The view from the van

# Lynne went out on a delivery job today to take a trip down memory lane she went to Raywell camp near Cottingham somewhere she went as a girl who says this jobs dull
Not going to say how long ago that was so don't ask lol 
(We have even had deliveries to Raf Bases 3 different shopping centre and even a Wickes to Wickes delivery on behalf of Wickes 
We get about )

Then again the Raywell trip was not Lynne best trip out in the van ( She work in the office van and shabby chic side here so can turn her hand to many things )

Lynne is a regular Crew member on the European delivery runs where we often have a 3 person crew 

And has been to:

Switzerland 

France 

Italy 

And we have also collected from the +Dove House Hospice  warehouse which is nice as we are proud to support Dove House 

# European Road trip day 4

I was shocked when I was told 100 miles on the French motorways hit 80 euro and as a result we decided to avoid Mont blanc tunnel due to cost and the van went up via Fraser the same road you see at the end of the Italian job movie which is cool as for 1 we have been calling the Turin run the Italian job and 2 it a cool movie and unlike the bus our van survived

See all our other routes 

# European Road Trip

http://clark-trading.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/our-current-backload-availability.html
I will have real picture from our European Road trip
UK 2 Italy 2 France 2 Hull

Via Dover
For now here are a few from Google

Fact file
@ 2337 miles it is by far our longest route to date (but not Paul's he has in his days driving hgv gone right beyond Naples )
First time the van has left the UK
Travelling by Dover using Dfds

Road trip #2

As I  said yesterday I normally work in the office and did not expect to be out on the road but the second man was ill so need most. Tell you what not used to sweating but enjoyed having to physical graft made a change of pace.

Just a selection of the things I saw on our two trips from Throne to Perston (started and finished in Hull ) 

• Cockpit section of a jumbo jet on a truck 
• train on a truck 
• Route master bus on the M61 
• Several vintage cars 
• A west Yorkshire police van in Lancashire 
• Ferrari 
• Plus passed more Eddie Stobbart trucks than I Care to mention 

Plus we where carrying Stobbart's today ok not quite a toy stobbarts's truck Lol 

What is Logistics ?

We are Clark trading group and among other things we are engaged in logistics but what is logistics ?

Well for one thing all business and people rely on logistics it is the lifeblood of the world but why? Logistics put simply is the management and movement of goods and people from A to B. So take the train or bus that logistics. Without the lorries of the logistics sector or vans for that matter no food or goods in the shop.

Here a short list of some things that are logistics:

• Warehousing 
• Road haulage (light haulage as well)
• Rail freight  
• Etc.

But where do we here at Clark trading group fit into the picture ?

We are engaged in road haulage or more precisely the light haulage sector.  

And to put it simple road haulage is the transit of goods by road and the light haulage sector is movement of goods up to about 3 tons or so (we have a max gwt of 3.5 tons by the way)

Well as with any industry there can be a lot of terms and the such like

 1 ton = 1000 kg or 2200 pounds

C+E = A class of lorry the largest on UK Roads at up to 44 tonnes (As pictured below) our driver has over 20 years experience from driving these all over the UK and even EU 

So there are a few terms for you 

Tales of the road

Been among other things a delivery company things our van gets out and about and as you can imagine see all sorts of weird strange wacky and even dangerous things out there on the roads.

I thought I would try and do a tales of the road blog based on that since it is Road Safety Week 2014
(Lets look out for each other is this years theme)









So Here goes:

My Favorite no sorry that the wrong word thing I have and do see when out and about (in the van and foot) is Cyclist who think they are a law to themselves. And no this is not a dig at cyclist the one who do it right are great and it is a small minority but,

• No lights 
• Pavement cycling 
• Wrong way on a road

And these are just three things I see all the time when on foot and  bike motorcycle you are some of no the most vulnerable road user. So by taking these risk and breaking these laws etc you are just increase your risk of injury or even pulling no punches death.

We all have a responsibility to both know the rules of the road.

And that is just one example