The more I drive, the more I extend my driving repertoire. I’ve recently added several new skills, including: pulling out onto a roundabout even though there is one car just visible on one horizon; getting out of a tight parking space; remembering to lock the car when I leave it. Fifth gear and I are [...]
It’s almost a month since I passed my driving test.
To start with, I was ecstatic. So ecstatic, in fact, that I washed the car for the first time. (Actually, it was my first time washing a car ever, not just the first time washing the car we own. It was probably my last, too, as [...]
I am learning to drive. Well, I learned when I was a teenager, failed my test, moved to London shortly afterwards, and never got round to it again. Until now, when I am living somewhere where being able to drive is more of a necessity than a luxury.
My test is in a couple of weeks, [...]