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We have to sit in the carriage because if they let us sit in the lorry, sooner or later some clown would light a ciggy up knock a handbrake off. When it first started, they gave all the drivers an airline style meal complete with wine. How times have changed.

Does the 90 hours and 12 mins mean 12 mins over the allowed time

Very interesting Sherralin.

i remember who you use to get a meal back in the day in the front of the train

Sherralin, what a informative and super video. My late husband was a kamion driver and I travelled with him on one trip with the Shuttle, (with many more trips in Europe) . You explained the procedure so well. You would be a brilliant artic instructor. I wish you safe and uneventful travels. Love and hugs Gail, Czech Republic ❤️

Well I think you're doing such a great job. And we love your vlogs we are in Spain enjoying the winter sun fantastic and past some of the marble places you have been too keep up the good work

Great vlog as usual really helpful for new drivers thanks for posting Sherralin stay safe and take care 👍

I think you should rename your video to Basic advice for HGV drivers using Shuttle. May get more hits rather than just a date.

Fast Track is a FIRST ticket that save you time when waiting in your lane for train allocation. It does not speed you through any of the Customs. When being allocated to a train in the UK you will get lane 15 or 16 as the Fast track lanes or you are given a lane that is just loading and you drive straight through as there will be a green light at the far end of that lane. In France the Fast Track lane is usually Lane 7 with Lane 1 used when 7 is full or busy. Also in France after UK Border Force & Passport check the Dog check is normally done in the Lanes waiting for train loading, when the dogs have go down your lane it will not be too long before you load. They usually have a pair of dogs and at least 4 people doing the check. The reason that the dog check is done in the Shed 3 & 4 Friday & Saturday is due to fewer Staff and less traffic, they only need one dog to check two trucks. I do the tunnel France > UK every night Monday to Thursday returning to France empty on the ferry or train if short on hours or Ferry delays, yes the company I work with, pay the extra FIRST ticket so we get over quicker and have time to get back to Belgium. Saves a few hours most nights when crossing time via the tunnel is showing as 2.30 or 3.00 hours delay. One thing I have noticed on my Watch is how deep down we go, almost 1300ft at the deepest.

Sherralin i took a job on a few years ago trafford park to paris 6 nights a week in a sprinter .i though it would be easy ,no never again 700 miles every night 6 nights a week . The hardest job ive ever had .my joints my heart my bumb and every night on ferry .

Brilliantly well done Sherralin. Only one time me and hubby got stopped by Border Control, was actually in the USA. I went to visit my pen-pal who lives in Safford, Arizona, which is around 30 miles from the Mexican border. During our trip, we stayed a couple of days in Tombstone (OK Corral fame). When we left to head to Safford, about 5 miles from Tombstone, we got stopped by Border Force personnel. They too had a dog, so while we were chatting with two of the officers, the dog handler strolled round the car. We weren't allowed out of our car either, which I was thankful for, as it was 106 degrees in the sun🥵. Had a good natter, then we were on our way.

What a great video, very well explained, mind you I would forget what part of the train I left the truck in!

very good information for the younger or newer drivers a big help. thanks sherralin.

Hello, I wish you and your channel prosperity and good luck in 2025!

Glad to see you survived your traumatic journey through the underworld.🤣🤣 I always love your videos because there is something different every time. Thanks for the really interesting and informative video. I thought the x-ray would have taken longer but it didn't hold you up at all. Safe journeys.

Very helpful glad we went through x Ray just to see how it works, always fascinated with the tunnel since i was very young my Dad's friend worked on it's construction and he came around to visit on his time off with great stories of wonder, I'd love to give it a go even if I'm also a bit inclined to get clostrafobic , this video is very helpful keep up the good work.

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Nice one very helpful ❤

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I enjoy all your videos but especially this one. I have travelled through the tunnel 2 or 3 times a week for the last 20 years for work (now recently retired thankfully). I tried to calculate how many hours of my life I have spent under the English Channel but gave up! I can hear the trains from my garden when the wind is in the wrong direction! Give me the ferry any day.

vERY INTERESTING AS THERE ARE NO UNDERWATER TUNNELS IN nEW zEALAND..........

You forgot to tell everyone about remembering to change your country code coming into France and coming into the uk

Nice video good information

Great vlog as usual looking forward to seeing the next one safe journey

In full agreement about the Chunnel, it would scare the pants off me, even though they are built of kevlar!!. Another great video Sherralin; great for teaching. Looking forward to the next instalment. Sarah from Tasmania

As always a great teacher and great insight as to how it actually works ....fantastic as always 😃😃😃

Hi I miss your videos hope to see more of your videos

Fantastic bit of info. This should be a PA doc for chunnel trains! Sponser deals incoming... C'mon you deserve it....

Thank you for sharing your thoroughly interesting and informative video, truly excellent.

How long does the train take to go across the channel? Seems to me it's the way to go for speed versus a ship. When I was in England and France the chunnel was just a drawing perhaps someday I'll go back and do it myself! Very informative thanks for sharing!

So interesting….thank you!

Blot, and they never recoup the environmental damge caused by their manufacture and disposal.

enjoyed that . ronnie pickering

Hello, you're a long way from home

Hai Lorry was een mooie vlog maar het weer was niet best de wegen waren niet goed te rijden rijvoorzichtig in de sneeuw bedankt ervoor gr carel uit Nederland

Thanks Sherralin for a great video. As long as people drive sensibly, there shouldn't be any problem, but must keep aware of others around you, accidents do happen, and sometimes can't be helped. Carry on the good work😊. I live in Manchester, and when I used to travel to work (now retired) by bus, and there was snow and slush (frozen), I would put on my Yak-Trax which are for shoes/boots. Absolutely brilliant for walking or jogging, they are the equivalent of snow chains. You just slip them over your footwear, and you just walk normally, no sign at all of slipping, even over ice. The only dangerous place to walk in them would actually be inside on shiny tiles, ie, as in supermarket floors, you must then take off the Yak-trax.

Any lorry drivers will have worked who it is even though you pixelated the trailers😀

Do you carry tire chains for the mountain highway,always watch out for the other guy,take care.

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I'm sure I once heard that by using designated and authorised routes companies with a fleet of vehicles could get good discounts on their insurance. I like your videos, they are very informative, please keep them coming.

Remember old boy advising me one if i could to bring a bag off salt in lorry because some off the industrial estates we deliver into would not be treated .good driving nice and steady

Loving all your videos,,,great work ,,,, stay safe pal

Nice one thanks 👍👍

It is amazing how much difference there is in the amount of snow depending on where you are. My brother and his family stay in rural Aberdeen and he has winter tyres and summer tyres for his car, I am south of Glasgow and the all weather tyres are fine all year round. Thanks again for a really informative video. Safe journeys.

We get 2 mm or snow or rain the uk comes to a standstill

Hi another very good video thank you, go carefully.

good advice as always stay safe

My friend gritts in manchester friday saterday nights and she makes more than what i make in a week and im on good money .My ex wife likes chains and Rubber .

ive heard they have knocked down your town and built an Amazon warehouse .

great advice about snow driving used to drive the A9in in 8ft drifts on either side 0f the road so common sense first right foot next