Driving update--lots of rambling.

After an... interesting driving lesson last week, today's was a complete joy! I only made one minor error and everything was nice and slick. I'm very, very happy. Looking far ahead, preparing early for manoeuvres/obstacles, and rolling the car has made a massive difference to the way I drive. I have more thinking time when approaching tricky things like mini-roundabouts which makes me feel more able of tackling them, and also lets me sort through the road positioning and signals of cars on my right, which is what I have the most issues with. Regular roundabouts are fine but mini ones are more difficult as you automatically have less thinking time.

I also got to zip along a piece of road that I've wanted to try for ages. It's got nice long stretches of 60mph between large roundabouts, so I stuck my foot down and flew. Um, I now like speed. Which is a bit of a turnaround. I remember refusing to go above 20mph for quite a few lessons! Still, the zippy acceleration stuck with me, and I now accelerate smartly away from lights, junctions and so forth. Plus, I can slip into 2nd from 5th with ease. I'm very, very happy about this. It's like I'm a completely different person as compared to last week's lesson.

Next week, I have a mock test. I hope I do as well as I did today.