First thing this morning I treated the children and Keith to a McDonald's breakfast (well, Keith just had tea) as I needed to get some diesel from the Tesco store in Kettering. Mikey stayed at home but I took him a bacon roll and after he'd eaten it we drove him to Brixworth in Keith's car, our little Honda Jazz.
The idea was to then drive down to a large industrial estate on the edge of Northampton so that Sophie could get some practice driving the car. She'd christened it "Jim" and it was the first time she'd driven it properly. Keith sat in the front with her while I put the "L" plates on the car and then climbed, very nervously, into the back. I'm a terrible passenger, even with experienced drivers, so I had no idea how I'd handle being in the car with Sophie as a learner driver!
We set off very gingerly and she was fine, if a little nervous on roundabouts. As it was a Sunday the roads were extremely quiet and we only saw the odd car and just one lorry. We drove around for about 45 minutes and then we called it a day, thinking it was a good idea to end the session on a high note rather than prolong the driving and have Sophie make a mistake!
After we got home, we all did very little for the rest of the day. Today has been gorgeous again with clear blue skies and lots of sunshine, but it's very cold and tonight is supposed to be the coldest night of the winter so far!
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