Happy Easter everyone! I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing long weekend. We visited the in-laws where I ate the best easter egg ever, Ferrero Rocher egg, and had an awesome lamb roast and key lime pie. Mmmmm lamb and mint sauce. My dog had a great time too, it seems. He was tired out, [...]
Lesson 15
Lesson 15, total of 28 hours driving. Good things: turn in the road ok positioning has improved a lot meeting traffic also improved, no fear of hitting wing mirrors of parked cars went up to 65 mph, without even realising, whilst in fourth gear, perhaps I should have changed to fifth gear did not run [...]
Hello my little…Schnauzer…?
Each time we take our little furry friend to the groomers they do something different to him. At first they just did a basic trim, made him look like the Jack Russel we think he is. Then, they Westie-fied him. Now, they've Schnauzer'ed him. See for yourself. It's taken a few weeks for his fur to [...]
Lesson 14
Lesson 14, total of 26 hours driving. Good things: great parallel parking good bay parking did not stall reached new record of 60 mph Bad things / room for improvement: use full width of road for turn in the road reverse around a corner, not really sure I'm getting that one right at all positioning [...]
Lesson 13
Lesson 13, total of 24 hours driving. Good things: turn in the road ok, can use full width of road in first turn parallel parking good reverse around a corner ok, ensure not too far away from kerb did not stall did not crash into kids chasing each other in the middle of the road - [...]
Lesson 12
Lesson 12, total of 22 hours driving. Good things: reverse around a corner has improved, though foot does ease off clutch a little too much when turning to look at rear window, bad foot turn in the road ok, can use full width of road though parallel parking ok, must remember to start off further to the left [...]
Lesson 11
Lesson 11, total of 20 hours driving. Good things: was not undertaken reverse around a corner manoeuvre was ok, did not hit pedestrians or other cars turn in the road manoeuvre was successful and swiftly executed parallel parking manoeuvre was ok, front wheel should be parallel with the kerb as well, not just the back [...]
Birthday Cake
A birthday, of course, calls for a birthday cake. This was just a normal Victoria sponge with cocoa butter cream icing in the middle and some yummy strawberries and icing sugar on top. Pretty much devoured it in one sitting.