I AM LEARNING TO DRIVE.The most remarkable thing about this is that I’ve managed to get so far through adult life without doing it already — particularly given that I grew up in a village where buses were mythical beasts, to be summoned with sacrifices and beseeching prayers. But I’m doing it now, and it’s going pretty well.
Next stop: the theory test, so I’m practising for the highway code multiple choice and hazard perception. If, unlike me, you got your licence pre-2002, you’ll never have experienced the uncanny valley of the hazard perception