DRIVING LESSON

Whilst I have learned to negotiate 'round-a-bouts' and driving on the left side of the road, parallel parking on the opposite side of the street on Britain's narrow roads continues to be a problem.

But, I got a friendly lesson from a helpful passerby this afternoon. Maurene and I had to head into the city and a woman observed me squeezing into a not-to-narrow space. When I got out of the car, she said, "Can I give you a tip?" I said sure, thinking she was going to give me some money for my excellent job of parking -I actually thought I'd done quite well. She proceeded to explain in some detail how to park a car. She qualified it by saying that 'someone had given her the same tip a year ago'. She admitted that before that time she was abysmal at parking.

I quickly gave a meek 'thank you'.

After she turned and headed down the pavement, I gave her a friendly gesture of recognition to let her know I had heard every word she said.