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This is The Observation Blog. It is the window on the internet into the world of me, Jimmi Cottam. From the bizarre and strange to the true and delightful, here lies stuff that goes on around me. And this is my chance to get my opinion out there because anyone can write a blog and put it up on the internet. You could say this is what I do when I get bored but in some ways...wait, yeah. It is. But seriously, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and have a goosey...I'm not stopping you from seeing the broad spectrum of what an "ordinary" person sees and goes through day in and day out. Have fun and enjoy!

Monday, 10 May 2010

Driving - (Game Boy) Advance

With a new batch underway, It was time to get back behind the wheel for yet...erm...you guessed it, another lesson (surprise, surprise). However with a new day, and since last week, I hadn't learned anything new, it was time to learn something new. And something I've covered, but going into it in more detail, which can only be a good thing. Of course, there's still the same; roundabouts, traffic lights, stalling but the least said about that, the better!

New thing during this lesson was to be able to bay park. I thought this would be rather difficult, but I did think that parallel parking would be difficult and I managed to pull that off rather seamlessly. We went to an empty hotel car park - probably empty because it was a bad hotel? Who knows. But what I did know is that it's a good job it was empty because it would give me enough room if I were to suddenly make a mistake. And, to my shock, I didn't make any. I really do believe I'm better going backwards in a car. As useful as that sounds, it's not very practical. Both to the left and to the right, it was all rather simple. Probably too simple. I was using the concave mini-mirrors though but for first attempts, they would have resulted in a pass in the test. Maybe a bit of correcting, but that's allowed!
If you may remember (if not, then shame on you), I didn't have a good experience with a hill. I almost rolled down into the car behind me. So, after going down a very steep one, only using my foot brake, it was time to relearn hill starts. I'm actually good at this too. I don't know where my knowledge went from last week. I can balance power and clutch until I release the handbrake and I'm away. I did this again. And again. And again. And then carried on.
Not much more to say really. Just some more ego boosting with another overtake which saw me press on over 70mph, to get past a vehicle safely (it's allowed apparently) and all that. And, finally, that's all my manoeuvres learned. Just need to perfect them and I'll be sorted.

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