Long Over Due Update! Do People Still Read Blogs In 2019 ??

It's been a while hasn't it!

I really do not know where the time goes.

I have been incredibly busy, and taken on new challenges and regrettably had to let others pass me by.

So what have I been up to?

I guess there are two bits of major news, firstly my Lands End to John O'Groats is not happening!

It's not even been put on hold, it just is not happening. Time and money I'm afraid have put paid to that little escapade, which I am bitterly disappointed about, but what can you do - you need money to pay the bills!

Swanning off for a month with no income to back me up was just not acceptable, so the decision was made to call it off.

Those of you who have donated, rest assured, your donation went directly to my chosen charity "Pilgrims Bandits" but if you want the money back, after all I did not complete let alone even start then I completely understand and will repay you back myself.

My 2nd bit of news, and I'm sure most of you all ready know this but I have retrained and taken not just my HGV Class 2 licence but also my HGV Class 1.

I now drive articulated lorries long distance all over the UK. I work for a company that does nothing but containers from Ports around the UK.

The main ports I operate from are Southampton, London Gateway and Felixstowe.

I leave home on a Sunday night and usually arrive home, tired, dishevelled and a tad grubby on a Friday night, sometimes even Saturday!

So during the week I live in a truck with about as much living space as two average kitchen tables pushed together!

However, it is cosy and comfy and I nearly always manage to get a good sleep when I'm away.

Above is a picture of my truck with a rather fetching bright pink 40ft container.

I get to travel around the UK, spending my nights either parked up at our depots at the ports mentioned earlier or in service stations/truck stops.

Some places are better than others!

Cycling, well being away from home so much leaves little time to do anything, other than catch your breath, get ready for the next week and sleep.

To be honest I have not had the enthusiasm for it either, which is a real shame as I put loads of effort into getting fitter.

Being a trucker is not the most healthiest of lifestyles!

I'm really not sure what to do with this blog now, I could carry on documenting my travels of being a long distance lorry driver, what I see, where I go, but most of it can be seen either on my Facebook Page or via Instagram.

Do people read blogs anymore? Or is it more Vlogs? - video blogs where the content is recorded, and not written down.

Are blogs like this a thing of the past?

Who knows even how long the platform of blogger will actually operate for?

The other issue is time, when I started my other blog about living in a caravan full time - I had loads of time to dedicate to it.

Now, once I have parked up, I eat and almost immediately I go to bed, spending an hour writing really isn't going to happen.

But, by writing a blog it does create a diary for me, a log of what I have done and what I do over a period of time, and that for me personally is important.

So who knows, it's not like I am short of content, what with the places I travel, clocking an average of 1500 miles weekly.

Plus there is all the kit that I use and could review, one pot meals that I cook etc.

Content is really not the issue, it's time!