If my hair suddenly starts to go even greyer than it is you will know it is because we have reached a new stage for the first time - DRIVING!!

At a time when everyone is concerned about the planet and global warming and encouraging the use of public transport and all that - we have increased our familys fleet to two.  Thats not counting my husbands work van. 

Son number one has saved enough money to buy a second hand vehicle that he can learn to drive in.  Our family vehicle is automatic and he wanted to learn in a vehicle with a manual gearbox. 

Lesson one was yesterday.  Several stallings, kangaroo hops, anxious nerves (both him and me!), but we survived.  He has realised that it is not going to come naturally, and will take some time to get used to, he  was a bit over-confident before I think.  I am looking forward to the weekend, when the teaching will fall to his Dad.  I drove manuals for years, but have only driven the automatic for the last few years, and it is going to be different having to switch between both sorts.

I think we are in for an interesting "ride" - should be fun!!!