Today we loaded Charlie Camel into the container at Felixstowe!
After spending an age cleaning and polishing the car before being shipped, it chucked it down with rain on the way to Felixstowe, so we thought we'd better get him washed again, just to be on the safe side. Then we pulled into the container yard to find that it was covered in muddy puddles!
After spending an age cleaning and polishing the car before being shipped, it chucked it down with rain on the way to Felixstowe, so we thought we'd better get him washed again, just to be on the safe side. Then we pulled into the container yard to find that it was covered in muddy puddles!
Our container was delivered by the coolest fork-lift truck type thing that could lift and manouver the containers around with such ease. It was positioned in the yard and I drove Charlie camel into the container. Then we watched as Martin, Kingstowns main man for loading cars, secured Charlie using chocks, rope and some metal poles! Apparently he hasn't lost a car in 40 years of loading then into containers... thats a pretty impressive record I think :-)
We were advised that the container would be delivered to the quayside later today and loading of the ship would start on Thursday ready for the sailing on Sunday. Then if all goes according to plan with Dartrans in Baltimore, we should meet up with Charlie Camel again around about July 24th.... Can't wait!
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