Day 6 and 7: Kids and dogs running around on the road.

We take to the streets again. We drive around the block a few times. I do this in two different sessions with each twin. We then drive around two blocks. And then we decide to do the loop road which is very quiet. This is a narrow, basically, one lane road, so I hope we don’t meet anyone coming the other way. There are some road works on one section which make the road narrower. It has some hills to climb and descend from which is new, so far I've kept to flat roads. We do the loop road a few times.

Then we really stretch out and into a slightly busier street, which really means we may actually pass a car. T1 and I do this a few times and our confidence is building.

Until. Until we need to turn left, which is not a problem, except there are three dogs running up and down the street off leash, followed by a few kids and a women chasing said dogs. Usually dogs off leash don’t bother me as I also have dogs. But with a learner driver this i,s to say the leas,t a great learning experience. T1 almost stalls and then keeps driving until the dogs and kids change direction and thankfully he stalls and stops. We are in the middle of the road, kids, dogs and woman all running away. T1 and I swap places and I drive out of this situation. I don’t drive far as I believe in ‘getting back on the horse’ so to speak. I can’t actually ride a horse. We decide not to drive around that road again today and go back to our usual route.

It is amazing how fast 30 minutes go. I can see my life passing before my eyes in 30 minute allotments.

T2 has also had a near miss it is not just T1. He just forgot to brake when I said ‘Brake!!!’ and kept driving out into the road with an oncoming car. I see these all as teachable moments. I try to see the cup as half full…And we have insurance. Did you know that learner drivers are covered by your insurance at no extra cost? When they actually get their P's is when your insurance goes up.

We live to drive another day.