Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
Yes. Trade plates pretty much gauranteed a lift from a lorry within moments of holding them out. I once got a lift from Newport docks directly to my front door. Mind you, long distance lorry drivers can be a very, very odd bunch. A Dutch driver once had me absolutely convinced that he was kidnapping me to give me a good búggering, as he absolutely refused to stop to let me out, until, for no reason at all, he pulled up on the A120 and demanded I leave. Middle of fúcking nowhere, it was.
Lorry drivers odd? Surely not? What could it be about this solitary, mind-numbing profession, whose tedium is only alleviated by bad food, speed, porn and ropey lorry park prostitutes, that would attract odd people?