Sean Moore
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June 11:49
At the biting point
And so on to my second driving lesson, and this time I set off from home instead of being driven to the destination. Anyone who knows my street knows that it winds up and down a hill, and there is usually a liberal sprinkling of parked cars in inconvenient places, not unlike a slalom course. Thankfully these were strangely absent today: presumably some of their owners go out to work from time to time. It is a while since I've been out and about at 9am.Today was my start on the learner driver circuit proper. The area around my house is a Mecca for learner drivers: they come from far and wide to experience the quiet roads, the oddly shaped junctions, the random bends and the roundabout that seems to have been created purely for learners to practise on. In any one hour there are likely to be several learners navigating the same few roads. Once there were six different companies parked up along the same stretch of road, all with their bonnets up.
Following a short delay involving a pensioner, a junction and two parked cars, I headed out to the circuit for an hour's fun. All seemed to go fairly well – no injuries for the second day running, and even up to third gear at one point.
Today's stall count: 2.
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