Hi Darren, a Merry Christmas to you and your family. So sorry for your loss. Just take things a day at a time. That's what I did when I lost my beloved Tom after 45 years of marriage. I know my name is "Tom". I keep his name in memory of him, its like a day trip when I watch your's and all the other drivers I follow. I'm thinking that your injury will recur. I'm not a doctor, but its on a very thick muscle, and its probably not healing properly because of that. It will probably stop when you retire or give up driving, and thereby the injury will then heal. Anyway, onwards and upwards, I'm just going to start watching your video
Darren nice to see you back mate missed your videos. Sorry to hear about your loss with your auntie. Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas I know it’s going to be hard. Take care mate
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Darren to yourself and your family, here’s hoping 2025 will bring joy to all of us. I’m only at work on Hogmany and then off till the 24th of January. 4 on 4 off certainly has its benefits.
Merry Christmas Darren, Leanne and Albie. That was a great surprise to see you back before the Christmas break, but such a long drive for you. Have a good rest, and maybe find some happy memories of your nephew and aunt to help you get through it. I'm sure Albie will be a superb distraction.
Good God lad you have been through the mill and back , i did wonder what had happened to you . i knew about your little nephew , very sad , i thought to myself the lad must be down with this flu or virus thats going around , why hes not posting , sad news on your aunt at this time of year , it hits home more , iam just recovering from about of phenomena bloody thing lasted 3week was nearly in hospital , but sorted now due to a good doctor thank god , i have copd for year and with all these viruses going about got it bad , also our oldest boy in his 40s got a bad dose of the flu he's over it now to , so tomorrow we can all sit down and have a nice turkey dinner , all the best to you and your wife and the wee chap hope he gets spoilt from santa . god bless chaz xx
@@chazboyle9456 thanks chaz, there’s a lot going round this year glad your recovering now. Have a great Christmas and all the best to you and the family
Great to see you back mate. Sorry to hear about all your troubles, hope it’s all behind you now! (No pun intended, honest) have a peaceful and safe Christmas. Cheers!
Good to have you back Darren, sorry to hear you've lost your auntie I lost mine suddenly back in 2020. Hope you have a great Christmas as you can make it buddy. Looking forward to the next vlog take care love matt and Sarah.
Glad to see you’re back and a right old emotional roller coaster for you in them 4 weeks. Bet your colleagues are calling you a pain in the arse for real now! Merry Christmas and happy to see the vlogs back too
Nice to see you back after your time off work and recording your videos again, Strensham services is renowned for having terrible phone & wi-fi signals, Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Darren
Lovely video and videos generally Darren. From someone looking to do Class 1 training in the new year, it’s helpful to see your positive approach. Have a Merry Christmas
The LEGEND is BACK!! I know it's rough losing your close family. Gone thru it myself. Wasn't expecting a video what a lovely surprise. Thought I might see you in the new year. Surgeries are not fun nor is the recovery. It bores the living hell out of you. Good to see that your still kicking about.
Great to see you back Darren, Really missed your vlogs! Nice surprise seeing it tonight, That wrap looked banging! Wonder if you could put the wrap back in the pan when made to crisp it up a bit, Be good to see some more cooking next year as i could be doing with scrapping the take aways off so some ideas will be good, Hope you and the family are all ok! Merry Christmas and Happy New year! All the best for 2025 mate.
Good news. The day's are going to be getting longer now. You'll see a difference by the end of January. I do like Michael Wood Services. When I've been travelling on M5, I always make a stop there. Me and Tom would call in when heading south with the caravan, and had to park up at the complete opposite to the cafe, so a long walk🤣. Its Christmas Day as I'm watching your video Darren, and my favourite all time classic movie which is so, so funny, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. My favourite part is when Chevy Chase turns on the Christmas lights on his house, and the power it takes forces the power station to switch to Nuclear power🤣🤣🤣🤣. The HGV you're waiting for to move is SureFreight. I also follow Trucker Jenko. He worked for them up to a few weeks ago, so now he works for Gregory's, where one of their trucks had arrived as well🤣
Welcome back buddy really have missed your vloggs so glad you all sorted health wise hope you and your family have good Christmas 🎄 even though it’s going be hard take care buddy 👍🙏
Good bit of reversing Darren. Should get your boss to hook up some stoplights. connect to reverse lights game changer for dark places got them on mine for building sites are always dark
Great video and driving sequences, well done covering all that distance. Glad you got back in time for Xmas. Am sure was tough for you but in all of our thoughts.
Food - It is a pity that the cabs don't come equipped with a built in slow cooker facility. 14 hr days would make for a perfect winter stew. However, I guess that if you've got a sleep-over planned, you could get a slow cooker on the go at home, the day before and then bring it in the following day. Then heat it up, along with a packet of instant mash with some butter and pepper. Drivers deprived of home for an evening, shouldn't be forced onto rations of pot noodle.
@@Life_of_Darren I guess that a 12V (?) insulated, upright, wide necked, stainless steel thermos flask with a breather tube, plumbed into a cab might be a nice idea. What you don't want (I guess), is stew slopping around the cab, or too many delightful smells torturing the driver for those 14 hours before night time parkup is achieved! How about a wooden box strapped upright, with wide necked, stainless steel thermos flask with a breather tubed cap, heated by a `Polyimide Heat Pad`) ??
[2:42} Official name of the abscess: Let's call it "Cheeky"! [4:44] Did Peter Hook of N.O. drop by to record a backing track for you?! [14:20] Is this start of the world-famous (to-be) Y.T. channel: "Cookin n Truckin" ?? ;-)
Eddie stobart vibes!
Hi Darren, a Merry Christmas to you and your family. So sorry for your loss. Just take things a day at a time. That's what I did when I lost my beloved Tom after 45 years of marriage. I know my name is "Tom". I keep his name in memory of him, its like a day trip when I watch your's and all the other drivers I follow. I'm thinking that your injury will recur. I'm not a doctor, but its on a very thick muscle, and its probably not healing properly because of that. It will probably stop when you retire or give up driving, and thereby the injury will then heal. Anyway, onwards and upwards, I'm just going to start watching your video
Merry Christmas to yourself, your definitely right you need to take a day at a time.
Have a great Christmas holidays
Darren nice to see you back mate missed your videos. Sorry to hear about your loss with your auntie. Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas I know it’s going to be hard. Take care mate
Thank you Bob, just got to keep pushing onwards, have a great Christmas bud
Sorry for your family loss, All the best for 2025
@@GrandadRambles thank you
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Darren to yourself and your family, here’s hoping 2025 will bring joy to all of us. I’m only at work on Hogmany and then off till the 24th of January. 4 on 4 off certainly has its benefits.
It’s great the 4 on 4 on shift pattern, enjoy your time off 😃 have a great Christmas
Wasn't him But Trucker Jenko now works for Gregory
Good to see you back vlogging , sorry for the sad news about your family
@@alanfrost6646 thank you buddy have a great Christmas
Merry Christmas Darren, Leanne and Albie. That was a great surprise to see you back before the Christmas break, but such a long drive for you. Have a good rest, and maybe find some happy memories of your nephew and aunt to help you get through it. I'm sure Albie will be a superb distraction.
@@robho9401 thanks Rob, little man had definitely being a great distraction to get us through the ordeal.
Have a great Christmas all the best
Nice to have you back Darren
Been checking YT every day. Sorry to hear about your Auntie. Best wishes to your family. Traffic should be light.
@@richardmann874 thanks Richard
Good God lad you have been through the mill and back , i did wonder what had happened to you . i knew about your little nephew , very sad , i thought to myself the lad must be down with this flu or virus thats going around , why hes not posting , sad news on your aunt at this time of year , it hits home more , iam just recovering from about of phenomena bloody thing lasted 3week was nearly in hospital , but sorted now due to a good doctor thank god , i have copd for year and with all these viruses going about got it bad , also our oldest boy in his 40s got a bad dose of the flu he's over it now to , so tomorrow we can all sit down and have a nice turkey dinner , all the best to you and your wife and the wee chap hope he gets spoilt from santa . god bless chaz xx
@@chazboyle9456 thanks chaz, there’s a lot going round this year glad your recovering now. Have a great Christmas and all the best to you and the family
Great to see you back mate. Sorry to hear about all your troubles, hope it’s all behind you now! (No pun intended, honest) have a peaceful and safe Christmas. Cheers!
Thanks for that bud, have a great Christmas
Good to have you back Darren, sorry to hear you've lost your auntie I lost mine suddenly back in 2020. Hope you have a great Christmas as you can make it buddy. Looking forward to the next vlog take care love matt and Sarah.
Thanks Matt, it feels great to be back mate, have a great Christmas to you and the family
@Life_of_Darren thanks buddy all the best mate
Have a good break Darren and look after yourself and rhe family stay strong
Have. Great one buddy
Glad to see you’re back and a right old emotional roller coaster for you in them 4 weeks. Bet your colleagues are calling you a pain in the arse for real now! Merry Christmas and happy to see the vlogs back too
@@scottydoo2809 🤣🙈 merry Christmas mate all the best for you and the family - it feels great to be back! 😃
Sorry to hear about everything you have been through
Thank you
Nice to see you back after your time off work and recording your videos again, Strensham services is renowned for having terrible phone & wi-fi signals, Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Darren
Merry Christmas mark all the best to you and the family
Glad to see you back, hope ur well and fully recovered and a very merry Christmas to u and the missus and the wee man
Thanks buddy Happy holidays!
Sorry to hear about your nephew and auntie mate. Good to see you back on the road, here’s to a merry Christmas and a happy new year 👍
@@Sammyboy1991 have a great one sammy
Nice to see you back Darren. Hope you have a nice Christmas and a lot better new year. All the best mate.
Thanks, you too Simon, merry Christmas
Lovely video and videos generally Darren. From someone looking to do Class 1 training in the new year, it’s helpful to see your positive approach. Have a Merry Christmas
Thanks buddy, all the best with your training
Happy Christmas. Missed you for the 4 weeks!
Merry Christmas, it feels great to be back!
Hey Darren Merry Christmas to you and your Family. Get some rest have fun too
Thanks @@thomasrobinson8336 have a great day
Glad to see you back, hope you are recovering well… Merry Christmas to you the family, little man and enjoy yourselves,…..
Thank you Bee all the best and have a great Christmas
Merry Christmas to you and your family Have A Good un..I bet the little guy has you up early.
Great you are well and back to it..Enjoy Christmas XXXX
@intotheblue01 up at 5 this morning 🤣🙈 he’s had a great day so far with lots of presents.
Have a great Christmas mate
I have salted caramel 3 in 1 coffee ny coffees
The LEGEND is BACK!! I know it's rough losing your close family. Gone thru it myself. Wasn't expecting a video what a lovely surprise. Thought I might see you in the new year. Surgeries are not fun nor is the recovery. It bores the living hell out of you. Good to see that your still kicking about.
Much appreciated thank you, have a great Christmas
@@Life_of_Darren You as well.
Happy to see you back and doing well
😃 feels great to be back at it
Merry Christmas to you and the family Darren andhope 25 is good to you ,
Will
@@williamHayes-g6h merry Christmas Will all the best for you and your family and 2025
Happy Christmas to you the family sad hear hear your sad news. hope next year better for you.
Thank you Pete, It can only get better, have a great Christmas
All the best for Christmas and the new year , condolences for your losses and hopefully you will be fit and well .
Thank you Chris , merry Christmas matey
Nice to see you well and your videos Darren ❤
@@andyrothwell2649 thank you Andy
Hard time for you, Great to see you back, Love watching videos, Dave retired in north Thailand
@@davidbrewster-o3l thanks Dave, have a great Christmas over in Thailand
Glad to see you back Darren. Sorry for your loss. Great vlog and merry Christmas .
@@billyeomans2772 thank you have a great Christmas
Great to see you back Darren, Really missed your vlogs! Nice surprise seeing it tonight, That wrap looked banging! Wonder if you could put the wrap back in the pan when made to crisp it up a bit, Be good to see some more cooking next year as i could be doing with scrapping the take aways off so some ideas will be good, Hope you and the family are all ok! Merry Christmas and Happy New year! All the best for 2025 mate.
@@ItsRyan. great idea with the crisping of the wrap, I’ll have to try that next time.
Have a great Christmas mate, all the best
Excellent, Darren’s back!! Good to have you back sir and happy things are slowly getting better. Hope you and the family have a good Christmas. 😀👍
@@jamesrogan1989 thanks James. Merry Christmas mate
Merry Christmas Darren . Getting very good at cooking now .
I’m a pro 🤣. Merry Christmas Nigel
Good to see you back, stay safe buddy
Thanks buddy, it feels great to be back
Good to see you back Darren. Have a cracking Christmas
Thanks buddy, have a great one bud
Good to see you back mate
Thanks Kev 😃
Watching this on Christmas day good
Happy Christmas I really enjoy watching your videos glad you feel better
Thank you Graham, have a great Christmas
Good news. The day's are going to be getting longer now. You'll see a difference by the end of January. I do like Michael Wood Services. When I've been travelling on M5, I always make a stop there. Me and Tom would call in when heading south with the caravan, and had to park up at the complete opposite to the cafe, so a long walk🤣. Its Christmas Day as I'm watching your video Darren, and my favourite all time classic movie which is so, so funny, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. My favourite part is when Chevy Chase turns on the Christmas lights on his house, and the power it takes forces the power station to switch to Nuclear power🤣🤣🤣🤣. The HGV you're waiting for to move is SureFreight. I also follow Trucker Jenko. He worked for them up to a few weeks ago, so now he works for Gregory's, where one of their trucks had arrived as well🤣
Welcome back buddy really have missed your vloggs so glad you all sorted health wise hope you and your family have good Christmas 🎄 even though it’s going be hard take care buddy 👍🙏
Thanks Jason, all the best to you and the family bud, merry Christmas
Hi ya Darren nice to see you back hope you and your family had a great xmas.
@@theprogamergt9584 thanks buddy, have a great Christmas
Merry Christmas. Hope you have a good day.
@@Squid-b8z merry Christmas 😃
So sorry to hear about the loss of your aunty, now. So many troubles.
Thanks @@rogerandroid2186
Happy Christmas to yourself and family
And your self Joe, all the best
Merry Christmas matey have great time with your family! 🍺🍺🍺
merry Christmas 😃
Good bit of reversing Darren. Should get your boss to hook up some stoplights. connect to reverse lights game changer for dark places got them on mine for building sites are always dark
Some of our trailers have little spot lights on so when you reverse you can see everything, unfortunately not all of them have them installed
Best wishes mate. All the best for 2025!
All the best what sofrware do you use for the video 🎉
@@theblackpooltrucker I use Adobe pro mate, it’s £20 a month but it’s a good software to use for editing
New subscriber here, my ex was a have class 1, I loved seeing the view from the cab. Safe travels.
Thank you for the sub and welcome in 😃
Great video and driving sequences, well done covering all that distance. Glad you got back in time for Xmas. Am sure was tough for you but in all of our thoughts.
@@NapierNimbus thanks buddy, merry Christmas
Food - It is a pity that the cabs don't come equipped with a built in slow cooker facility. 14 hr days would make for a perfect winter stew. However, I guess that if you've got a sleep-over planned, you could get a slow cooker on the go at home, the day before and then bring it in the following day. Then heat it up, along with a packet of instant mash with some butter and pepper. Drivers deprived of home for an evening, shouldn't be forced onto rations of pot noodle.
@@rogerandroid2186 that’s a good idea with the slow cooker, I do like a good stew in the winter months 😋
@@Life_of_Darren I guess that a 12V (?) insulated, upright, wide necked, stainless steel thermos flask with a breather tube, plumbed into a cab might be a nice idea. What you don't want (I guess), is stew slopping around the cab, or too many delightful smells torturing the driver for those 14 hours before night time parkup is achieved! How about a wooden box strapped upright, with wide necked, stainless steel thermos flask with a breather tubed cap, heated by a `Polyimide Heat Pad`) ??
happy new year buddy
@@adam-d3m5y happy new years mate all the best for 2025
[2:42} Official name of the abscess: Let's call it "Cheeky"! [4:44] Did Peter Hook of N.O. drop by to record a backing track for you?! [14:20] Is this start of the world-famous (to-be) Y.T. channel: "Cookin n Truckin" ?? ;-)
@@rogerandroid2186 maybe one day 😃
CLICK & COLLECT 🎅
Do u get all Christmas and new year off
@@jonsmith233 if you book in advance or save holidays, unfortunately I had none left so straight through for me 🫣
Stick to the driving there’s enough cooking on you tube
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