A BOOK will be released next month to celebrate 25 years of the Ayrshire Road Run. 

In June 1993 Bill Reid instigated the event as an adjunct to the established annual vintage rally organised by the Ayrshire Vintage Tractor & Machinery Club (AVT&MC). 

The idea was to promote the rally by running entered commercial vehicles around the major towns in Ayrshire. 

Over the following years the Road Run attracted more and more vintage vehicles, from small vans and double-decker buses to full-sized articulated lorries.

The events has continued to grow, attracting more than a hundred vehicles each year. 

Now he celebrates twenty-five years of the run with a superb collection of photographs documenting the various participants from over the years and has written 25 Years of the Ayrshire Road Run.

The author organises the run and is well-respected in the vintage and preserved vehicle world.

Bill Reid is a lifelong lorry enthusiast, having been brought up among working lorries in south-west Scotland. He did not pursue a career in transport, but his working life was never far from lorries. 

He is the co-organiser of the well-known annual Ayrshire Road Run for vintage and classic vehicles.

The book will be released on June 15 and will be available on Kindle, Kobo and iBook formats.