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HGV Truck driving is a crucial and demanding profession, ensuring the smooth flow of goods and services across the United Kingdom.

The industry’s true value was realised only recently, during lock down, when the government wrote to over 100,000 recently retired truck drivers, myself included, to ask if they would come back in and help feed the nation?

While the itself job is rewarding, it can also present unique challenges that may affect a driver’s mental health.

Long hours on the road, isolation, and irregular schedules can contribute to stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues.

Home is where you park it. But it can become like a prison cell, causing HGV drivers to suffer symptoms which would have been called going “Stir Crazy” in days past.

In this article, we will discuss the importance of mental health for truck drivers, the common challenges they face, and practical tips for maintaining well-being during long periods away from home.

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There’s a bum for every seat is a popular saying in the UK Road Haulage industry. If obtaining a HGV/LGV truck driver license was a long standing ambition for some people, once the money is spent, the test is passed and the license is in hand, what next?

Parked up for the night down a quiet country lane is one of my favourite things.

Many new drivers are reporting on social media about the struggles they are having actually using their truck license? The fact is, now the pandemic is all but over and the road haulage industry has taken into account Brexit, and the exodus of foreign drivers it brought about, the haulage industry has been forced to adapt and evolve in this the new, ‘post-Brexit’ landscape.

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