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Cheryl Howard

Cheryl Howard is a mother of two who works as boat crew on the Dartmouth to Kingswear Passenger Ferry, crossing the beautiful River Dart in Devon.

My working hours…

My job involves working 12-hour shifts over four days one week, and three days the next, meaning that one week I get four days off and another week I have three days off. My hours are officially 7am to 7.15pm, but I am on the pontoon for 6.45am ready to get the car ferry over to the other side of the river, as the boat commences service from the Dartmouth side at 7.30am. We have lots of checks to do

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