Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2024-05-18 20:19:29

Load security wasn’t a problem in the parcel delivery firm where I got my class 1 licence. I drove a three-ton box van....Read more

Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2024-01-15 14:28:15

I’d not had my class licence for long, and the ink was hardly dry when I got a job with a real trucking company. It wa....Read more

Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2023-09-19 14:34:01

When you’re a young, fit trucker, you never think about growing old and the problems old age will bring. All the o....Read more

Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2023-07-07 20:06:50

The tagline beside my ruggedly handsome face above my stories reads, His story shows us once again that drivers' problem....Read more

Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2023-05-08 20:41:40

As I was sitting in a hospital waiting room a few weeks ago with a couple of hours to kill, I thought, I’ll buy myself....Read more

Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2023-03-07 14:43:28

When I think back to the early days when I was a young inexperienced driver, the trucks were basic, nothing like th....Read more

Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2023-01-19 18:27:24

Reading one of my favourite UK truck magazines the other day, I came across another piece of health and safety non....Read more

Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2022-11-10 08:38:10

Retirement is a wonderful thing. When my good lady, Isabel, goes out, I can sit in peace and quiet and let my mind drift....Read more

Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2022-09-12 15:03:48

Well, here we go again, another government desk jockey has the answer to the truck driver shortage. They plan to rescind....Read more

Posted By Colin Black : Colin Black lives in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Posted on 2022-07-11 22:08:10

Going by the law of averages, it was only a matter of time before I caught the Covid virus. My good lady and I did all w....Read more