AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

Irish Rover

30th July 1976, Page 27
30th July 1976
Page 27
Page 27, 30th July 1976 — Irish Rover
Close
Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.

Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Keywords :

phone rang one day last ek — what am I saying? The Dne rang every day last week; lever seems to stop. However, 3 was a different type of call m many.

"Hello, Sir,.. said the white trument in an unmistakably h voice, "this is Liam O'Neill m Kilkenny.Liam was the h trail-blazer on the Middle a run. "I've just had an uiry for nine loads to

izania. Can you help me with He must be joking, I thought, I very quickly replied. "I can't

• you doing it for below 000." ''Sure now, isn't that ttly what 1 told the man,ne the reply.

This man is serious, I thought, and hastily tried to dissuade him from what must surely be one of the toughest trips yet devised. Had he thought about the paperwork? — He had Had he considered the route? •Yes, in detail. Repairs en route? -He does his own.

'There seemed to be no way of putting him off. Why was he se sure he could do it? -Well now, that Welsh fella you wrote about in CM last month -John Wynn who went to Kariba -he didn't seem to have too much trouble."

John Wynn is the assistant md of Robert Wynn and Son of Newport. Robert Wynn is part of United Transport whose total fleet runs into many hundreds of vehicles and whose financial resources are vast. Liam O'Neill has one truck, a brother and a farm. He has a lot of courage, the spirit of adventure and bags of initiative. Unfortunately, there are dozens of Liam O'Neills whose enthusiasm leads them into "difficult situations." It would be better if they just worked away at what they can do best and thus not provide so much work for the bankruptcy courts.

Anyway. Liam, if you are determined to go — good luck to you, you'll need it. Perhaps that other intrepid Irish traveller, Jim Gavin of African safari fame, will join you — what a team that could be.


comments powered by Disqus