Last week's Great British Bake Off swiss roll challenge was great. I didn't quite feel inspired to bake one myself, I just happened to find some pictures of a terrible swiss roll I made earlier - months ago, in fact. The sponge was a tad dry, a bit cracked in places, did not get much of [...]
So I had about an hour's drive leading up to the test centre to warm me up, I was nervous as a wreck. Practice manoeuvre: parallel park, this was fine. Finally reached the test centre, reverse parked in a bay, that was all right. I entered the test centre. Dun dun duuun. Test begins: read a [...]
Lesson 30, total of 58 hours driving, manoeuvre lesson. Bay parking: was all right, parked in the bays now know how to correct whether I steer too early or too late Reverse around a corner: not too bad must remember to start off further away from the kerb Turn in the road: might need a little [...]
Lesson 29, total of 56 hours driving , mock test number four. Good things: show me/ tell me was fine parallel park was good: first turn was a bit late but was not detrimental, good use of brake to control car during second turn and car did not speed up, good distance away from car in [...]
Sleep child, sleep, and weep no more Open your eyes and take my hand, Take a breath and I’ll be sure to guide you through to the other land. Calm dear, calm, there’s no need for fear here And there’s no need for tears. Step across the threshold now And grasp your eyes to [...]
Lesson 28, total of 54 hours driving , mock test number three. Good things: show me/ tell me part was fine reverse around a corner was good, there were a lot of cars so I had to stop and start a lot, in future I can do my mirror checks before the cars have passed me so [...]
My dog sure loves his bed, he also loves being in weird positions while he sleeps.
Lesson 27, total of 52 hours driving , mock test number two. Good things: vast improvement compared to first mock test show me/ tell me answers were fine calmed my nerves and coped a lot better compared to first mock test Terrible things: major number one: did not complete parallel park manoeuvre, first steer was too early [...]
Endless May Dreams 