Truckers are a breed apart and in a new programme Bois y Loris we meet some colourful Welsh lorry drivers who have their own club and their own thriving network.
Listeners of Geraint Lloyd's radio programme on Radio Cymru will be familiar with the Bois y Loris club. In the programme, the presenter chats to lorry drivers wherever they are on the road and hear their stories.
Following the popularity of the item on Geraint Lloyd's programme, the author and producer Owain Llŷr and Gwasg y Lolfa are about to publish a book Bois y Loris introducing us to the lives of 20 lorry drivers from different parts of Wales. The S4C programme Bois y Loris goes beyond the pages of the book as Owain follows three drivers on a typical day in the cabs of their trucks.
Geraint Lloyd explains how his radio feature began and the idea behind the Bois y Loris club.
"There are so many Welsh-speakers working in the industry across the world and they're a community in themselves. By now a lot of them know each other through the radio. Each has a colourful personality, interest, experiences and interesting stories to tell about their time on the road. Each week the drivers exchange messages and do some leg-pulling via the radio and that draws them together."
Owain and the camera team will be following a day in the life of Emyr Richards or 'Emyr Wyau' (Emyr the Eggs) from Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, Dorian Davies from Ystrad Aeron, Cardiganshire and Eifion Jones from Cwmsychbant, in the programme.
Owain said, "It's a chance to get a better idea of the lives of lorry drivers. They're in a little bubble of their own and there's a great variety of personalities among them. By following the three, the diversity in their work, ages and culture becomes obvious with each one transporting different goods. While Emyr carries eggs, Dorian transports timber and Eifion drives a recycling lorry. In a way, the lorry boys are essential to our way of life - without them nothing would get to our shops."
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O Gymru / Made in Wales