Paul Rowlands takes us into his world as a truck driver, initially around rural Suffolk and the rest of the UK, before embarking on the Middle East run. Here he recalls his hair-raising experiences - some of them humorous, some alarming - and the many friends he made. The long-distance lorry driver deals with life in the raw, with many hardships and occasional comforts. Run-ins with the locals, dramatic encounters with foreign drivers and mechanical problems may be the norm, but they are tempered by the sheer beauty of mountain passes, lakeside stops and the generous hospitality of the people he meets. The camaraderie in the trucking fraternity has seen Paul through many a crisis, and he shares the belief that help is always at hand when a fellow driver is facing a problem. Take a ride through foreign lands in the cab of a long-haul lorry for an insider's perspective on overland travel. Paul Rowlands was born in The Rhondda, South Wales. His first job was with the Civil Service, but his love for travel led to his becoming a long-distance truck driver. He lives in Ipswich, Suffolk and continues to work as a truck driver/roadie. Paul's book was first published in hardback in 2010. This is the first paperback edition.

Not All Sunshine & Sand: The Tales of a UK-Middle East Truck Driver (Old Pond Books)

Engineering & Transportation

Rowlands, Paul

Transportation

Old Pond Pub

<p>Paul Rowlands takes the reader on a ride through foreign lands in the cab of a long-haul lorry, providing an insider's perspective on overland travel. This is a tremendous tale in which run-ins with the locals, dramatic encounters with foreign drivers, and mechanical problems seem the norm for a long-haul lorry driver. This memoir takes the reader into his world as a truck driver, initially around rural Suffolk and the rest of the UK, before embarking on the Middle East run. The long-distance lorry driver deals with life in the raw, with many hardships and occasional comforts: difficulties are tempered by the sheer beauty of mountain passes, lakeside stops and the generous hospitality of the people he meets. Trucking camaraderie has seen Paul through many a crisis, and he shares the belief that help is always at hand when a fellow driver is facing a problem. The new edition of this hugely popular book incorporates 72 photographs taken at the time, many of which have never been previously published. Born in the Rhondda, South Wales, Paul Rowlands' first job was with the Civil Service, but his love for travel led to his becoming a long-distance truck driver. Paul lives in Ipswich, Suffolk and continues to work as a truck driver/roadie. *** "Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, 'Not All Sunshine &amp; San' is very highly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary Biography collections, and will have particular interest for non-specialist general readers with an interest in the culture and current history of the Middle East."Ë?Midwest Book Review, Library Bookwatch: February 2017, The Biography Shelf[Subject: Transportation, Middle East Studies]</p>

Not All Sunshine & Sand: The Tales of a UK-Middle East Truck Driver (Revised Edition)

Automotive

Old Pond Publishing

<p>True accounts of one man's long-distance trucking career that began in the late 1960s, these adventurous anecdotes are told by one of the first pioneers in long-distance trucking to the Middle East, Ivor Whittall. From traveling overseas to Kuwait, driving the desert trek between Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and surviving the infamously dangerous (and sometimes deadly) Tahir Pass in Eastern Turkey that has claimed the lives of truckers with its haphazard landslides and avalanches and tricky mountainous terrain, readers get a driver's seat perspective to Whittall's daring career. With 72 contemporary color photos of trucks, drivers, passports, visas, and custom forms, readers will be thrust into what it was like being a long-distance trucker in the 1970s. Full of disastrous near misses, border control mishaps, intense home sickness, mechanical failures, cultural misunderstandings, and so much more, this book will urge you to buckle up.</p>

The Silk Road and Beyond: The Hair-Raising True Adventures of a Long-Distance Trucker in the Middle East (Old Pond Books) Driving Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, & Iran in the 1970s

Whittall, Ivor

Old Pond Books

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