Rain of Biblical proportions this morning, there was waterfalls coming down the side of the hill that I had never seen before. In amongst this deluge I was in charge of loading up the car deck at Craignure, unfortunately the young lady on the shore's walkie talkie had become waterlogged & I couldn't make out what she was telling me about the vehicles ashore for loading. I'd had a look and didn't think there was anything to worry about.
With just three trucks to load you will have to imagine my consternation when the third to last truck came down onto the ship and it had a trailer on the back making it about 21m long. It came to a stop once it was a far as it would go with the trailer nicely blocking the entrance. There was plenty of room on board but the two remaining trucks couldn't access it. Fortunately the driver of the truck was able to back up and I had to call all the vehicle drivers back down to do a bit of shuffle about. About 15 minutes late on departure combined with the gales and we never caught up with the timetable again. Woops. Everyone says that it has happened to them too.
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