 I started as an apprentice and then became a general labourer. When I was old enough to drive a HGV they just put me forward for it. A typical day would be, around midday you get a text message, a notification of what time you'll be on the road, what routes are going out of the depot and the amount of grams of salt that you would be putting down on the road per run. From there you get into the depot an hour early before the initial time they want you on the road for just to prepare your lorry, refuel if you need to refuel. Salt on the back of the vehicle and you'll be on the road for the given time and then you go out and do your route which can range from two to three hours on the road and come back. Offload the excess salt that you've still got on and then from there you just wash down the vehicle and that's your route then. There was one year when I was learning a route with a colleague of mine and we came round a bend, it was pitch black at night, came round this bend and a load of cows had escaped from the field and they were just literally there in front of us. Emergency stop and we had to call our duty control where explaining that we can't progress at the moment and we've had to come to a standstill because there's a dozen cows blocking the road. It's nice to have a different change of scenery as well. It's nice if you've got a lot on your mind, just go out and hit the roads.