Episode 2
Tramper Tigger grinds to a halt en route to Manchester, van driver Gary needs a navigator, and the Donk and receptionist Jess get their engines revving at Pembrey truck races.
It鈥檚 the start of another busy week for the 1,000-plus staff at the company, 650 of whom are drivers. But while most truckers do a 12-hour shift, there are some who are away on the road all week - known as 鈥榯rampers鈥�, because they camp out at night in their cabs. One of them is a five-foot-two bundle of energy known as Tigger. She鈥檚 one of a small number of female long-distance HGV drivers. Today, she鈥檚 due to be taking a delivery from Newport up to Manchester. But a catalogue of disasters means Tigger is struggling to get out of the starting blocks.
The pandemic saw an explosion in the home delivery market. The company decided to get in on the act with its own local parcel delivery service, using electric vans. Van driver Gary has been in the job a year, after facing some hard times which left him temporarily homeless. With 120 parcels to deliver, he鈥檚 got no time to waste as he navigates his way round the streets of Llanelli. There鈥檚 one special parcel that needs to reach a particularly pampered pooch.
Receptionist Jess is another recent recruit who joined the company after the global shutdown put paid to her job tracking down lost bags for airline passengers. Luckily for Jess, veteran driver The Donk is on hand to give her a crash course in all things trucking 鈥� quite literally 鈥� with a day out to the Pembrey truck races.
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