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- 32 Pages of fascinating colour images Review by Transport News
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Rating - An entertaining read Review by Transport News Magazine
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After miraculously passing his test in an Atkinson Borderer way back in 1974, Mick drove in the days when some crooks and con men seemed to run a percentage of the haulage industry. And Mick worked for most of them! Earning poor wages from arrogant bosses with the constant threat of a P45 hanging over his head, he learned his trade through trial and error, in fact many trials and lots of errors. Mick's career took him all over Europe and Scandinavia, transporting musical shows to Norway, JCBs to Greece and supermarket deliveries down to Gibralter. Driving for a variety of firms he double manned trucks with his wife Jo for nearly 10 years. Along the way he has been blown over in high winds, outwitted hijackers and held hostage by striking Spanish drivers.
Now living on a narrow boat on the Grand Union Canal, Mick is approaching retirement and reflects on his varied career. With plenty of humour and not a little sarcasm, he concludes that as good as those days were, he certainly wouldn't want to go back. Illustrated by 32 pages of fascinating colour images and priced at £14.95 plus P&P, Mick Rennison's Keep on Truckin' is an entertaining read. (Posted on 18/07/2016) - A thoroughly good and funny read of the modern day era Review by CV Driver Magazine
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Now living on a narrow boat on the Grand Union Canal, Mick is approaching retirement and reflects on his varied career. With humour and not a little sarcasm, he concludes that as good as those days were, he certainly wouldn't want to go back to them. It's a thoroughly good and funny read of the modern day era, all carried out in trucks that many will have driven - and in some cases are still driving. The book is written in an anecdotal style with a true and gritty account of events and really does tell the real story of life on the road in plain driver speak.
The content must have been an absolute pleasure for Rennison to write rather than a 'labour of love'. Although not blessed with too many pictures, Rennison has used what he had to good measure, giving a great pictorial timeline of events both from a driver and personal perspective. (Posted on 04/07/2016) - A book you'll find hard to put down Review by Classic Truck Magazine
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Rating - An excellent account of a greatly changed world Review by Truck & Driver Magazine
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In those pre-CPC days you literally learned on the job, if you were lucky with the help of a friendly colleague. Bosses ranged from the very good to the borderline criminal. At times, the job meant running outside the law or going back on the dole, and names are named. Much of his driving life was spent double-manning with his late wife Jo, frequently to Sweden and as far afield as Greece. The inevitable monotony of driving has been liberally interspersed with moments of life-threatening high drama.
The book brings his well-written, if not perfectly edited, story bang up to date, Mick still doing enough agency shifts to keep his hand in. It's an excellent account of a greatly changed world that almost makes you glad of today's tightly regulated industry. (Posted on 30/06/2016) - Mick looks back over his good days and bad days on the road Review by Vintage Roadscene
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Rating - The tales are never less than entertaining Review by Truckstop News
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