Decisions Decisions

I live between a number of different driving test centres.  I have taken two at Heckmondwike, and failed, but that is not unheard of.  It has a tough reputation and the roads are very steep with some wicked corners.  It is a little distance away, but it's useful for bear's school.

The nearest driving test centre to me has a reputation of being slightly easier.  I would like to mention here that there are no easy test centres in the UK.  However some are slightly less hard.  Today I went around one of the regular test routes for the nearby centre.  If Heckmondwike has steep hills, this has roundabouts - lots and lots and lots of roundabouts with complicated junctions.  I did fine.  I did some driving around as well and had a lot of fun on some wonderful steep curves.  In fact, going on unfamiliar roads with my instructor telling me what to go or where to go gave me a lot of confidence.  I spotted the tricky bits, dealt with unexpected cyclists and generally managed. 

Now I need to decide whether I go ahead with the test booked at Heckmondwike, which will be in the next few weeks, or whether to cancel that and book nearer home but that will be well after Christmas.  For various reasons, not all of mine to tell, I will only have around two more lessons before the test at Heckmondwike.  That is not a lot of warm up.  On the other hand, I have a reasonable chance of passing.  I'm doing okay.  I'm not brilliant, but so far no casualties and my instructor thinks I'm safe.  I think I have a slightly better chance at the other centre, but that's a long time to wait. 

For non-Brits, here is a link to what to expect on a UK driving test.  My instructor has his ways of knowing the most likely routes, and they include evil junctions and right turns of doom as a matter of course. 

I am now exhausted after driving for several hours on roads I hadn't been on before, so I'm crawling off to bed.  Hugs to all.