My very first driving class!

On Saturday, persuaded by my friend Kumari, I finally enrolled myself in a driving school….. and on Sunday I had my first lesson. Ekanayake was my instructor and a very kind man he was too. He patiently introduced me to the various ‘thingys’ I would need to use let me have a go at ‘driving’. Yup the vehicle actually moved with me at its ‘controls’!!!! What a thrill!

I quite often forgot that I needed to use the clutch when changing gears and most of the time forgot that my right foot was resting on the accelerator and not the brakes. Hopefully I’ll manage to get all of that sorted out. I’m quite pleased that I didn’t kill anyone or anything (yet). Seeing that I was on a large open ground with not even a lamp post to leap out at me, that’s not much to write home about, but still….. I’m pleased.

My next class is on Wednesday after work. Wonder whether I will remember anything by then.