As it turns to winter and my delivery work is tainted by the black ice on the road and the threat of snow further up north, my mind starts to wander to the highlights and lowlights of delivery work throughout the seasons.
Spring
Spring is one of the most beautiful seasons for carrying out delivery work and if you have a particularly scenic route, then it can make the journey even better. I like travelling around Somerset and the Cheddar Gorge around this time of year. When the nearby fields are covered in golden buttercups and the first buds are beginning to flourish on the trees it’s a wonderful time of year for driving. The freight at this time of year is different and you can pick up a spare bob or two delivering Easter eggs to shops. Spring is one of the best seasons weather wise for carrying out delivery work as the weather is neither to warm nor to cold; although there are of course those dreaded April showers.
Summer
I know loads of people love summer and I hate to sound like a moaner, but I can’t stand the season. First of all there are the dreaded bank holiday traffic jams which can go on for miles and, if you have any delivery work in a seaside town, you might as well forget it! All the kiddies on their summer holidays head to the beach and I remember one year, when I was delivering freight to the ferry terminal at Poole, I ended up sat in traffic for four long hours. The temperatures in the truck can get unbearable and many a time I’ve burnt my fingers on the too hot steering wheel. Of course, there’s air conditioning and the trusted open windows, but we all know that in the heat of the summer they do very little to help keep the heat out.
Autumn
When summer turns to autumn it’s certainly a huge relief for me. The kids return to school and suddenly the traffic jams cease, although perhaps you shouldn’t get me started on the dreaded school run. I’ve still yet to figure out why the traffic from the school run is always worse in the autumn, I know that the children are just starting their new schools but surely they still attend school year round; maybe their parents just stop driving them. I hate to spend all my time whinging so I’ll tell you some of the good points about driving in the autumn. I love the amazing colours of the trees and the crunching sound that the fresh leaves make as you drive over them. The weather is just right and I no longer have to breathe the exhaust fumes of traffic through an open window, or put up with ice cold air conditioning. In the autumn you can pick up some extra cash delivering fireworks to some of the larger supermarkets. With the smell of gunpowder in the back of my van and the rich reds and browns in front of me, I think that autumn might in fact be my favourite season for delivery work.
Winter
With the threat of black ice on the road, you have to be careful when carrying out delivery work in the winter. The weather may be unfeasibly cold but when you’re sat in your truck with the heating jammed right up it can feel extra cosy. One of the things that I love most about winter is the decorations that you can spot from the road, on an especially lonely night it conjures up images of Christmases spent at home. Winter is also the time for thermos flasks filled with hot chicken soups and service station stops for warm bacon butties and pork and stuffing batches. However, the festive spirit and the fact that Christmas is looming nearer and nearer is definitely the best thing about winter.
Author Resource:
Lyall Cresswell is the Managing Director of Haulage Exchange, the leading online trade network for the road transport industry across the UK and Europe. It provides services for Delivery Work (http://www.haulageexchange.co.uk/ ) to buy and sell road transport and freight exchange in the domestic and international markets.
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