For me it just sort of happened. I was a Cheiftain tank driver in the Army in the late 70’s and one day I was having a kip on my bed when my sergeant major happened to be wandering around looking for a volunteer.
As some of you will know you never volunteer for anything in the services - fortunately for me I was the only one around and was “voluteered” to go on an HGV2 course to drive Alvis Stalwarts, a 6x6 all terrain truck used to refuel and re ammo tanks on rough terrain.
So off I go to Tidworth, do the course, then back to Germany to drive what I still think was the best truck Ive ever driven - the good old Stally.
I left the army a couple of years later and just ended ip driving class 3 & 2 for agencies, then I did my class 1, got a job in UK general haulage and learnt how to rope n sheet etc… The rest as they say is history!
Do I enjoy it? Yes and No, ive left loads of times to do other things, i even got a job as an engineer with BT fixing phone lines for about 5 years. Trouble was every time I saw a nice looking motor I wanted to be back behind the wheel again - so here I am driving for a Spanish firm in southern Spain and never been happier.