TRUCK ME… IT’S ‘FEST BEST’!
TRUCKFEST is well and truly underway at Lincolnshire Showground.
We’re sadly missing the commanding sight of 🚛 🚛 🚛 convoys driving to the Peterborough Showground…But nothing is forever 😢
So The ‘Boro’s loss is Lincoln’s gain.
Sadly I can’t get to join in all the ‘fun of the fest’ this time, but I know that a great many of my Linky family will be.
I also know that some people will see the gathering as a bit of a ‘show pony’ moment.
Not everyone wants to spend hours buffing and polishing, I get that.
But shiny lorries gleaming in the spring sunshine ☀️ make me 😊
And just as the ‘Fest’ is a happy celebration of all things trucking… from vintage to visionary, for me it’s something else.
I believe events such as these help showcase the industry and hopefully help to make driving an aspirational career choice.
When I was little, to be a lorry driver was always on the list of ‘What We Want To Be When We Grow Up’!
It would sit alongside occupations such as train driver, pilot, vet, doctor, ballet dancer, teacher, pop star and princess.
(In case you were wondering, princess was top of my list for a number of school terms! 👑)
To be a driver was aspirational.
Many kids will have grown up wanting to follow in the ‘tyre tracks’ of other family members after being allowed to go out in a truck as a youngster.
Changes in rules, regulations, and policy have stopped much of those magical experiences from happening.
When your parent is your hero, what kid doesn’t want to do the job that mum or dad do.
Think of life without lorries?
You can’t… can you!
But where are the next generation of drivers coming from?
The professional pride and aspiration needs to be put back. We should celebrate our drivers regardless of pandemic or emergency.
And we need to look after our current drivers damn sight better than we do.
A ‘fest of the best’ will help do that… I hope🤞
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Service & Mobile Service Operations Manager at Stahl Peterbilt Inc
1wWell deserved and a great achievement to be proud of, congratulations 🎊