Four Hour Driving Lesson

It wasn't as bad as it seems.  We took a break half way through and a lot of it was theory.  I wish I had met this driving instructor first.  He sat down with a white board and just worked through - this is how the accelerator works, this is how it regulates flow of fuel to the engine.  This is how the brakes work and the pedal is hydraulic and the handbrake or parking brake is a cable.  This is how a clutch works and why you need to disengage the clutch plate from the engine plate to change gear.  It made so much sense. 

Then he went on - these are the three procedures you will be tested on.  This is how you set yourself up, these are the checks you make in mirrors and in blind spots before setting off and in this order.  This is what the examiner will be looking for and if you miss this then you will fail.  Apparently only 50% of driving tests are passes.  He is teaching me not only how to drive, but how to pass. 

Also, when I did some driving, I was going round a blind bend and a car came the other way - and I was fine.  That, for me was the biggest success.  I felt okay.  I have to say, there was around a metre between us, and plenty of room, but it was okay. 

My next lesson is likely to be Thursday in the afternoon.  My washing machine is supposed to be repaired on Thursday.  All previous washing machine appointments have been early, so fingers crossed that they don't overlap too much.  If they do, I'm choosing the driving lesson and carrying on washing clothes in the bath. 

I was looking for a good picture to use to represent me utterly rocking moving off in first gear when I found this.  When I took bear to his school for inclusion day, they had these - trees wrapped in knitting and crochet.  I am often wary about something labelled performance art as it is usually something I don't understand.  However I thought this was something awesome and I hope that it is still there when I'm next around it.