22nd June 2007 good lesson in rain

Quite a good lesson today managed to keep to every speed limit my instructor was watching though cos at one point I went 1mph over and he mentioned it though I was already on brake. Need more mirror checks. The only main mistake was on a roundabout quite busy cars in lanes on my right and looked clear so went on and a car was coming round so I had to stop and wait again. The odd gear mistake going round a bend in 3rd. Still ok at judging when safe to go at roundabouts and junctions. Did a different route today which had narrow roads and road with lot of parked cars did well with that.

Manoeuvres did reverse round corner twice first go I let car go bit fast and was looking in left wing mirror bit much my instructor thought I was going to hit kerb and said "you dare hit kerb you will be getting bus home" while I was straightening up managed it ok not hitting kerb. Instructor said it was quite good apart from going bit wide and fast. Next parallel park between a car and van. I started steering right bit early so was bit far from kerb so had to go forwrd to get closer to kerb then reverse bit more and need to stop looking in left wing mirror so much.
At end of lesson I did another reverse round corner narrow road and did wel on that. Then another parallel park my instructor said I was using left wing mirror bit much and half way through he said this is why you shouldn't use left mirror so much as in he thought I'd gone wrong or would hit kerb but I managed it ok and actually parked better and closer to kerb on this one than the first one no idea how.