I think this one was taken at Lokeren, the border between, Belgium and Holland.

The truck parked on the quayside in Denmark while they unloaded and reloaded trailers then set off for Gothenburg, Sweden.

The yard and house of Joe Burchall, Naas, Ireland. When things got tough at Peca Peter got me a job with Joe. Joe was the haulier for Reindear Shipping in Dublin and covered the whole of western Europe, real nice trucks at the time and by now long haul was in my blood.




Dennis Kinsella having a shave on a hot sunny morning in Gennevilliers, Paris. This was a common sight among European truck drivers, as well as bbq's and parties in the back of trailers.




A hot summer day in the south of Italy somewhere. Milan and Paris were our two most common destinations but backloads could come from anywhere.

I think this was in Modena, Italy

Gary came with me on a trip too.

I did go back and work for Peter for a while but I had a real hard decision to make when I got the chance of a job at P&O Roadtanks. I hated having to tell Peter I was leaving, he had looked after me and made sure Sue and Gary were ok while I was gone. "All part of the rich tapestry of life" was one of his favourite sayings and so I moved on.

Delivering oil to a cargo ship in Port Talbot steel works. It was a real dirty job hence the disposable coveralls. The ships delivered the iron ore for the production of steel. If you look closely you can see one of the huge cranes in the background about to lower a loading shovel into the cargo hold of the ship.