, undertaking then overtaking cars in a very reckless manner.

I wish there'd been a similar "coffee dispenser" around to witness the actions of that fool
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