5 Years in the Glasgow fruit market unloading trucks listening to drivers from all over ,larkins liverpool,weatagrove london etc just got me intrested,
got really friendly with a larkin driver (still are) who even offered me the cash to get my HGV! but i refused (stuppidly)
Done it the old fashoned way still in the fruit market worked for a few local guys driving things from ■■■■■■ vans to 7.5ts, left them to go to geest ,driving 7.5ts ,where i was offered my class2 , done that less than a year later when and done my class 1 with my own cash ,thankfull passed 1st time,done loads of ayg work, tesco/marks & sparks/asda/even some local haulers , 4months later left there to my currant job,
Now 10 years with filshill mostly locals , but ocasianaly i dust off the pasport and head over the border to England lol 
i wouldnt swap my job for anythng involving a “office” its something i love and dont want to change it , altho like most would love more ££££ and better facilitys