Lesson Four

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]