just an update for anybody thats interested. after the accident in spain i spent a month on the sick and was offered an chance of a new career as a painter decorator. i had never done anything like this before but decided to take the bull by the horns and give it a go.
after years of 12-15 hour days with weeks away from home i now start work at 0630 and home by 1600 at the very latest (1130 today). the furthest i travel now is an average of an hour each way a day! i have my dinner at home, a hot bath after work and a king size bed to kip in each night. take home pay■■? £430 a week minimum. some days i can earn £200 a day.
yes i do miss the trucking at times but then think what i would be doing if i was still at it long hours, weeks away, crap parking, traffic problems, trying to sleep in a tin box when its 25-30 deg in milan/barcelona/madrid/etc, sat for hours on end waiting for a plt of groupage to come in.
now, for the time being at least i am very very 
keep on trucking fellas 
I hope everything works out for you mate.
You just have to read a few posts to remind you how good the job was , when you start getting the diesel withdrawal symptoms.
That should put you back on the right track
skids Stick at it ,mate. // Long distance was never a job ,but a way of life for a single man.
NICE to hear that you are doing well SKIDS,and hope the job keeps you occuipied enough that you do not get any withdrawal pains from missing the wonderful life you have left, NO jokeing aside all the best and hope you enjoy
yourself inthe job,