A super proud Dad moment today as I had the honour of driving Joshua to Clacton-On-Sea where he successfully passed his driving test at the 1st time of asking. He managed to get a late cancellation as his original test was provisionally booked sometime in October and then this 10 day cancellation came up which he jumped at. It wasn't ideal being in Clacton and thus we had to leave the house by 6:30am this morning as his test was at 8:30am, but this game him a good warm up drive on the way to the test.
The conditions couldn't have been better for a driving test with glorious sunshine, the roads were quite and the test instructor seemed a very friendly chap. I have to say I was a bit of a nervous wreck waiting for him whilst he was out on the test, in fact I think I was more nervous than Josh was himself! He was only out for just over 30 mins which I initially wasn't sure was a good or bad thing. His "show me" question was how to clean and wipe the rear window which luckily I had gone through with him the literally the night before the test.
The remarkable thing about Joshua passing today is that he only actually had two proper driving lessons, both in the past week. I invested a lot of time teaching Josh and so without blowing my own trumpet I take some credit for his pass. We saved an absolute fortune on driving lessons and only got him the two this week just for a final polish up of any test specific techniques and to drill out any bad habits he might have picked up. I think the fact that I had a lot at stake having taught him to drive is what made me feel more nervous than he did today. The whole day has evoked feelings of when I passed my own test many, many, many years ago now.
Anyway I can't say how proud I am of him, and now it is up to Brandon to match his older brother next year. No pressure............
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| Josh sets off on his driving test in glorious sunshine in Clacton-On-Sea |
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| 30-40 minutes later and he proudly holds the pass certificate. Well done son. |
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