(Hours 144 & 145)

A lesson full of overtaking! I've done it before but only the odd once or twice. I like to be the quiet driver that just sits behind the maintence vehicles and tractors all day, but the queue of traffic would be a huge problem. My first overtaking mission was to overtake a maintenance vehicle on a dual carriageway. We followed it quite a long way, but with bends in the road, it wasn't quite so safe to overtake. When I finally had the chance, it decided to turn left and exit the carriageway! I thought I was lucky, but my instructor insisted on finding me something to overtake after she saw my hesitance yesterday. Eventually, we went up and down the carriageway and in no time I was overtaking most obstacles blocking my track. It was a good exercise to build confidence but I'd still like to do more just so I'm comfortable doing it alone.

It's a lot to take in just to prepare me for this test, as the routes are new and the lanes leading to roundabouts are different. It's not 3 lanes anymore, but instead there's 2 with second exits on the left, which is also different to straight on. I've got to mention that's the hardest bit to grasp in all of the driving I've done!