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He looks tired and has dark circles under his eyes. He gets a coffee from the gas station cafeteria but has nothing to eat вЂ“ he doesnвЂ™t like to eat in the morning.

LГЎzaro washes his face in the service area washrooms.

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Nobody wants to be a truck driver anymore. The UK will need between 60,000 and 76,000 due to circumstance brought about by Brexit Germany will require between 45,000 and 60,000 and France, 43,000 according to the same study, Spain is going to have to recruit more than 15,000.

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An August report by the British consultancy Transport Intelligence puts European demand for truck drivers over the next few years at 400,000. It is a shortage that is exacerbated when the economy grows. The harsh reality of this profession explains the lack of international truck drivers. You look back and you think: вЂWhat have you enjoyed about your life, about your family, always sitting up here?вЂ™ You dwell on things like that.вЂќ YouвЂ™re driving and youвЂ™re turning things over in your head. You look around to see if you can find a Spaniard and spend it together. At Christmas, you always spend either Christmas Eve or New YearвЂ™s Eve out here, alone, in a service area. YouвЂ™re married, but itвЂ™s as if youвЂ™re not. вЂњI have missed seeing my daughters grow up and now theyвЂ™re grown. вЂњThe worst thing is that you are always away from home,вЂќ he says. The tachograph ensures he doesnвЂ™t break the rules, not that LГЎzaro has any interest in doing so. After the second six-day stretch, he goes home to the town of Blanca, in Murcia, where he has two days off before getting back to work. Then he starts over for another six days. After six days, he parks at a service area and stops for 24 hours straight. He takes a 45-minute break every four hours. LГЎzaro always drives at 90 kilometers per hour, for nine to 10 hours per day over six uninterrupted days. Time is measured by the boring passage of kilometers and hours by the cups of coffee drunk alone in gas station cafeterias and by visits to industrial parks to drop off or pick up freight. Normally, though, absolutely nothing happens. The car was dragged for around 10 meters but the driver was unhurt. SAMUEL SГЃNCHEZДuring his career as a truck driver, there have been a few incidents: once, years ago, near a French gas station, an immigrant hid under his vehicle in a bid to enter the UK and was spotted by French police another time, in winter, on the outskirts of Berlin, his diesel and heater pipes froze and he had to spend the whole night in the freezing cold without the option of moving from the parking lot and once, on the outskirts of Paris, he had an accident вЂ“ his only one вЂ“ hitting a car while changing lanes. Inside his cab, he uses his laptop to keep himself entertained. Trucker LГЎzaro Bermejo, in the first photo at Cambridge Services in England, and in the other images, at a service station near Blois (France). LГЎzaro is 51 and has been traveling roads and highways like this one for 24 years. If not, he will toss and turn in his narrow bed, as usual. If heвЂ™s lucky, heвЂ™ll get drowsy and fall asleep fast, like he used to when he was young. ItвЂ™s the second time heвЂ™s watched the series. LГЎzaro eats some of the food from his fridge and climbs onto the mattress in the cabin to watch a couple of episodes of Breaking Bad on his computer, recorded on a flash drive. The handful of other truckers that are parked there are already asleep or resting in their cabins. ItвЂ™s a bit chilly outside and thereвЂ™s no one about. He also takes a look at the cooling system, which keeps up a steady buzz all night. He casts his eye over the trailer locks and the wheels and checks the tachograph, which records speed and distance. The routine is the same tonight as every other night. LГЎzaro prepares to spend the night there. He parks behind the gas station next to another huge truck that has its cabin curtain drawn. LГЎzaro left the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia two days ago with 24,000 kilograms of grapes that must be delivered undamaged by Friday near Cambridge in the United Kingdom. This service area is no different from any other. LГЎzaro Bermejo arrives with his refrigerator truck at the Beaugency-Messas service area near Blois, in central France. Day 1 Meeting at the Beaugency-Messas rest area (France) EL PAГЌS rode with a veteran Spanish truck driver for four days through France and the UK and found that driving a truck is not only unromantic, it can also be very depressing. Despite the money that can be made, the younger generations are not tempted. Trucking is a hard and extremely lonely job, involving days away from home and nights at unwelcoming service areas or lay-bys. In Spain, the required figure is over 15,000. In Europe, demand will be around 400,000 over the next few years. The lack of international truck drivers is one of the causes behind the bottleneck in international trade.

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