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11Mar/071

Parking and the turn in the road

Today, I went to the Makro car park again to practice my turn in the road and bay parking manoeuvres. This was the first time I did bay parking!

I pulled this off with my mum's supervision (in her car) :)

I drove around for a while hitting 25mph around the car park then I positioned myself at the far end of the car park ready to do the turn in the road. There were plenty of cones around because learners go there all the time to practice this so there were cones everywhere. I moved some to try and simulate the road scenario :)

My mums clutch is quite stiff so the fact I managed to pull this manoeuvre off first time stalling once is remarkable. I did this again and managed to execute it successfully coming close to the kerbs though!

Bay parking was to prove more difficult then this but I managed to pull this off by placing a marker cone behind the bay I was reversing into. My mum gave me instruction on this. I manage to park in it perfectly. No wheels over the lines.

I enjoyed it this week but prefer just driving then having to get all these stupid manoeuvres correct. More to come on my driving soon ;)

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9Mar/070

Another driving lesson

(Sorry I have been busy and not updating this as much as I should have :) )

Lesson number 7..

I have booked my theory test for the 2nd of April. Today my driving improved as it has been doing throughout other lessons. Today we started doing the turn in the road (also known as the three point turn). I managed to pull this off twice.

I did a full 2 hours of driving in and around Enfield town. No real dramas this week! I have been told by my instructor that I need check my mirrors frequently (not forget) and not drive so fast.

I drove my mum's car last week which was fun but her car has a very stiff clutch. It's a Citroen Xsara 1.6. A lot different then the corsa in which I have been learning.

I hope to keep up the good driving and improve more so next week :D !

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26Feb/070

Driving lesson on 23rd.. yea it’s late!

Well, It is a bit late but here goes.

My 5th driving lesson was pretty cool. I'm getting the hang of this all faster then I thought I would. My instructor says I should be ready to take and pass the theory soon :)

Friday just consisted of Driving around into Edmonton Green on the A10 up and down the hertford road and into Enfield. It was quite enjoyable. Not as eventful as the last lesson. This time I got a track record book to record all my lessons in so :)

Not much action here ... :D

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16Feb/071

Driving Lesson No.4

Well, I am getting better. The problem is getting to drive to the standards to pass my test.

Yeh, Well today was better then last week. I still need to smooth out my gear changes. However I did annoy a driver behind us (I don't really care because he was being a right impatient idiot when I stalled further up the road). We were at a mini roundabout and I kinda took my time pulling away ;-) He obviously was in a hurry and decided to pull out into the right hand lane without looking in his mirrors. He then smashed into a Alfa Romeo that was coming down the lane. Right into the side of it. Clearly his impatience wasn't the only problem. He got out of his car and started banging on our windows shouting and swearing. My instructor just told me to carry on. Amazing what sort of people their are in this world eh?

There wasn't much to report from this lesson. I did take a long drive along the A10 and in Edmonton. I haven't killed anyone on the road... yet.

Enough time for that I suppose ;-)

Anyway this was my first Blog post. My next will be better I promise.

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