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Life Of Darren
United Kingdom
Приєднався 14 тра 2023
Uk based lorry driver vlogging my experience as a driver and some random home content.
I upload Monday - Friday 19:00
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Enquiries: LifeofDarren01@gmail.com
I upload Monday - Friday 19:00
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Enquiries: LifeofDarren01@gmail.com
400 Mile Round Trip Driving South Wales & Back | Vlog 267
Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around!
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If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday
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Unexpected Visitors | Vlog 266
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Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around! If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday If you have ...
A Last Minute Night Out | Vlog 265
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Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around! If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday If you have ...
Trailer Brakes Caught On Fire | Vlog 264
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Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around! If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday If you have ...
29 hours Done in 2 days | Vlog 263
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Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around! If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday If you have ...
If It Could Go Wrong It DID!! | Vlog 262
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Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around! If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday If you have ...
Little Bit Windy Today | Vlog 261
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Delivery To West Midlands & Birmingham | Vlog 260
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Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around! If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday If you have ...
13 Hours Done In The Local Area | Vlog 259
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Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around! If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday If you have ...
Waking Up At Donnington Park Services | Vlog 258
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Monday Delivery To Ipswich and a Night Out | Vlog 257
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Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around! If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday If you have ...
Will It Be A Good Finish On A Friday?? | Vlog 256
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Bristol And Back | Vlog 255
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Hi and welcome in to my channel, i am a HGV class one driver in the uk and i vlog the day to day duties as a driver to give you an insight into the industry, i tend to do the odd night out and travel up and down the country making deliveries. so why not stick around! If you enjoyed the content like comment and subscribe for more videos, new videos are released 7 pm Monday to Friday If you have ...
15 Hours Done As I Make It Back Just in Time | Vlog 254
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Collection from Derby After A Night Out | Vlog 253
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Delivering to Bedford and West London | Vlog 252
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Delivering to Bedford and West London | Vlog 252
Off To Bradford For A Delivery | Vlog 250
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Off To Bradford For A Delivery | Vlog 250
Driving 240 Miles From Kent To Warrington | Vlog 249
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Driving 240 Miles From Kent To Warrington | Vlog 249
The Chaos Of Driving A HGV In London | vlog 248
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The Chaos Of Driving A HGV In London | vlog 248
Delivering Paper To Blackburn | Vlog 247
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Delivering Paper To Blackburn | Vlog 247
Sat Nav Taken Me To a Dead End | Vlog 245
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Sat Nav Taken Me To a Dead End | Vlog 245
In A Different Truck Today | Vlog 244
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In A Different Truck Today | Vlog 244
Will I Make It Home Tonight?? | Vlog 242
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Will I Make It Home Tonight?? | Vlog 242
Thats All We Need.... A Flat Tyre | Vlog 241
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Thats All We Need.... A Flat Tyre | Vlog 241
When Your Truck Is Too Big For The Delivery | Vlog 240
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When Your Truck Is Too Big For The Delivery | Vlog 240
A Good Shift For My Birthday | Vlog 239
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A Good Shift For My Birthday | Vlog 239
Traveling Back From South Wales | Vlog 238
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Traveling Back From South Wales | Vlog 238
Very impressed. Well done.
Speaking from experience , make most of kids affection , wait till they are teenagers !!!
on that bridge use the right lane (centre of bridge) if its really busy. much quicker as the left lane has merging traffic coming into it :D
You deserve a lot more Subs the hard work you do recording these videos for as long as you have Darren you should have like 100k subs hopefully one day my friend 😀
If you want to see some of the views slow down the video speed😅
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Love black pudding. Always have some when visiting Bury, can't beat the original. The place name is pronounced Mertha Tidfil🤣. Me and hubby and cat, stayed just outside of Tenby. Lovely area. We drove the route from Manchester on the M56 to Chester, then towards Wrexham, and just keep travelling south all the way. Lovely scenic route, and didn't really take that long to get from A to B. Just got to the bit where you're planning your route back, and that's the way we took
Tenby is a really nice place, lots of great scenic routes in wales
Anyone else fascinated with his eyes?!
Top video Darren, Thanks for taking us a long! That was a cutting it close to getting home haha, Glad you made it. Take care mate have a lovely weekend!
Thanks, you too mate, 🤞🏻 for good weather
the car towing the caravan does not look big enough for it
That’s what we thought too
Love the Vlog Darren, nice to see you down in my neck of the woods.
Glad you enjoyed it
darren when you say you need 45 min rest i undertand that bit put then you say working dicrective whats that part of driving
For the driving time directive we can only drive 4.5hrs before requiring a 45 minutes break, allowing us to drive a further 4.5hrs This can be extended to 10hrs 2x per week after having a min extra 45minutes break after the first 9 Hope this helped
Well done Daren. Superman could learn a thing or 2 from you.🤣
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Well done Darren , you've done it again👍👍
A word to the wise,Darren,if you want to be around for your little man for many years to come,bin the full English breakfast and black pudding,speaking from experience 😒
I’ve cut back on a lot of “junk” food tbf, it’s all about moderation and not over indulgence (easier said than done)
@@Life_of_Darren Tell me about it 😉
You can use your caravan in the winter, I used mine 52 weeks a year, find a seasonal pitch for the winter not too far away just for the winter to save towing if you wanted,then you just need to connect your electric & water when you get there.
We will try over the Christmas period I think, we’ve joined the caravan club so hopefully we can find a few good winter spots
honest question but when you start doing your wobblybox travels with your family are you going to be that guy that takes up a space in truck parking or just go in coach spaces
Good question - not got a clue 🤣🤣 hopefully they have the caravan spaces available
The getting back home champion does it again. Can't beat abit of black pudding on a full English breakfast Darren bet that will.come in handy at the weekend seen as you didn't get to eat it on the road. Have a good one bud enjoy your weekend.
Have a great weekend too mate, you can’t beat a good cooked full English
@@Life_of_Darren cheers buddy
bein a north walian im biased to the north tho
The view from your office window just gets better as it is Friday have a good weekend sorry its not truck related
Have a great one too
Caravan crash M6
Heyndarren dont forget to take the A500 exit before its 30min delay
Why didn't you follow the sat nab and use the M50, A449. It's a good HGV route and misses the bridge c/w roadworks, not much time difference and shorter? Also, you then can access the A465 heads of the valleys road which takes you to Swansea via Merthyr
I was looking at that way too, there wasn’t much time difference
@@Life_of_Darren In the early 70s the heads of the valley road was the way for us , you really had to watch out for the sheep, the views were brill, good old days
@@Life_of_DarrenAs you came back that way, you obviously saw the advantage it can give! Obviously when the heads of the valleys dualling is finished it's a viable option to going over the bridge! Also, you have the truck stop at Ross on Wye at the end of the M50 and Monmouth services as break/stopover places as well as numerous lay-bys on that route. Hope this helps! Keep up the good vlogs and don't roll your caravan😂
Don’t jinx me 🙈
come to Mid wales or you made not like the roads
It’s great views around there
Glad you managed to get the smell of South Wales out of your nostrils and managed to cleanse yourself in the clean pure air of North Wales...😂😂
Merthyr Tydfil - Mer (as in Mermaid) thyr ( as in third) Tyd (as in tiddler) fil (as in village) - You were delivering to Abercynon - Aber (as in Aberdeen) Cynon (pronounced CUNON) the company does have another depot in Merthyr though
Thanks for the help 🙈
Thanks for your chanel have a coffee on me 👍
Thank you mate! You didn’t have too but appreciate it!
remember you need special special Permission to come into North Wales,South Wales they will let anybody in LOL
Nice one Darren nice surprise seeing them deer lol 😂 and use love taking my kids Southport pointins now closed down cheap and cheerful 👍
Lucky they let you stay on ind estates normaly chase you off
Yeah got lucky with the business I was collecting from that they had loads of space for me
They live in the woodland around Norton caines you sometimes see them right on the edge of the M6 toll road lovely looking animals
I could watch them all day
Hi Darren, in your honest opinion, you think a single person working as a HGV driver can take care of a house of 3 people in UK? 🫤🤔 Thank you mate
I think you might struggle with every job out there on a single wage unfortunately as the UK currently has gone really expensive, With that being said if you manage your money well etc hgv could support you
@Life_of_Darren That's what concerns me because I'm currently in Portugal (my home country) but still have pre settlement there in the UK, and I would love to return there and work as a hgv. My wife has a condition called fibromyalgia, which prevents her from doing a LOT of jobs cause she's in pain 24/7. That's why I asked your opinion, mate, as a fellow trucker. Thank you!
Your welcome bud, all the best to the family
Also random Bambis appear haha I saw a deer once few years back but poor animal shat itself when i went near him and ran like Usain Bolt lol
Join a Gym £40 a month get exercise and free showers and sauna too lol
Don’t get the time too tbh or I prolly would
@@Life_of_Darren Ah 😟 that sucks maybe make the time ? Take a month off work for yourself 👍
That wouldn’t be a bad thing tbh
You good job and I like the videos
Excellent 👍
Services like the back rooms 😂
Not a trucker but I bet 17:12 is probably harder than it looks, the precision with how close you had to hug the curb with those back wheels is great! By the way, I know you're on a diet but in future those lamb burgers are great for a quick and easy home made kebab if you chop 'em up and cook, pitta, bit of salad, mint yogurt, etc.
That’s a good idea with the lamb burgers, I’ll have to try it
Never thought those deer would come that close to the service area! And btw, the "horns" are called antlers, mate :)
🤣🤣 yeah wasn’t sure why said horns at first 🤣🤣
Service stations are a Godsend. Im always excited to see animals of the dark, even the hedgehogs. I admire you lorry drivers, watching you reversing is a true skill. Take care
Thanks Annie have a great day
@@Life_of_Darren Backing an artic trailer is a piece of cake,, try backing a truck and trailer or a B train here in Nz
Darren your amazing how you cope with a day’s work well done mate
How many trailers are on the train??
Watch your videos every night since I found your channel about three weeks ago. Used to go with my grandad Friday nights who was a lorry driver also. I must say mate I hope you get paid well as you work a lot of unsociable hours and you always sound like you enjoy your job so good on you Darren.
Thanks for the support bud glad your enjoying the content 😃 I think that’s why I don’t mind the hours as much because I enjoy the work
@@Life_of_Darren yeah I can see that. Good on you mate. Look forward to seeing your next video! Take care Darren
Good video as always Darren👍🏻
we get them at nite were i live in central scotland as well as plenty rabbits also seen a badger and a few foxes were not far from the local golf club
Oh nice, I could watch them all day
Great vlog Darren, Love the deer .. where i work is down in a valley in Bolton, Seen quite a few deer when i was working nights, Think we scared each other one night haha, it absolutely legged it one! Take care mate, hope you have a good shift tomorrow foot down Friday for another weekend
Deer in Bolton?? They seem to be popping up in more places lately which is great
thought process when reversing. especially in service stations inbetween 2 artics
well done darron another job done.
Good vlog Darren take it easy fella, they are always great animals to see
I can sit watching them all day
good vlog gaz
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Hey Darren. Just starting watching your vlogs really enjoying so far. HGV driving is something I've been interested in getting into. it would be a career change for me as currently a self employed plumber. Just wondered what you enjoy about HGV driving and how many days a week you work?
Welcome aboard bud, I work Monday to Friday and the thing I love the most about it is the sense of freedom you have, - get your job in the morning and off you go for the day
@@Life_of_Darren yeah that’s my thoughts. I like the idea of being out in the open road, and travelling around to different places. Really appreciate the reply and look forward to watching more videos👌
Thanks mate
The battery drain is really annoying and honestly not acceptable for a commercial vehicle that needs to be ready to go when you need it.
The worse thing about it is they have been in to MAN several times and they can never find what’s causing the battery to drain
If using A50 towards Stoke, I always used to come off J16, but if its backed up, it obviously takes a little bit more time, but best way would be the scenic route, which is head towards Knutsford (A50), go through it, then through Holmes Chapel (town a little narrow when coming off the roundabout, you go round the church which buts into the road, and after that, just keep on the A50, then on A34 for a mile, heading towards A50 to take you left towards Stoke at the roundabout (M6 is to your right). Apologies about this, but regarding your caravan, the one thing you need to do (and we got caught out), is to make a note of the key number for the caravan, and put it on your phone or somewhere, in case you need it. All caravan retail places have a shop, and will sell the relevant keys. The key number should be in your caravan log book or equivalent. Me thinks you need a spare pair of shoes to change into when getting out of the cab😂. Looking at your speeded up driving, the lowland, eg, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, with the fens, always reminds me of northern France and Belgium. Just lovely to drive. The sugar this country uses now is sugar beet, which we grow in this country, so the Cambridgeshire area is perfect, rather than sugar cane which we used to import from the Carribean. Talking about the A14, and not showing up on the satnav. Happened to me last year when I went for a week to just short of Bury St. Edmonds. When I came off the M6 and getting on the A14, my satnav lost everywhere. I ended up on the M11 heading north. Came off at Godmanchester, parked up, and ended up looking at my paper atlas. I can read that better. I knew exactly where I was and I was ok🤣🤣
Thanks for the tip about the keys, I’ll make sure to note them down thanks 😃
I just love your truck, the MAN TGX looks so good!