23rd Feb '09: As a truck driver, the job description entails driving...which is the bit I don't like. Trucks, as far as I’m concerned, are simply vehicles for travelling to the next interesting place. Yes, there's the occasional knickerless strumpet and, indeed, beautiful scenery en route...but international roads, like domestic motorways, are generally tediously dull. While Namibian fawns over 660-horsepower beasts, and photographs eight-axle juggernauts - we discussed his steering wheel fetish, remember? - I would prefer almost any other mode of transport. Yet there is little call for rock ‘n’ roll shipping. And how many times have you seen a train delivering lights to a Metallica stadium concert? A rock ‘n’ roll cycling company would, of course, be absurd. So, I'll accept the driving bit...and stop moaning. It’s nearly 1900km to Paris, yet we're off
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