bullitt:
Just a thought but did any of the ex Astran or Middle East drivers on here know the driver who took the author of Cola Cowboys on his trip to M/E for the book?
I think his name was Trevor somebody and was quite an established M/E hand at that time.No particular reason for asking, just wondering thats all, and was the tale of him being nearly lynched by a mob of Turkish villagers, leaving scars on his neck true, or abit of journalistic licence
Cheers, bullitt.
PS, come on chaps, about time we had some more tales and memories (with p ics if possibl e) of those Middle East heydays.
As you have already been told it was the Wing Commander Trevor Long that took Woods on that trip, but what they havn’t said is the amount of hassle that caused Astrans. Because certain practices were exposed ( that will remain nameless) Astrans nearly lost their Saudi sponser. Bob Paul (and I can’t remember if Mike Woodman was still there at the time) and to a certain extent Peter Cannon had to do a lot of kow-towing to the Saudi’s so that they could keep going. 'OL GRAVEL GUTS 