Keeping the lights burning

This is the job they said would never happen. After seeing one of these vehicles on the M1 late one evening, we had the bright idea of spending some time with one of its crews. But sometimes we come across assignments which just look, from the surface at least, well, a little difficult. Take one of the UK's largest logistics operations (in this case CEVA), power colossus E.ON, and you've already got two potentially massive red-tape encrusted hurdles to jump. Then we remembered the ever-so-amenable Lindsey Randle, former PR girlie for TNT Logistics and now generator of positive spin at CEVA. With her help a day out with a difference was organised in a matter of days. The MAN TGM 4x4 they use for the job is an interesting enough contraption, but it's a tough gig when you're working with live electricity and a very busy crew. Luckily for us a short delay waiting for a BT engineer meant we could swing in and snap a few staged shots of the truck and its driver Danny Blackwell during lunch. Despite the fact we use heaps of the stuff, electricity has never been one of our strong points - a fact you'll discover if you pick up this month's T&D.