Well chuffed with my pass yesterday. It's a tremendous achievement for me to pass at the tender age of 35 as I've always been anxious about driving and honestly disliked everything about cars, but you just can't argue with the benefits being able to drive provides.

I've overcome my arch nemesis-double mini roundabouts and impressed myself with how I overtook one of those cement mixer lorry things. Very happy about not receiving any minors due to signaling, mirrors or speed.

The control-steering faults are warranted as I was incredibly nervous to the point my hands were shaking on the wheel and I did come out a bit wobbly on a few roundabouts, even giving the kerb a light tap at one point.

I absolutely tried to harakiri myself during the reverse bay parking exercise, the examiner left this to the very end of the test back at the testing centre, the position coming into the car park is pretty awkward and I made a very poor decision to park near one of the other candidates who came back from their test. Parked within the bay in the end, having made an adjustment. 

I think I got very lucky with my instructor, who was just fantastic all around and we're planning to go fishing together!

If I was to offer advice to learners I would say focus on safety and confidence during your test and think of it as showing off what you've learned.

2nd screenshot is my first attempt, which I admit-I was not adequately prepared for.

Passed 2nd time.