A dream, an adventure.

[Suki Wingy]

Good for you, and be careful! Some of those little winding country roads scared me when I was living in Wales, and I never drove there!

[RICHARD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMsjR...eature=related

"LOOK, There Goes Chris!!!"

[ChrisH]

^^

You go girl, fantastic, i wish i had your courage , i am 52 and still don't drive, my mother was about my age when she got hers as well, but for me i think i just cannot do it now, the licence process has changed so much and is so much harder, but good for you,keep with it, you can do it.

Think it's perhaps more a touch of insanity than courage.

The licence test is a lot tougher here too and I think it's a good thing. Whether I will take to driving at all is the big question, but that should be obvious after a few lessons and if I do I have great confidence that the people who will be teaching me will lead me though.

I was surprised how the licence application process, even for a provisional, has changed too, it seems nearly as complicated as applying for a passport.

Good for you, and be careful! Some of those little winding country roads scared me when I was living in Wales, and I never drove there!

Don't worry we have lots of long straight ones too.

I may have to get new glasses too, the ones I have are the limited type of varifocals and won't do at all. Never mind, it'll just put my travelling plans back a while.

[kitten645]

Good for you Chris! I must say that my favorite part of vacationing in the UK was NOT driving! LOL! The train system there is amazing! By the same token, I loved that you could go two hours out of London in any direction and find a new beautiful place to explore. Wales is indeed one of the loveliest places I've ever been. Your dream sounds fantastic to me and very do-able.Good Luck!

[slick]

Can I come with you????

[carole]

You know a UK instructor took my daughter for a few lessons, he was only new out here and told us it was far harder to pass in the UK, i guess you have a lot more traffic so they need to make it a bit harder to pass, but hey you can do it.

[ChrisH]

slick, hell yeah! It'll be great fun, plus you can do the driving when we get to France - right side of the road for you, wrong for me - and you can walk Bobby up the hills and slopes that I can't.

kitten645, thank you.

Carole, I have heard it is so too, and I believe it consists of 2 tests not just one. There is the practical, where you are actually driving the car, and the theory test which in itself consists of two parts, multiple choice and hazard perception. You have to pass the theory and hazard perception sections at the same time, if you fail one you have to take the whole test again. So it looks like I'm going to have to do a lot of studying too.