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The three so far have all been cancelled and the test centre has already told me tomorrow&#8217;s will be as well because of the low temperatures (that&#8217;s good of them because they say if I cancel now they&#8217;ll put me on the &#8216;bad weather&#8217; list so the pupil doesn&#8217;t have to pay and I don&#8217;t have to waste my time turning up when it isn&#8217;t going ahead).<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand it is costing me a bloody fortune. Four tests (2 hour bookings) and 4 hours of beginner lessons means nearly \u00a3300 lost income!<\/p>\n<p>But on the other hand those pupils nearing test standard have benefited greatly from being able to drive on snow and see how easy it is to skid if you drive or brake\u00a0even a little too quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Midlands we didn&#8217;t have a huge fall of snow, but on Monday evening it was as bad as it got. 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