The weekend was a just a little bit busy.
Saturday Morning was my second ever driving lesson. I think it went better than the first, with a major drive seen in the picture to the right. Then there was a couple of manouvers. My road positioning is pretty good, but my clutch control and steering is appalling. I often get into knots, and I fear that my years of Gran Tourismo with Playstation Force Feedback Wheel has come and bit me in the bum.
It frustrated me and made me angry with myself. I just slipped into a bad habit and I don’t like it. Plus I sped for the first time. Yes, Richard Brunstrom hates me again, but I now sympathise with everybody who has been caught out. It’s so easy to speed, and - whilst going 35 in a 30 - I felt like a shit!
Whilst my instructor said to me there was nothing to fear, she was a bit concerned with my steering, and I am too.
Nevertheless, it will come with practice, and I’ve taken to Guy’s advice of using a dinner plate sat on my bed with a black marker at 12 o clock to practice.
And that was the most exciting thing that has happened on my bed all weekend, but not the last.
You see, after Saturday’s lesson, I took a turn for the worse. I just have had a horrible cold that I suppressed for my driving lesson. I was going out with a few mates on Saturday night, and so Saturday Afternoon was spent tucked up in bed fighting the cold before I decimate my immune system with Alcohol.
In the end, I recovered enough to go for a night out in Llandudno. I ended up in Club 147 - a club/pool hall that urinates all over Broadway from a great height. For one, it’s only £2 to get in, drinks are cheaper, the women are considerably more attractive than the dolled up tramps that associate with the Broadway. You can dance, you can speak to people, you can do a bunch of fun things! In the end, I got smashed and went home.
Sunday was - like Saturday - spent in bed. I did re-install my Sega Saturn and play that.
How was your weekend?
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And now for football tonight to really get rid of your cold!!!!!!
See you there……………
Looks like you’ve had a quite an eventful weekend. I liked the way you described your driving lesson. Hope you get a better control over your clutch in your next lesson. As for now get well soon………….
Lets see… This weekend I watched the US Football Championships which were pretty good, and other than that I sat a foot behind my kid as he climbed up on everything he could, tried to put everything he could into his mouth, and basically was a disaster. Ha ha
Dude… your first problem is your driving instructor… FEMALE?!?! have you seen women drivers?!
now before anyone takes this too seriously.. i can assure you i am joking….!!!
dinner plate thing helped me immensly - and i stand by the doing as much practice as you can in your mums car! doesnt matter how many lessons you’ve had - the more driving time you get the better!
go for the multistorey car park and work the clutch by holding the car on a slope. i used to hate doing it but its bloody useful
learning in a diesel will help you more as well. i found diesel harder at first but then getting back into a petrol meant clutch was much easier! could just be me thou 
Nah you’re right Guy, I learnt in a diesel and when I brought my first car it was a petrol, the clutch was much nicer after that.
I second the multi-storey car park, or a steep hill. It really helps and especially when you pull up to junctions on an incline it’ll help prevent roll back. I was really bad at that but then my instructor got me to hold it on a bitch of a hill and I had no problems after that.
That stupid 10-2 hand position..I learnt it religiously but as soon as I got behind the wheel as a legal driver I somehow adopted the one handed boy racer position. Not great when you drive a clio.