Lesson number four, total of seven hours driving. Good things: went round a normal roundabout, one with two lanes went up to 45 mph went to third gear multiple times did not stall turn in the road/three point turn maneuvered well stopping has improved instructor made no comments on "snaking" on the road Not so [...]
Lesson Three
Lesson number three, total of five hours driving. Good points: went to third gear went up to 40mph went round a roundabout overtook a bus experienced traffic lights and crossings drove home! Not so good points: stalled, twice, it was bound to happen knocked onto the kerb, a fair few times "snaked" across the road [...]
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
I baked these a while ago, found the image on my laptop and still remember how terrible these "ultimate" cookies are. Not my best batch of "cookies", had a cake-like texture. No idea what went wrong. But I definitely remember substituting syrup for honey. Bad move, I guess.
Lesson 2
Lesson number two, third hour of driving. No stalling, no crashing - awesome! Apparently I'm good at starting the car, need to practise my stopping, I stop too soon. Instructor told me to find a "safe and legal place to park", just hit the brakes, didn't check my mirrors so didn't notice that there was [...]
First driving lesson success
First driving lesson today: started the car, stopped the car, turned left, turned right, did not stall. That was probably the best part: not stalling. Pat on the back for that. So a couple of interesting, perhaps odd, things also happened. The police were around the roads I was driving around. Seemed normal enough. Instructor: [...]
Say hello to my little friend
One of the many many reasons why I have been absent on this blog is because of a new addition to the family. Everyone, meet Merlin. This cute little dog is our new baby, he's 6, middle-aged in dog years, and this is the biggest he's gonna get. Jack Russel/Westie cross breed, picked him up [...]
Here’s to 2014
Happy new year everyone! I'm hoping this is the year where things settle down a little. A lot has happened in 2013, hence my absence, but I'm hoping things will calm themselves a lot more in 2014, and I'll post a few more things on here. So hope you all had a good time celebrating [...]
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,500 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 6 years to get [...]