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You need more than Nobbies and Stobbies for a motorway grand slam

An Eddie Stobart lorry near the logistics company’s base in Warrington, Cheshire.
An Eddie Stobart lorry near the logistics company’s base in Warrington, Cheshire. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

I added Preston’s of Potto to the game when Eddie Stobarts and Norbert Dentressangles became commonplace, and it was unusual to see all three on one journey (Letters, 22 December). A grand slam, spotting an Eddie, a Norbert and a Potto between two consecutive motorway junctions, was rare indeed.
Peter Lowthian
Marlow, Buckinghamshire

• As well as Stobbies and Nobbies to count, there were also Willies (Willi Betz).
Terry Carbro
Sleights, North Yorkshire

• A great way to keep occupied on long journeys was to keep a look out for the friesian paint scheme of Richard Wiseman Dairy lorries, and be the first to shout “moo”.
John Iles
Holne, Devon

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