when im across the water i feel more at home and relaxed than i do here in england and the only thing i miss are my kids.i can honestly say id never come back if i were single.im not fluent in any other languages but i can get by i have friends that are dutch belgian and french because of this job.ive got to the point where i couldnt do uk work full time if i had to .i think id rather pack in than do uk work full time.
Think i know where your coming from mate. Had the same feelings when i was doing regular European until being made redundant coming up 6 years ago,been doing mainly uk and locals since and it doesnt compare.
Trouble is,bills have to be paid so i just grin and bear it 
, like a lot of others on here it seems . . . . and i used to moan back then about shipping out on a Sunday!! - Ho hum!!
I know exactly where you are coming from. Back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s I was continually over the water for up to 13 weeks at a time. I was single, lived at home and loved the life. Money for me was excellent as I was not charged rent by Mum and Dad and she did my washing when I finally did get home 
I Still get to go over the water occasionally, normally when other drivers let us down or when we are extremely busy and I soon as I leave the yard knowing I am heading for Portsmouth Docks, the excitement comes back, like the first euro trip I ever did
Am married with 2 kids now, so the chances of doing it full time again are very slim. I kind of have the best of both worlds. A regular job with regular hours but occasionally the chance to go further afield, normally just enough to wet the appetite and keep the love affair or European driving well and truly in my mind 
The moment you cross the Channel it is a completely different job.
is it just me
I very much doubt it.
I’d like to get back into it again myself.
Thats the way I felt all the way back to my first trip in the late 70’s. I wonder what the head shrinkers would make of that 
Yep, i`m with all of you on this one.
me too although the job i now have in the past 18 months ive had 2 weekends away
but at least I dont have to deliver my backloads in the UK 
this job will see me out Ive not even looked for a new job in all the time ive been here
im with you mate, and as i have nothing to come back to i try and stay out as long as i can, i hate seeing them white cliffs appear meaning im back