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dangtfc1
September 25, 2009, 11:09am

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This is an odd question and maybe only a handful might know what I'm talking about but....

....has anyone ever seen the guy who sits in an old camper van in laybys on the A180? I live in Anlaby on the North bank and commute to the Europarc and I see this van every evening on my way home from work. It's a battered old white van that's got some stripes of paint and looks like a 3 year olds attempt to design an Eddie Stobart wagon. Some days he's on the eastbound carriageway and some days on the west. Is he a local nutjob that's known in the Grimsby area? Does he just cruise around NE Lincs watching HGV's going in and out of Grimsby?

I want to pull into the layby one day and ask him but I'm afraid I'll be abducted/abused/dumped somewhere in deep, dark South Yorkshire.  
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September 25, 2009, 11:13am
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To be fair I put a lot of work into my old camper van. Some men are attracted to women, some horses. I have an affection (non sexual) for HGV lorries of any size and shape. However, Eddie Stobart trucks turn me on. I sit on laybys by day with a family pack of kleenex. On a good day I come home white as a sheet with hairy palms.
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September 27, 2009, 10:00am
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This is an odd question and maybe only a handful might know what I'm talking about but....

....has anyone ever seen the guy who sits in an old camper van in laybys on the A180? I live in Anlaby on the North bank and commute to the Europarc and I see this van every evening on my way home from work. It's a battered old white van that's got some stripes of paint and looks like a 3 year olds attempt to design an Eddie Stobart wagon. Some days he's on the eastbound carriageway and some days on the west. Is he a local nutjob that's known in the Grimsby area? Does he just cruise around NE Lincs watching HGV's going in and out of Grimsby?

I want to pull into the layby one day and ask him but I'm afraid I'll be abducted/abused/dumped somewhere in deep, dark South Yorkshire.  


The guy in question is a member of the Eddie Stobart fan club...(no surprise there then) There is a Stobart depot at Immingham/Killingholme and I can only assume he is looking for those. I'm reliably informed that Tescos now use Stobart's for a lot of their distribution so he will also "pick up" Stobart lorries going to the two Tesco stores....

Tis entirely true I'm afraid.....


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September 27, 2009, 10:07am

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He is often parked in the layby on the A160 just short of the Brockelsby interchange.
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September 27, 2009, 10:10am

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Another question.    Is the Eddie Stobart who founded the lorry firm the same Eddie Stobart that used to play footie for Carlisle back in the dark ages?
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ive seen it parked there,looney tune IMHO
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I can (just about) get my head around train spotting but lorry spotting is surely a hobby too far.
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I knew a guy who was a bus spotter.... He was a bit simple..


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Whats more shocking is the fact there is an eddie stobart fan club
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Why did Eddie Stobart get this cult status from? Very strange if you ask me. Quick read of the Wikipedia page reveals "any driver caught not wearing a shirt and tie while on duty would face disciplinary action". Also says it's company policy to wave back and honk their horn at passers-by or "Eddie-spotters", yes that is a collective term.

I wonder if France has a "Dangerous Angle" fan club for it's own legendary trucking company Norbert Dentressangle?
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