Portsmouth to Caen to Portsmouth A rough guide.

A general idea of taking a lorry out and back through Portsmouth to Caen with Brittany Ferries.
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[@SuperDavey33]

can't beat the sound of a sweet V8 great video.

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@cafedeltransit]

Another very informative vlog and very well explained,I remember doing my first Euro trip years ago all be it in a van out of Dover and making sure I was in the correct lanes when boarding and exiting once in Calais. Keep up the great work,always a pleasure👍👌

[@GBtrucklady]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@StevenNicholls-s3d]

Hi a very good informative video, lots of interesting things to look for. Go carefully.

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@peterm2478]

Very Interesting Please Keep Them Coming And Stay Safe Out There.

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@jonathanstafford]

Super interesting. Thank you.

[@GBtrucklady]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@OnTheBall]

No problems with hearing things twice, great for people watching for the first time, the worst thing someone can do is to do things blindly, always ask, you won't look foolish, you will if you don't. The Brittany ferries desk used to be in a bar area on the left, sad to see all the change! You'd definitely benefit with one of those Insta 360 cameras, if I come across one I'll let you know. I'll never be able to drive again but any new drivers I speak to I'll point them in your direction, so informative, thanks for that!

[@GBtrucklady]

I try to show practical things as well as the interesting things 😁 Yes things have changed a lot, they’ve built a big new building too, some sort of new passenger area I think but it’s not operating yet. It’s nice to know you enjoy the channel. Take care. 😁

[@OnTheBall]

@@GBtrucklady I really do!

[@liftrucs]

Wonderful Sherrilyn thanks for sharing with us.

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@peterlewis2]

Sherrilyn..I think you have done this a few times!! A clear explanation!!

[@GBtrucklady]

😂😂 Once or twice 😁👍🏻 Hope it helps someone.

[@WilliamKerr-hc9zn]

Great vlog as usual looking forward to seeing the next one safe journey

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@donokell7867]

Enjoyed the video Sherrilyn that will belots of help for new drivers you explain things very good thank you and keep them coming 😀 ❤

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@jameswilliamson4728]

Another interesting day on the road 🛣️ videos sherralin in the Scania R 580.

[@GBtrucklady]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@garyrawson7549]

Absolutely love your videos. Keep up the great work 😍

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@scrivo8340]

Another great vlog sherralin always enjoy, I was in the wash last week next to a red 770 V8 S Fellows that must be the bosses I presume, stay safe and take care

[@GBtrucklady]

😂😂 He’d like to think so!😂😂 No that would have been Dave Fellows, the bosses youngest son. Nice lad, likes a bit of craic, like all his children very well mannered. You should’ve said hello 😁

[@gordondavidson9923]

just starting to watch, I'm nearly sure it will be another 100 % Respect 👍

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@daveysmith7580]

I can see you're in the UK, August and it's pouring with rain.🤣🤣 Thanks again for a really informative video. Safe journeys.

[@GBtrucklady]

What would we moan about if we didn’t have weather!? 😂😂

[@daveysmith7580]

@@GBtrucklady 😂😂

[@aussietruckphotosandmodels8510]

Another great video. When you said a rough guide. I thought you might mean it was bit bouncy. Last 3 crossings I did there was 60kph winds and 5 meter swells for the pretty much the whole 9 1/2 hour crossing. We've still got the old Super Fast boats that did the Italy, Greece run from Ancona in the 90's. Getting on and of with a Road Train is a bit tricky from the Tasmania side as there is a tight left hander to get onto the link span, and the back trailer really cuts. However most of the time the Road Trains only use the centre 2 lanes of the ferry. Most of the internal signs on the boats are still in Italian and Greek. I hope you're a better sailor than I am...it's not unusual for me to be sick bay. I did manage to get escorted to sick bay by the purser, in Dover, while the boat was tied to the quay, before it left.

[@GBtrucklady]

😂😂 No I’m fine. My tip is, if it gets rough, lie down, keep your head an d stomach at the same level, seems to work anyway.

[@penehaharr1499]

WHEW I'll stay in little ol' New Zealand but very very informative thankyou for putting that together kia kaha

[@GBtrucklady]

😂😂 Thank you 😁

[@dougwilson1769]

Another great video.

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@littlebigman5791]

I used to go out of Portsmouth with coaches to do the Normandy trips. Going out to France was easy. Coming back into Portsmouth was murder. It could take up to an hour to get off the boat through passport control and round to the terminal to collect the passengers. ( they came off the boat and to the terminal on a port bus). Absolutely murder.

[@GBtrucklady]

Yes it can still take a couple of hours to get out, which means trying to get off in a “ferry movement” is very risky. 😁

[@raymondpearce5245]

Brilliant video keep it up

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@kevinswift7442]

Good video as always keep safe drive safe

[@kevinswift7442]

Hi hope you well. Do you have to go incabin can you not stay in you cab and sleep. ?

[@GBtrucklady]

It’s against the law to stay in your cab during the crossing, although some do, as if there’s an emergency you can get trapped.

[@johnbarnes9379]

Some of them docker's jeez ,one very wet night while reversing onto the Fleetwood freight boat your man kept blowing the whistle I got out and said " I speak fluent English not whistle "

[@GBtrucklady]

😂😂 Yep, that rings a bell. I used the Fleetwood boat regularly when I was pulling for Woodside, I still have mine and my sons P&O fleeces, although mine still fits, my sons a grown man now so it wouldn’t fit his left foot 😂😂 Maybe give it to my grandson 😂😂

[@johnbarnes9379]

@@GBtrucklady he will always be you're baby just they hate to hear it and let on they don't get it. Stay safe be happy x

[@GBtrucklady]

Very true 😁🥰

[@sk1nzsk1nz34]

Ladies and gentleman are never placed in mixed cabins.

[@GBtrucklady]

Correct.

[@sk1nzsk1nz34]

@@GBtrucklady Yes, it's all very well for a banksman to whirl his arms in the air and blow his whistle but, 4X2 and 6X2 are different beasts. If they told us where they wanted it, I'd do it myself in two shunts. The dungeon is fun for a rookie eh...

[@GBtrucklady]

Very true.

[@klaaskamp3290]

informative, thank you

[@GBtrucklady]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@richardsimpson3943]

I always find it fascinating what you as lorry drivers go through just do your job, do you ever do Northan Europe!, great video as always.

[@GBtrucklady]

Northern Europe? As in Scandinavia? No I’ve never been. 😁

[@johncone9516]

Hi, as i'm sure you are aware that most of us have to renew our DCPC next month. The DVLA have been putting out a lot of info on the internet. What intrigued me was it said if your freighting into Europe you must have a European DCPC. I thought we were all the same, do you know any different please.

[@GBtrucklady]

As we are only in geographical Europe now, from what I understand, there is an option being introduced where drivers who only work in UK can take a slightly shorter, modified DCPC but if you drive or are likely to drive in EU you will still need to take the standard one as we have been doing. I suggest you contact your training provider just to check. 😁

[@johncone9516]

@@GBtrucklady Thank you. At 71 I hadn't planned on renewing mine but after getting restless i done 4 modules in 3 weeks and 1 more to do next week. No plans to go abroad. Stay safe.

[@Jaxinnola]

Since Brexit is it easier or more cumbersome to travel to/from the Continent?? Nice videa!!

[@GBtrucklady]

Not easier or harder just different. We’ve always had to do customs paperwork for certain countries even before Brexit, Swiss, Andorra, Gibraltar, Turkey to name a few. 99% of it’s done online and using barcodes. We have a brilliant young transport manager who is very on the ball, if there’s any problem she will sort it out quickly.

[@Jaxinnola]

@@GBtrucklady Thanks for that...ya got enough to do driving never mind getting lumbered with paperwork!! Really enjoy the vids!!

[@GBtrucklady]

Thank you 😁

[@gaw4453]

👋👋...holla...😊

[@GBtrucklady]

Hi 👋🏻

[@guy4469]

ive got a week off im getting BALLARD ,

[@scania124uk]

I think it’s abhorrent in this day and age and having to share cabins,it’s just pure profiteering by Brittany ferries and to think the new ship due on the route next year will be even worse with these so called “pod” arrangements.. The last thing you want after doing a night shift is sharing a cabin with someone who wants to play on his phone or even worse “talk to me😂” They need to take a look at Stena line as you’ve normally got a cabin to yourself.

[@GBtrucklady]

I can only agree.

[@shortwalk8551]

Brittany Ferries, started by French farmers to get their produce to UK markets, think they’ve lost the plot nowadays. As for the ‘deck marshal’, any relative of the current PM? Toolmakers son.

[@jean-jacquesblaimont6234]

Et bien c'est pas simple le route le bateau les douanes à l'image des temps modernes ......

[@GBtrucklady]

It’s just the system, it’s like everything, easy once you’ve done it. 😁