Hello friends. I need to get a little rant of my chest..... I recently had two weeks off, it was lovely. On my return I went straight out with a load for Budapest. Ballina in the West of Ireland is a long way so had four days to do it. Lovely run. I delivered 2am Saturday, reloaded midnight Sunday at same place and headed back. Because of the loading time I got to run back overnight. I tweeted how this was a great way to run through Europe and that I could get 50 to 100km more done on a nightshift. I got some tweets about the UK being a nightmare at night so I smiled to myself and replied that that is very true. I flew back, lovely quiet motorways, flying along. Well, until I hit England. Coming round M25 and up M1 I see signs warning of problems on the M4 (almost nobody heading north on M1 is likely to have the M4 on their agenda). I stopped in Coventry for a spot of shopping and off I went. I was gonna go up M6 Toll but matrix signs said shut so carried on. Just before the M6 junctio...

How do friends. Just a note to let you know I'm at the Commercial Vehicle Show tomorrow. So if you see me wandering about feel free to come say hello. ONWARD>>>> Luke Vernon www.lorry-driver.com www.twitter.com/LukeVernon www.facebook.com/lorrydriverdotcom www.instagram.com/lorrydriverdotcom

Hello chums. A chap called Paul Rooney made me this rather marvellous mirror recently. It's very nicely done. Should you want one made for yourself you can get hold of him via  paulrooneyirl@gmail.com 0851784050 Happy Easter everyone. www.lorry-driver.com www.twitter.com/LukeVernon www.facebook.com/lorrydriverdotcom www.instagram.com/lorrydriverdotcom

Sorry for the extreme delay folks, better late than never tho....

Hello chums. I was approached recently and asked if I'd be interested in hosting an occasional legal advice column. So since it could be useful to us all I said yes. This is the first one, so feedback would be most welcome. Also any questions you may have for future columns. So, here goes, LAW....ACTIVATE.... Operation Stack question As you may have seen in the news Operation Stack has been in force this week in Kent, where truck drivers are forced to park up on the motorway to await their crossing across the channel. The problem is you end up moving forward bit by bit so never get a proper daily rest in. So for instance Wednesday I ended up working 21 hours as I spent 16 hours getting across the channel. So the question could be what is the right procedure for a driver in such circumstances, what can they do to help themselves avoid a prosecution and what would be the procedure if they were prosecuted. The starting point is that Article 12 of the EU Drivers' Hours Regulations ...

Hello friends. So after ny weekend run in with Tesco security I've received a very positive response. Good to see we are welcome to use their store now but please if you do dont take the piss! Dont park there all night or litter etc. Respect is a two way street, its up to them to respect us and in turn for us to respect them and their property. Thanking you one and all for your help bringing it to their attention. Luke Vernon www.lorry-driver.com www.twitter.com/LukeVernon www.facebook.com/lorrydriverdotcom www.instagram.com/lorrydriverdotcom

Hello chums. Sorry for the delay in videos, part 6 of the eastern European fandango will be up next week. Inspired partly by the Commercial Motor sticker pictured and my own experiences this is a post about the UKs dislike of trucks. I'll start with a story about a run in I had with Tesco Store security at their Lakeside Extra store last night.... As many of you know I like to do all my own cooking and therefore need to shop in supermarkets to purchase this food! There are almost no supermarkets in the UK that have the luxury of truck parking (Tesco Ipswich being a rare exception) so I try and shop at stores where I can park causing the minimum of obstruction. One of these stores is Tesco Lakeside Extra. Many times I've parked in the service road for 30/40 minutes to get a spot of shopping. So last night my fridge was empty so I did just that. I spent £40 in the store between 18.05 and 18.35. When I got back to my lorry, which wasn't causing any problems whatsoever, a secur...

Howdy friends. Me and my chums at Chrome Northwest are running a competition for you. The prize being 10 bottles. Basically you simply need to guess how many km Im going to cover in the next two weeks. Each day Ill post clues on my Facebook page to help you make an educated guess. So watch the video, like the pages and please share with anyone you think may be up for it! You can enter anywhere I post, YouTube, here, Twitter and Facebook. www.facebook.com/chromenorthwest www.facebook.com/lorrydriver.com Also as well as www.chromecp.com you can now buy their products in the following places- TRUCK & BUS COMPONENTS, LISBURN N.I A.J GRANT & SONS INVERNESS LYMM TRUCKSTOP RED LION NORTHAMPTON J1 TRUCKWASH PENRITH TRUCKSTOP LOCKERBIE TRUCKSTOP CAIRN LODGE SERVICES As well as others. (Google is your friend re the above!)

Sorry for the poor quality in this one, not sure what happened