OVER the last two weeks I've been driving around an area which provides a brilliant amount of different driving conditions.

From roundabouts to narrow winding country or main roads, different speeds, really narrow bridges, uphill starts and a little bit of town driving.

Of course I was also introduced to the annoyance of over commanding by my dad - trying to do something while your instructor is babbling about something you're trying to do, or just saying contradictory things - does scramble the mind.

Well I guess we all have to live with annoyances and distraction while driving just remember to keep driving correctly!

As both of my driving lessons were nearly the same I'll first recount the second one.

I started off as usual by the side of the Old A1, pulling out, giving distance to an incoming cyclist.

After pulling out it was the usual driving conditions - keeping a good speed, checking mirrors, making sure anyone overtaking did not cut in, the same old things that become second nature.

I approached the roundabout at the end of this leg of the road and went around while indicating right.

After exiting it was more normal driving, thankfully the road was clear for this time of day.

I got to a roundabout and continued on towards the turn, around point, another roundabout.

When I reached there I indicated right and went all the way round and continued back along the road I was on before, but by now the road had become a lot more busy.

I continued along the road until I approached a bridge that crossed the main road and had entrances on both sides of the road, most likely to stop any accidents from cars passing over the opposite carriageway.

I turned into this little arch road but when I stopped at the top of it and tried to enter onto the main road over the bridge I did not turn enough and had to stop and roll back, and try the turning again.

This time I did it, as I say it's always better to find these things out on a empty road than a busy one.

Well after this I continued on through a village to a very narrow bridge with traffic lights controlling it.

I did this without fault - well until I stopped on the opposite side and had to do an uphill start, but a little wheel spin on the exit meant I now know how to control it better!

After this I got back on to the old A1 following a car around the roundabout and off onto the road where I had started.

I then went off onto a widening road towards Knaresborough, on this linking road in a village I stalled and had to do steep uphill start.

Not the best but it went well, after this I just had to deal with the traffic on the road leading to Knaresborough and when I entered it I went down a side road and swapped over, a very good time for me, at least I did not have to tackle very steep and busy Briggate road, I'll leave that till I have my own car!