As a kid, we used to drive from frozen Winnipeg to sunny Texas for Christmas every year, and over the course of that 3000 km trip, I loved seeing the transcontinental lorries, and admiring the way different drivers would personalise them.

I always thought that spending days on the road in my own company, and seeing different parts of North America – from the Rockies, to the desert, to the badlands, to the Great Lakes, to the prairies – would be a fantastic way of life – at least for a while.

Anyway, here in Europe, although I can only imagine it would a much more intense experience, the idea still attracts me. And I love the lorries just as much!

What job would you secretly love to do, even if it is totally unrealistic (and perhaps not as cool as you might think it would be)?

What job would you secretly love to do, even if it is totally unrealistic (and perhaps not as cool as you might think it would be)?

Queue a hundred “porn star” comments. Good question though.

STW moderator 😉

Its like being a porn star as you have to deal with dicks all day 😉

I always wanted to be a National Park ranger, after a working week in the Sales as a Scout when I was about 14.

34 years later, still not happening.

Good one, Junkyard. 😀

Lumberjack of course

Dogging tale’s was interesting, Dogging tale’s USA, bet that shizzle be lit!

godzilla

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Chef. But I really don’t have the patience to start at the bottom.

Diver or wildlife photographer. Think it would be awesome.

As a child I wanted to be a ninja. Now my dream job would be to not have a job, have enough money to travel and just keep on going.

I’m with SaxonRider.

Canada (ice roads if I had the skill) or long haul along the garden route in South Africa.

Either that or driving some of those really abnormal loads.

whoops sorry wrong forum.
I can see the attraction, i spent a lot of time with my late Farther in his Truck, it always felt like camping to me.

Quite fancied being a journalist.

The Watcher

No job.
Wedge in the bank.
Bike.
Passport.
Two years.
8)

(Or a ranger, somewhere really cool.)

+1 for long distance trucker.

The idea of the open road and seeing parts of the Europe off the tourist trail excite me. Once I’d done a few months of European roads I’d go to the ice roads. I’ve watched enough ice road truckers to be a pro when I arrived.

I first listened to this when I came over to the UK from da U.S.A in 1981, I’d never heard anything like this, the sound, clarity and rhythm of Andys guitar sound and how he created it..

So, I wanted to be him for about a year..

But my all time hero, a guy I always wanted to really be, a guy I grew up reading about, a guy I followed and tried in some small way to emulate was ..

+2 for long distance trucker. Think of all the different prostitutes.

An actuary or a stuntman.

Premier league footballer.

On a day off from my desk job we went for a walk up pen-y-fan. Half way up was a National Trust chap fixing stones in the path; he had his dog, a radio, decent weather,a fantastic view and a job that could basically go on forever. Lucky bugger, I thought.

(The day after it chucked it down, mind… I wonder if he found something indoors to do instead…)

Alex Kingston, a trifle, and a bottle of rum.

A dilemma we have all faced.

Train driver must be pretty boss.
Unlike truck driving, we have no conception of train driving because we don’t get to look out the front window and see the rails race by (generally speaking). It’s a hidden, magical world.

Tough being a risk averse thrill seeker eh, Junky?

F-18 Growler pilot. Because…. catapult launches, SAMs and sneaky electronics.

That, or be a real life Archer.

I’d quite like to be a postman.
Or a Ringtons Tea bloke.

I’d probably do a bit of porn on the side, just to bring me back down to earth.

Possibly a monumental mason, but I worry about long term damage.

Weeksy and I are going to start up a place. Perhaps in North Wales, possibly in Morzine.

I’d love to chef. Or even better, a mobile chef. Like a chip van, but with great food, like boeuf bourginion, coq au vin, decent pasta etc. Good ‘bistro’ style. Easy to cook. Great and easy to take away. Surf spots, festivals maybe, bike hang outs, you get the picture.

All from the back of a big old corrugated Citroen van.

No porridge will be sold. Fry-ups will be prominent in the mornings.

I always wanted to be a tunnel engineer. It was the reason behind my choice of A-levels. However after dropping physics after a few months and getting a U in Ad-Maths I came to the conclusion that although good at geology, the engineering side of it just wasn’t happening. I still spend hours studying maps and planning where I could solve all manner of infrastructure issues with a strategically placed tunnel. I really can’t understand why we don’t dig more of them in this country.

Ah well. Soon be time for another tour around the tunnels of Norway to see how the professionals do it. 🙂

Ambrose, would the van include hipster repellant? Eg, an over and under shotgun?

Deoderant usually does the trick.
Cheaper and much more convenient.

Driving a train is dull, I have to go up front for work now and again and I try and avoid it now if I can, just stop and go and hope nothing or no one appears in front of you. Fair play to the drivers that can keep their concentration on the job, would drive me nuts!
I think I’d like to be a game keeper or tree surgeon?

I always wanted to be a tree surgeon.
Turns out I faint at the sight of sap.

Ambrose, do I remember correctly that back in the old MTB-Wales days, you and Mrs Ambrose used to host a mountain bike weekend at a bothy, where you did some of what you just described in your post (i.e. cooked for whomever was on the adventure, and guided a ride)?

EDIT: If I am remembering correctly, do you still do those?

Id like to be a large hairy humanoid living in some mountains down south.

(What happened?)

Saxon-Rider YES, I still do and I love doing it. Blimey, those were the days!

Did you ever make one of the Bothy trips? They still happen, get over to the Mynydd Du MTB facebook page for updates.

White pudding with your breakfast sir?

Canadian Mountie.(must watch Due South again) 🙂