Well done to Naomi, who passed today with 5 driver faults.
This was a brilliant result considering that she hates driving, and after her first attempt was scuppered by nerves, she really put in a super performance on this one. She said that she felt even worse this time, but that the adrenalin kept her focused.
Because of what happened last time, I sat in on this test to give moral support. It was obvious to start with that the nerves were fighting for control, but they lost the battle as the test progressed. There were a few hairy moments – like trying (and, incredibly, succeeding – albeit with a smell of burning clutch) to do a hill start on probably the steepest hill in Nottingham in 2nd gear (the examiner joked about it at the end); and then where that idiot builder on the same hill was blocking the road, appeared to be having trouble getting up it himself, then waved us through (but you’d have had to go on the pavement to do so), then decided not to let you go after all. But you dealt with it all perfectly.
So that’s ALL those who have taken a test this year now passed. And the current run of consecutive passes continues.