Now pull up a chair :laugh: , I did it for a while, and there are two main types, first you have the postcode couriers, which are manly use in the city and for some reason unknown to me, they seem to be mainly from Brazil and other South American country's.
I never did get my head around how they managed to get the correct insurance, as there all on 125cc with L plates ( properly the same as pizza delivery I suppose :laugh: ).
But they tend to do allot of delivery's, so that a lot of lid on lid off, as you can not make a pick up with your lid on even if it's a flip face :huh: .
The second type is the distance courier,which is what I did and as you can imagine when its lovely and sunny and coming back over some great roads
, you just think life don't get better than this,as you pull up to a country pub for a overnight stay, few beers, meet new people, great food, and so on, or around a mates house, much cheaper :laugh: .
On the other hand, when your coming out of Kent and there's ice on the roads and the wind is whipping the snow sideways, you've got more layers on then the Michelin man :laugh: , you know when its cold, when you think I'll put the heated grips on and there already on :huh: :laugh: .
There's a great camaraderie within the courier community, if you know the right cafes
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The trick is to get as many collections going the same way, as you get paid per item, per trip.
The Nemesis of the Courier is boredom
there's allot of waiting around, and then its rush,rush,rush :laugh: .
The best day I ever had was -
Set off from Gatwick - Brighton - swindon - Fleetwood - Shefield - Grimby - Leicester - Home, it took about 15hours, I was on an old style Honda Deauville 650cc.
I'll see if I can dig out some pics, The old Deauville is living its retirement in a Bike training center in Bournmouth
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there's allot of waiting around, and then its rush,rush,rush :laugh: .