Embarassing morning!

[David Morison]

I noticed early one morning, from my bathroom window, some amber flashing lights further down the lane. Thinking it was a tractor ditching or hedging I took no more notice. Later however I had to deliver something to a house at the far end of the lane and came across an amazing scene. A large delivery van had tried to go round a tight 90 degree corner on a very narrow lane and ended up in the ditch. A specialised recovery vehicle had come to help but had got stuck in the same ditch! They had made contact with a local farmer who was sending a mega tractor to show them how to do it. Of course I had to go back for my camera and as I left the tractor was arriving. When I got back (10 minutes) the recovery vehicle had been extracted already but I was able to get a few shots of the remaining action.

The tractor reversing past the truck:



Chaining up:



The start of the action:



Job done in minutes:



The departing recovery vehicle:



What a mess they left! I put a composite of these images, minus the last one, on our Village Community Facebook page and have had a request from somebody I don't know but who works at the delivery depot for a photo of the recovery vehicle. I have asked him "Why?"

E-M5 plus Leica 14-150mm

David

[Pops]

Re: Embarassing morning!

The pics are quite dramatic and what a mess I left in the ditch.

[Caz]

Re: Embarassing morning!

It's amazing how often lorries think they can get through narrow spaces - I got something similar published in the village newsletter a couple of years ago when an HGV decided to ignore the farmer and try to deliver after a heavy snowfall. Of course, he met someone on the single track road and went half off the road into the adjoining field - which has a heck of a camber!

[David M]

Re: Embarassing morning!

I had a similar experience 25 years ago. I photographed a jackknifed truck for the local paper and was later contacted by the recovery truck company wanting to but copies of the photos with their tow truck in the shot.

[Barr1e]

Re: Embarassing morning!

A great local news item shown in pictures.

#2 taken at just the right moment and the fourth one showing the problem of recent weather conditions - making the ground very wet

I hope the driver completed his deliveries on time.

Regards. Barr1e

[patmoore]

Re: Embarassing morning!

Nice captures! About seven years ago, my wife and I went to Yellowstone in the winter for cross country skiing. The trip in takes about four hours in tracked vehicles. Our driver was the most experienced on staff with 17 seasons under his belt and he took great pride in the fact that he had never gone off the road. You guessed it...... It happened on our trip.