A weekend north of the border

Last weekend was the Truckfest Scotland show in Edinburgh, and as usual I was part of the team of presenters on Truckfest FM, the show's own radio station.

On the whole it was great fun with decent weather for most of the weekend. It was hard work at times, but the evening's made up for it.

You might be wondering how radio presenting can be hard work. Well, it isn't really...but dragging the whole station around the country in a big van, setting it up for each show and then taking it down again a few days later certainly is.

There are five Truckfest shows throughout the year, and each one requires a surprisingly large amount of equipment, including a temporary broadcast aerial and large satellite dish for the news service. The Edinburgh show is probably my favourite, but the travel can be a pain.


Here's most of the Truckfest crew posing with visiting celebrity Ben Richards, from the British TV programmes 'Footballers Wives' and 'Holby City'

From the left: Vinny (me), Jonathan (JC), Ben, John (JB) and Malc




The other member of the team is Mikey...the baby of Truckfest FM. Here he is with Sally Boazman, aka 'Sally Traffic' from BBC Radio 2.

Sally is a great supporter of Truckfest and she always pays us a visit at the station. Mikey seems to be enjoying her company!



Here's Jonathan with a special guest from the BBC TV series 'Eastenders'. He may play gangster and all-round baddie Johnny Allen, but actor Billy Murray is a really a nice bloke.