It’s a while since Little Miss C got behind the wheel for the first time thanks to Young Driver, but it’s something that she still keeps talking about avidly. 2017 was very much a year of change for me when it came to family circumstances, so when I next bumped into the Young Driver team at Blog On I was able to talk to them about the next stage of driving for my step daughter L. At 13 years old she is old enough for the next driving stage from what LMC tried - a proper car! When we told her about what we had planned it’s fair to say that she was in a stage of shock about what she was ... read more
Taking to the road with Young Driver
On Sunday morning I found myself being driven around the roof top of a shopping centre car park by six year old Little Miss C. Yes you did read that correctly, and no you don't need to be calling social services at this point. I guess I'd better explain... I'm pretty sure that most of you have heard about driving lessons for children that are not yet old enough to be legally driving on the road. It makes complete and utter sense to me that if you can start teaching children to drive earlier in a safe way then when they get to be actually on the road with other road users they can ... read more
The day Mrs C went driving
Cast your minds back to Christmas 2011. A long time ago I realise, but it was that Christmas Day that Mr C presented me with a voucher to for a track day experience in a single seater racing car. The pair of us are huge F1 fans and years ago he went for a Porsche vs Ferrari driving experience that I was still rather jealous of. When I came to actually book my driving experience in late January there was a bit of a niggle in my mind as I read all the T&Cs about medical conditions that might preclude you from taking part. One quick pee on a stick pregnancy test later and I realised that I ... read more