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0:00:48 > 0:00:52- I'm Geraint Lloyd and I live - in Tynrhelyg, Lledrod.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57- I'm a presenter on Radio Cymru - and the founder of Bois Y Loris.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- Bois Y Loris, a club for lorry - drivers, started in 2002 or 2003.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06- Many lorry drivers would get in - touch during our nightly broadcast.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- They would phone in with requests.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13- Gradually, we started to give - the drivers more airtime.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- This was before the club, - Bois Y Loris, existed.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- They were individual drivers.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- Each one was given a number...
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- ..then we picked a number out - of a hat and they won a prize.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- The prize was a Geraint Lloyd mug - or umbrella back then.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- We then decided to make Bois Y Loris - a regular feature.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Every Thursday night, - drivers got in touch with us.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- We'd ask them where they were going - and what they were carrying.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- Each one had a different load.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- We'd chat with the members - every Thursday night...
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- ..and soon it turned - into Bois Y Loris night.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56- Some of the drivers - wanted to keep their numbers.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Gareth Werna was number 10, - Jack Vaughan was number 25...
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- ..Emyr the Eggs was 53.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- All of a sudden we had a club...
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- ..that was growing - from week to week.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- In next to no time, - we had hundreds of members.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- There are now over 350 members.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Driving a lorry is lonely work.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- A lot of these drivers - jump in the lorry on a Monday...
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- ..and maybe - don't come home until Friday.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- They sleep in the lorry. - It's their way of life.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Contacting the programme - helped them.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- I don't know how many of them - get homesick...
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- ..but perhaps they do.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- It's difficult work at times.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- They carry all sorts - of different loads...
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- ..and have to unload the lorry - in all weather.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- I'm Eifion Jones.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- I live in the village of Cwmsychpant - between Llandysul and Lampeter.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- I've been driving for eight years.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- I've been working for LAS - for nine months.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- I don't travel very far.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- I go as far as Cardigan, - Llandovery and Llandeilo.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- That's the catchment area I work.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- I gave up farming eight years ago.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59- I left school at 15 years of age - and worked on the family farm.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- I then decided to go down - a totally different route.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- It's been an eye opener to see - what goes on in the outside world.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- A farmer is...
0:04:10 > 0:04:14- ..in his a world of his own - and keeps his business shipshape.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- He doesn't realize - what's going on beyond the farm.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22- I've kept up my interest - in farming and agriculture...
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- ..and subscribe - to Dairy Farmer and British Dairy.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31- Friesian cattle grazing in - springtime is a sight to behold.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Driving can be tricky in places - such as New Quay and Llangrannog...
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- ..early in the morning, - where the streets are very narrow.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- It's tricky in summer too...
0:05:07 > 0:05:13- ..when there are lots of tourists - and people parking everywhere.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Alright? How are you this morning?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Good. Nice day, isn't it? Beautiful.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- When I was farming, Gwilym, - a friend of mine who passed away...
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- ..and his brother, Tommy, - used to work for Mansel Davies.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- I used to ask if I could - drive the lorry up the road.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- I often got a real thrill - out of sitting in the lorry...
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- ..and only driving 300 metres!
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- I'm on a low-yeast diet.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- I don't eat a sandwich - made with conventional bread.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- I'm trying soda bread - and it's quite nice.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Thank you. Ta-ra.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Make sure you get a coffee - with Dorian tomorrow.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- What's going on? Oh, you're filming.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27- A programme for S4C.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- A programme for S4C.- - And I'll be on it!
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Make sure you get the machine.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- And get the name of the lorry in!
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Good, thank you. Ta-ra!
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- How's it going, lads?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- How's it going, lads?- - Good. What's going on?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- I'm carting some rubble.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- Are you going to Lampeter today?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49- Is he safe with that camera?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Is he safe with that camera?- - Yes, lad.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- You'll be in News Of The World!
0:07:10 > 0:07:15- That's what I was looking for - when I left the yard this morning.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- I had no idea, - until I worked for LAS...
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- ..and went into the depot, - what work was carried out there.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Tonnes upon tonnes of rubbish - goes through the process.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- One person feeds the rubbish - into the machine...
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- ..and four or five others - take out various items of waste.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37- Magnets sort out the tins.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- The waste is spun - in different directions.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- It's hard to believe.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- It sorts it automatically - and spits it out.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- Farmers are under strict instruction - to produce quality food.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- But it all ends up with us - on the bins.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- If farmers came with me - on my rounds...
0:08:01 > 0:08:07- ..they wouldn't believe how much - of the quality food they produce...
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- ..goes to waste.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Often it hasn't even been touched.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18- I'm lucky in a way because I have - a poor sense of smell.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- When I say to my co-workers...
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- .."That bin smells"...
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- ..they're almost passing out.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- I'm lucky - having a poor sense of smell.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Mothers taking their children - to school...
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- ..and even grown men passing by...
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- ..hold their noses or cover - their noses with their coats.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- A few will often turn back and say, - "Your lorry stinks."
0:08:46 > 0:08:51- I say to them, "It's not my lorry, - it's your rubbish that stinks."
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0:09:11 > 0:09:15- People think that I know - every member of the club.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- I'd love to know them all...
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- ..but I've got to know many of them - over the years.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- We've met up - and had several dinners.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- It's great because for many years...
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- ..I only knew them by name.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- I'd read out their names - on the radio.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- Just that gave a sense - of familiarity between us in a way.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Why am I interested in lorries?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Anything with four wheels. - There's something about lorries.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- They're big, colourful, exciting.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- It's also about the travelling.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- I love driving.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- Driving relaxes me.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- If I were to do a different job...
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- ..I'd love to be a lorry driver...
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- ..sleeping somewhere different - every night.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- The Bois Y Loris club - is unique in a way...
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- ..because they're mostly all - Welsh speakers.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- The lorry driving industry...
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- ..has communities of truckers - all over the world.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- There are lorry drivers - in every country.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- They are a community in themselves.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- They know what life is like in - the lorry and what the job entails.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Television series have been made - about all kinds of lorries.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- But what's unique - about our club here in Wales...
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- ..is the fact - that they come from rural Wales.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- The men are also very patriotic.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- When I travel long distances...
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- ..to England or wherever, - there's nothing better...
0:10:54 > 0:11:00- ..than seeing a lorry on the M25 - motorway with a Welsh flag flying...
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- ..or hanging - in the back of the cab.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- It's a very reassuring feeling.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- My name's Dorian Davies.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- I'm from Ystrad Aeron - and I'm a lorry driver.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- I drive the lorry - for Huw Morgan, Llanwenog.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Huw set up his own business - in October 2005.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- He started out...
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- ..with one lorry...
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- ..and now he has four on the road.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- The lorry's called Meri Elen - after Huw's eldest daughter.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- He said I could drive the lorry - as long as I take care of it.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- We're passing Emyr's house - - Lampeter Eggs.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- The lorry's parked outside - so he must have a day off.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- It's alright for some!
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- We're taking this load to Margam...
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- ..to be used as biofuel.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- The site is used for tipping.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- I'll stop for breakfast on the way.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- A lorry doesn't run without diesel, - I don't run without food!
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Huw's a good employer.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- I carry timber, woodchip...
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- ..wood shavings, sawdust, - sugar beet, bread.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13- Anything that can be loaded onto the - trailer and unloaded from the back.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- It's nice working for a company - from rural Wales.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- I know all the lads. - We have a lot of fun on the road.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- We might all park up for the night - together.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- We can have a meal and if we fancy - a shandy afterwards, all the better.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- We see all kinds of sights - out of the lorry window.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- People on mobile phones.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- This week, I saw one woman...
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- ..applying her make-up.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- Some people even have a newspaper - on the steering wheel...
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- ..and read it as they're driving.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- I see all sorts - from the driver's window.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- They're filming Bois Y Loris.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05- Right.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- They come out with us for the day - and we show them what we do.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- All the different jobs we do.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19- I told them I was coming - to Caffi Rhiannon for a meal.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- Oh, very good.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- One breakfast coming up.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- We stopped at Caffi Rhiannon - in Cross Hands.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35- If I'm travelling that way, - I try to support Rhiannon.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- We always have great food there.
0:14:38 > 0:14:38- Behave yourself.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Behave yourself.- - I always do, Rhiannon.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- I spent Monday night...
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- ..in Bristol.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- Tuesday night...
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- ..I was in Welshpool.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- Wednesday night, - I was in Chesterfield.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- And I was in Aberystwyth last night.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- So tonight I'll be home - in my own bed.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20- It's been a good day. The rain has - stayed away - that's the main thing.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- If it's dry, you can't ask for more.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- On the weekend, - I go autograss racing.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- I've got off to a good start.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- I've won a few races...
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- ..and been - in the middle of the pack in others.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- You're not meant to have contact - but it's unavoidable sometimes.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- The adrenalin's pumping - and everyone wants to take the lead.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- They want to overtake. - It's a lot of fun.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- Children can start racing - at the age of 12...
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- ..in Minis up to 1,000cc.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- It's helpful - when they start learning to drive.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- First, Steffan Daniels.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- Hooray!
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- You saw my first race - down at Red Roses.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- It was a good race meeting.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- I had one third, one second...
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- ..and one fourth, I think.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- We've had two or three good meetings - since then.
0:16:54 > 0:17:00- I went through to the Nationals - purely by luck last year.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- I was a reserve at the start...
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- ..and then I went through.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- It was a battle - to get third or fourth.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- I touched another car - on the final turn...
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- ..and the car tipped on its side.
0:17:16 > 0:17:22- It came back down and I think I came - fifth or sixth in the final.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27- I was so glad that I'd qualified - for the final.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- We have a lot of fun on CB radios...
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- ..especially in England - when we're speaking Welsh.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- They don't like it because they - think we're talking about them.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- I'm Emyr Richards from Llanwrda.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- I work for Lampeter Eggs.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- I've been there seven years.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Lampeter Eggs - is a family-owned company.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- It's nice because you feel - part of the family.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- I've driven tippers, curtain-siders, - flatbeds, low-loaders.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14- I've carried timber and now I'm on - refrigerated goods with the eggs.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- I drive a Volvo FH12.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- It's a 2000 registration.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21- So it's 11 years old.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- It's a good lorry. With this job, - I drive as if I'm carrying eggs!
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- I have 225,000 eggs on board...
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- ..so I have to drive carefully.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- I caught the lorry-driving bug - from my father.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- He worked for a company called - Albion Concrete in Llangadog.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- When they finished - with the lorries...
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- ..my father bought one - and took over their haulage.
0:19:45 > 0:19:45- How's it going then? Alright?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- How's it going then? Alright?- - Very good.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- Cheers. Thank you.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58- I've been running the Pit Stop cafe - for six and a half years.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02- I've met a lot of people. Lorry - drivers and a lot of other drivers.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- I've got to know a lot as friends.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- They're very welcoming people - and I enjoy it.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- It was nice seeing Dorian. - I haven't seen him in a long time.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- I used to see him all the time - at one stage.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- He's a good bloke, fair play.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- It's nice seeing someone - you haven't seen in a while.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Lorry driving is a strange job.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- You see some people - two or three days on the trot...
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- ..and then you won't see them - for months.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- But when you do see them again, - it's a chance to catch up.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- The Bois Y Loris club - arranges dinners...
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- ..so we can get together, - have a laugh and socialize.
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0:20:54 > 0:20:55- Hello, Emyr.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56- Hello, Emyr.- - How's it going?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- We used the CB a lot years ago.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Many people don't bother any more.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- It's handy to find out if there are - problems on the road ahead.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- It's helpful to know in advance.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13- My father drove - a brand new Commer Commando...
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- ..when he worked - for Albion Concrete, Llangadog.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- When they finished with the lorries, - my father bought one.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- He passed away 13 years ago.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- I kept the lorry - for sentimental reasons.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36- I'm hoping to do it up - in time for next year's Show...
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- ..if all goes well.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- A lorry has been engraved - on his headstone.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- I noticed others had horses - and crosses engraved on them.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- When we asked the engraver - if he'd ever engraved a lorry...
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- ..he'd never heard - such a suggestion.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- I have two sons - Alun and Dylan.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- They both like lorries.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09- I've put both their names - on the lorry to keep them happy.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- It's up to them - what they do when they're older.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- They may grow up - but I don't think I ever did!
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- I was brought up with lorries.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- If you enjoy your job, - then it's easy.
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