Yesterday for the first time since October we did a good few miles in the Kia that I use for towing.
We drove to the farm where our caravan is stored to check it over, it was the first time we'd seen it since last September.
The caravan is ok, nothing wrong that a good exterior wash and wax won't solve, and because yesterday was a nice warm and sunny day I decided to take a bit of a roundabout drive back home to give the Kia a run back up the motorway.
I noticed that my standard of driving wasn't quite as good as it was before my long absence from trunk roads and motorways due to lockdown.
As an ex Class 1 HGV driver I've always done my best to maintain a good standard of driving and awareness, to the point where every few weeks I'd imagine that a driving test examiner was in the car watching how I was driving.
I've often tested myself with a mental 'talk through' as Institute of Advanced Motorists do to keep their situational awareness high.
Yesterday, I felt that things that I'd normally see well in advance and begin to react to seemed to be happening just that little bit quicker, and my own reactions, although not unsafe, were not really as smooth or well executed as before the lockdown limited my driving to just five minute supermarket hops.
I think that I'll need to do a few more trips out in the car to tighten up my driving skills a wee bit before I begin to tow the caravan up and down the country this coming summer. 😯
We drove to the farm where our caravan is stored to check it over, it was the first time we'd seen it since last September.
The caravan is ok, nothing wrong that a good exterior wash and wax won't solve, and because yesterday was a nice warm and sunny day I decided to take a bit of a roundabout drive back home to give the Kia a run back up the motorway.
I noticed that my standard of driving wasn't quite as good as it was before my long absence from trunk roads and motorways due to lockdown.
As an ex Class 1 HGV driver I've always done my best to maintain a good standard of driving and awareness, to the point where every few weeks I'd imagine that a driving test examiner was in the car watching how I was driving.
I've often tested myself with a mental 'talk through' as Institute of Advanced Motorists do to keep their situational awareness high.
Yesterday, I felt that things that I'd normally see well in advance and begin to react to seemed to be happening just that little bit quicker, and my own reactions, although not unsafe, were not really as smooth or well executed as before the lockdown limited my driving to just five minute supermarket hops.
I think that I'll need to do a few more trips out in the car to tighten up my driving skills a wee bit before I begin to tow the caravan up and down the country this coming summer. 😯