‘Lorry driving is not a job, it’s a way of life’
Mel Griffiths, 57, is a long-distance HGV driver, travelling the country all week and returning to her home in Retford, Nottinghamshire, at weekends.
From the first time I rode in my stepdad’s lorry at the age of five, I knew it was what I wanted to do. But I couldn’t take an HGV driving test until I was 21,