Reduce Your Fuel Bills

Now buying my petrol at 119.50p per litre (exc vat) thanks to my business fuel card. It’s usually about 10 – 20p a litre less, but this company even beat their usual discounts with their occasional specials, and this week’s price is one of them! I have used them for a few months now, and

All Weather Driving

I’ve written this article during Lockdown due to driving lessons constantly being cancelled. I hope many will find it useful (though it is a bit of a tome) particularly during these cold, winter days we are having at the time of writing. The article is split into the three skills that cover the problems that

On Radio Again

Had a call from Radio Manchester about changes to learner driver training. 50 minutes in. Hilary https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08thy4w

Testing Phil Trow on Radio Manchester

I had another phone call from Radio Manchester again, asking me to talk about how the business was going during Covid and (the best bit) to set Phil 4 questions on driving. Great fun and we kind of ran out of time to cover everything, but we come in about 16.10pm on Drivetime with Phil

Customer Comments

Since moving the business to Full Licence Holders from Learners, I am putting comments up from pupils to show how they feel the lessons have been helpful. Full Licence Holders only and here they come: “Hilary has been an amazing instructor, very patient, and understanding who has enabled me to gradually grow in confidence with

Coronavirus Guidelines for Teaching Driving

A copy & Paste from the professional body to which I belong, that represents driving instructors, concerning what I would call ‘ barrier teaching’ is shown below. I have preceded the actual report with a summary of the legalities I received (thankfully) and this is shown in italics. Though not mentioned in the summary, the

Retreat time in Lockdown

There was a Chief Honcho from a monastic setup on Radio 4 the other day, discussing how so many people had turned to monasteries for advice on how to be happier during the Lockdown. Generally, the advice (and good it was) is to structure your day into ‘morning, noon and evening’. It helps to write

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In the Video ‘ We’ll be together again’

The local ‘4 Heatons Traders Association’ came up with this gem ( I’m on at the end, looking a tad self conscious), presumably to keep us occupied during the Lockdown. It’s tons better than I thought it would be and, the music’s grown on me too! Great fun and I want to do another one

Article in The Heatons Post / Virtual Driving Lesson

The publication is quite new and a nice idea for all things local. This is from the May 2020 edition covering the Radio Interview mentioned on the blog post prior to this one. I’m on page 14. Hilary.