Gremmie

Blumin cheek i work almost every day....5on 3 off... i take these pics when im driving

koogar

Nah, it never snows in Canada in November

here's a pic off my blog taken last November on TCH1 in the rockies.

Good luck with the move.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6...0/IMG_0038.jpg

Rodger Rabbit

As long as it dosen't snow till i've passed my test i'm not bothered

After that the more the better...

koogar

I wouldn't worry about it Kev. They're pretty good at clearin the stuff away. Except Edmonton where they seem to be from the 'wait til it melts' school of thought.
It's not like English snow anyway. The stuff in Canada is surprizingly 'grippy' and I think I only had my chains on 3 or 4 times the whole winter, which isn't bad considering the place is white for 6 months.
The biggest problem I found was gettin 'dusted' by other trucks. There's a stretch of TCH1 that's 2 lane (as opposed to 4) from Whitewood, Sk accross into Manitoba that I really didn't like. You'd pass a truck going the other way and you'd be drivin blind for 3-4 seconds til the snow dust settled down again. Interesting to say the least.
Anyway, sorry for hijacking your thread. It isn't really about snow is it.
I'm sure you'll have a great time and love Canada. It's a great place to live.
Stay safe.

Rodger Rabbit

Looking forward to driving in proper snow with people who no how to drive in it...
Bet they don't panic when they see a little flutter like this lot over here...

Raquelle

Hi Kev,

Don't worry about the snow and just remember that you won't be HERE anymore so that can only be a good thing!!Don't know about where you are but the weather here is totally weird at the moment. Its baltic in the morning and t-shirt weather in the afternoon And there are swarms of midges everywhere, the kids can't play out without getting eaten alive Very weird for october! At least when you go to Canada you know to expect it to be freezing and snowing, not like here where you never know what its doing

Anyway, good luck with your test

Raquelle

Im glad you are managing to fit the odd bit of driving work in, in between your photography business 5 days on and 3 off, isn't that part-time hours? You know I am just jealous

Gremmie

5days @ 15hrs a day......you call that part time thats like when men say "giving birth is easy and painless"

Raquelle

If you men ever had to give birth (which, lets face it, is not very likely) you would realise that working 15 hours a day is in fact a doddle in comparison In fact, you would probably volunteer to work 25 hours a day just so you never had to go through childbirth again

Gremmie

But we do HAVE to help with the making of the babies,,so you girls dont do it all alone and what thanks do WE get for that,,,,eh

Gremmie

Raquelle,and any one else for that matter,Ther's a really good Blog from an ex BE member that gives plenty of insight into Long haul trucking (international) + some home life info aswell,that would be of interest to you.
The authours name is Lyndon,from Swindon,now living and working out of Lethbridge AB for H&R transport,well worth the read
http://lyndon001.blogspot.com/

Raquelle

Oh yes thanks for reminding me why men were put on this planet!!

Gremmie

Well at least we do 1 thing right ?????? some times

Raquelle

Now, did someone actually tell you that or are you just assuming?

Raquelle

Thanks for that, although have to say have been following Lyndon's blog for a while to see how he is getting on as hubby Gary had an interview and job offer with them but we decided not to go for it as kids would miss him being away for so long. See you have a "wee" mention on his blog, fame at last eh?