00:00 How we doing lads, we're at the Travelodge Shrewsbury and how's it going?
00:05 Morning, great.
00:06 Very well.
00:07 Look, there's a lovely little tick of an engine in the background, just fill us in on who
00:11 you are, where we are, where you going, what's happening.
00:14 Go on lads.
00:15 Paul Marsh from Appleton, I'm on the Mass of Ferguson, we're doing John and Grace of
00:22 Lansden, raising money for charities.
00:24 What charities?
00:25 Prostrate, Ovarian, Alzheimer's and there's two local firms in Bridgenorth called Free
00:34 Wheelers and what's the other one, Baz?
00:38 West Mercia Search and Rescue.
00:39 Ah great, yeah, basically Bridge, great bunch of lads they are, and girls of course.
00:45 So when did you start off, how long's this trip going to take you?
00:49 We went on Wednesday, all in the back of a lorry, all the way up to John and Grace, unloaded
00:55 and then we drove 18 miles down back to Wick, stayed at Wick the first night, that was Wednesday.
01:03 Thursday night we was in Drummond Rocket, next night was in the Drovers Arms on the
01:11 Loch Ness, big day then, 126 miles down to Dumfries.
01:15 126?
01:16 Well I'm just looking at those trucks, I mean there's not necessarily great backrests on
01:21 the seats in there is there?
01:22 I don't know, I don't know.
01:23 Well it's yours one of the ones with the backrest?
01:27 But I mean them two ones in the middle in particular, who's driving the two middle ones?
01:30 Me and Barby.
01:31 Yeah, doesn't it do you back in, doesn't it?
01:34 It's not too bad, I'll put it out of your mind.
01:38 Pop the ibuprofen in the morning and crack on with it.
01:41 So when do you anticipate finishing then lads?
01:43 Friday, the last night is in Hale and then it's just leaving us 18 miles to do then on
01:50 the last day into Jungle Grove, into Land's End sorry.
01:54 All the families and partners and everything are coming down on a Friday to greet us there
01:59 and having a bit of a boozy session in St Just the weekend.
02:03 Did this idea start with a boozy session in a pub by any chance?
02:08 What happens, because you're open, you know a couple of you lads are open to the elements,
02:11 what happens when it's raining and that, is it just sucking up?
02:13 We don't know, they ain't got wet yet.
02:15 Yeah, I'm probably jinxing it now, you know.
02:18 So have you had any issues so far kind of on the road with you know hills, with mechanical
02:23 bits, anything?
02:24 No, not really, I mean Bar's running for the back of his mate because his foot fell off
02:30 a brake pedal, but no nothing drastic.
02:31 We have to adjust the brakes now and then and you know sort of do a little bit of a
02:37 tidy up job.
02:38 Top up with oil in it.
02:39 Top up with oil and water.
02:40 Checking you and doing your daily checks and this and that.
02:44 I know you, are you expecting, I mean you know when you started off were you kind of
02:47 thinking I'm not sure if all these tractors are going to make it?
02:50 We obviously thought that yeah.
02:51 Yeah, yeah.
02:52 We obviously thought that yeah, but you know we've had some big days, we've covered the
02:53 back of it now, we've broke the back of it.
02:54 Yeah.
02:55 570 miles under our belt now, we've got about 350 to do.
02:56 Great stuff.
02:57 So we're well over half way.
02:58 So.
02:59 And we've had some big days up to now, 126 is our biggest day and the lowest one was
03:00 under the 50s.
03:01 So we've got to get on with it.
03:02 So you're technical support aren't you?
03:19 Yes.
03:20 So are you literally totalling behind them?
03:21 No I tend to, I'll make cups of tea first thing in the morning.
03:22 Yeah.
03:23 Then I'll sort of do 30, 40 miles.
03:24 Yeah.
03:25 And then I'll get the front again.
03:26 Oh ok.
03:27 And then I'll do a bit of a bit of a run.
03:28 Yeah.
03:29 And then I'll do a bit of a run.
03:30 Yeah.
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03:32 Yeah.
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04:28 Yeah.
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