Not too late?

Ok, so now thinking where to go for training. Peter Smythes’ school seems a very good option but it’s quite far from me…
My local driving centre has a manual 06 plate truck. A bit more expensive and offering 12hrs over 3 days, not 16 hrs so actually much more expensive. And they don’t do pass protection. The only good thing about it would be that I wouldn’t drive in a traffic…