Apologies for being blunt and burst your bubble , the novelty soon wears out when you are stuck in the middle of nowhere on your 24 or 45 hours weekly rest periods .
This will happen when you are needed in the UK for a funeral or family commitment , or your wife or Mrs has booked a concert or theatre tickets .
For your 45 off , you must be in a hotel and provide a receipt when stopped in a control or risk a heavy fine to be paid at the roadside .
A small problem in the UK with a tachograph offense will be different in Europe ,the French Gendarmerie or Spanish commercial vehicle enforcement will take 20,0000 Euros from you .
The Basque and Catalina area are renowned for huge fines .
Basque area is North East area of Spain and Catalan is the Barcelona area .
As Diesel dog said, 100% legal for tacho .
With Winter looming , if your night heater packs up , expect to freeze in the cab or if driving at night in the summer, no sleep in the day when its noisy and hot at 45 degrees .