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Should of brought a real wallet not a ziplock bag.
Headlamp was really useful.
The compass did come in handy.
I didn't use the notebook much, should of been smaller.
Day Two.
Stayed the night at a motel in Monterey, which is a nice town. Had a quick look at the place last night/evening.
"Monterey is a city on California’s rugged central coast. Its Cannery Row, one-time centre of the sardine-packing industry, was immortalized by novelist John Steinbeck. Today, it's a popular strip of gift shops, seafood restaurants and bars in converted factories" Wiki.
Heading south now on Route One again to our next motel in San Luis Obispo about 150 miles away.
First stop (not far from Monterey) is Carmel - "Carmel-by-the-Sea is a small beach city on California's Monterey Peninsula. It's known for the museums and library of the historic Carmel Mission, and the fairytale cottages and galleries of its village-like center, a famous place known for its natural scenery and rich artistic history" Wiki.
Back on the road and Route One we headed down and into the bit of coast called Big Sur.
"Big Sur is a rugged and mountainous section of the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. It is frequently praised for its dramatic scenery. Big Sur has been called the "longest and most scenic stretch of undeveloped coastline in the contiguous United States"
It certainly lived up to the description! Amazing place to ride through/along!
Stopped at so many various vista points for pictures and posing etc!
We stopped for lunch at a place called Ragged Point -
"The tiny hamlet of Ragged Point where travellers are welcomed with a hotel, gourmet restaurant, a gas station, wedding facilities, hiking trails and outdoor cafe with an espresso bar. Towering high above the Pacific on a promontory with 400 foot sheer cliffs"
Unfortunately there was quite a bit of sea fret (low cloud) in the area, so our views were limited here..
Lunch was good too.. Met and chatted with another Harley biker on his way to San Diego.
Back on the road and continued down to San Luis Obispo to find our motel..
Once we had landed and sorted ourselves out, we went for a walk down into the town. One of the places we wanted to see was the (in)famous Bubblegum Alley. - "Bubblegum Alley is a tourist attraction in downtown San Luis Obispo, California, known for its accumulation of used bubble gum on the walls of an alley. It is a 15-foot (4.6 m) high and 70-foot (21 m) long alley lined with chewed gum left by passers-by. It covers a stretch of 20 meters in the 700 block of Higuera Street in downtown San Luis Obispo" Wiki.
We bought some food from a takeaway near our motel and ate that back in our room watching telly! Great day seeing so much beautiful coastline on the famous Route One!
CEA were employed to pack and lash 77 units of Mud Skips, Cargo Baskets and Gas Racks into 14, 40ft HC containers, the cargo received was too wide to fit in to the containers in the conventional way and would have to be turned on its side. CEA would ready the containers for load out and transport them to port where the cargo would be shipped to Nigeria to be used in the offshore Oil & Gas sector.
PROCEDURE
Two wooden beams were placed on the floor in each of the containers, the cargo, on its side would be placed on these to ensure no damage occurred to the panels during loading, transportation and unloading. Lifting slings that would be used upon arrival in Nigeria were attached to each piece of cargo before packing.
A CEA reach stacker lifted each of the containers and placed them on to their sides upon wooden blocks. CEA fabricated specialised roller units to facilitate the loading, two units were placed underneath the front section to support the cargo while being loaded by forklift from the rear.
Mantiou 3.5 t forklift’s and 5 t pallet trucks loaded the cargo into the containers, both fork lifts and pallet trucks were covered with protective materials to prevent any damage to the cargo.
After all Mud Skips, Cargo Baskets and Gas Racks were loaded the CEA team lashed and secured them in place. Wooden chocks and stoppers were installed to further ensure no movement while transportation and shipping.
All necessary supporting documents were provided inside each container. A third party inspection team checked all loaded cargo and sealed the containers with the appropriate shipping tags. The containers were loaded on to flatbed trailers and transported to port to await shipping.
EQUIPMENT USED
Reach stacker
3.5t Manitou forklift
15t Mitsubishi forklift
Manitou telehandler
Pallet trucks
Isuzu DECA 360 prime movers
Flatbed trailers
Charlie the Ewok decided to pack up his wares and move on from his spot on the Moon of Newport.
Trade has been non-existant and the only interest he has received has been from the ever present Sarlacc.
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A mate imports high-quality metal pipe and it comes from the US packing in wooden cases. The cases normally are thrown away, or donated to local school wood work dept. But this time he had too much so I took a load. Unsealed it warps easy, so it needs to be coated. The person who builds the boxes goes crazy with the nail gun as the joins were full of nails. The recycle tub was to catch all the nails so none were left on the driveway.
Some of the stuff needed for a 2 month bicycling trip
Some of the stuff needed for a 2 month bicycling trip
Very light packing for this trip. Staying in a farmhouse and no equipment as it's a bouldering trip.
Packing photo as usual. A couple of new gadgets as we are doing the climbs unguided - a PLB (personal locating beacon) and a GPS.
July 11, 2021
Our annual 4th of July trip to Head of the Meadow was washed out, so we found a break in the weather today to make up for lost time. It was a short trip, but a good one.
The crowd was typical at the lot entrance, but a short walk to the North put us in a spot with ample elbow room.
Head of the Meadow Beach
Cape Cod National Seashore
Truro, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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PA, Harrisburg PA, Bass Pro Shops.
The mannequins in this store are armed. And there are enough of them to make a small army.
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