33 Hours.
Today was time for a lovely run out in the countryside, cruising at 60MPH.
Straight away we headed off to Cockermouth but every time I went into 5th gear I was swerving to the right a little! I soon got the hang of it though by concentrating more on my right hand instead of the gear stick.
I'm getting up to 60MPH no problem at all now, but the fun started when I got to roundabouts! I've only ever done roundabouts in Workington, mainly the one by Matalan, which is quite big, so I was taking big wide swoops and cutting up the people on my left! It suddenly dawned on me after about half a dozen times what I was doing so I corrected myself the next time round and got it much better. I was approaching the roundabouts too fast or too slow at first too, but I got that sussed eventually. Though coming out of Cockermouth the first time (past Aldi) the roundabout was upon me before I knew it and I had to brake pretty damn sharpish!
We drove up and down Cockermouth a few times, all the while not knowing where I was going coz I don't know Cockermouth AT ALL! We even passed the Bitter End pub, so now I know where it is when people mention it!
Once my instructor was satisfied that I knew what I was doing we headed back to Workington through the middle of town. We got to Vulcans Lane and sat by the library waiting to go on the green light when some IDIOT (that's really the only word to describe her) stopped to allow some pedestrians to cross because they were on a green, then proceeded to sit next to the crossing until the light changed to green again!
Obviously, once the crossing has gone, the sequence starts again meaning that I go next, then she would, then the crossing again. Nope, she sat there looking like a right spoon, holding up the 2 cars behind that went through an amber light and blocked the whole junction, meaning that a car coming from the opposite direction was blocked from turning right! We couldn't believe it, you had to be there to really believe it actually! All the while, the lady in the middle car was shaking her head at the one in front, but she shouldn't have gone in the first place!
The last thing we did before heading home was taking a right at the Kwik Fit roundabout coming from town. I've never been that way before, just taken a left from that direction so that was interesting! I kinda cut it out totally so we went round and did it again. Much better this time!
Next week we're getting back to manoeuvres in town and hopefully I won't be hungover...
Straight away we headed off to Cockermouth but every time I went into 5th gear I was swerving to the right a little! I soon got the hang of it though by concentrating more on my right hand instead of the gear stick.
I'm getting up to 60MPH no problem at all now, but the fun started when I got to roundabouts! I've only ever done roundabouts in Workington, mainly the one by Matalan, which is quite big, so I was taking big wide swoops and cutting up the people on my left! It suddenly dawned on me after about half a dozen times what I was doing so I corrected myself the next time round and got it much better. I was approaching the roundabouts too fast or too slow at first too, but I got that sussed eventually. Though coming out of Cockermouth the first time (past Aldi) the roundabout was upon me before I knew it and I had to brake pretty damn sharpish!
We drove up and down Cockermouth a few times, all the while not knowing where I was going coz I don't know Cockermouth AT ALL! We even passed the Bitter End pub, so now I know where it is when people mention it!
Once my instructor was satisfied that I knew what I was doing we headed back to Workington through the middle of town. We got to Vulcans Lane and sat by the library waiting to go on the green light when some IDIOT (that's really the only word to describe her) stopped to allow some pedestrians to cross because they were on a green, then proceeded to sit next to the crossing until the light changed to green again!
Obviously, once the crossing has gone, the sequence starts again meaning that I go next, then she would, then the crossing again. Nope, she sat there looking like a right spoon, holding up the 2 cars behind that went through an amber light and blocked the whole junction, meaning that a car coming from the opposite direction was blocked from turning right! We couldn't believe it, you had to be there to really believe it actually! All the while, the lady in the middle car was shaking her head at the one in front, but she shouldn't have gone in the first place!The last thing we did before heading home was taking a right at the Kwik Fit roundabout coming from town. I've never been that way before, just taken a left from that direction so that was interesting! I kinda cut it out totally so we went round and did it again. Much better this time!
Next week we're getting back to manoeuvres in town and hopefully I won't be hungover...
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