Wahey,its good to be back, 
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I havent been able to log on for ages due to work commitments,and pc going tats-up,robbing accounts and passwords 
Just wanted to say hi again,
Third time lucky , Finally passed my C + E April the 1st , (most apt date there ever was for me),At Steeton, near Keighley. in sterlings wagon n drag
Had a lady Examiner,Ms Angie Dallinson, Reversing was first excercise, (gulp)
took a shunt,to get straight, this time i left the barrier standing up (Wahey)
Still bricking it !as the examiner gets into the cab for the controlled stop exercise,seemed to go ok,
Then out the test centre we went,staight through a weight limit which she told me she had permission to go through,out the backroads towards Skipton, , i began chatting to her,still quite nervous about the test,and she chatted back, i told her the two monkeys joke,
Two monkeys in a bath,
Ist monkey goes hoo-ha-ha-ha (monkey noise,for natural blondes)
2nd monkey goes "put some bloody cold water in then
well i love it anyhow,cant remember the Heather Mills joke the examiner told me ,
We were out driving for a while,with various" pull in at the side of the road when safe and convenient to do so" stops"
Heading back to the test centre turning right,on a roundabout an artic tipper nicked some of my space going round the roundabout,pushing me to the inside,my trailer rumbled over the kerbing with a bounce( gutted ) just yards away from the test centre,Thought that had stuffed it! thinking there was no point doing uncouple/recouple, Did the exercise whilst beating miself up mentally,over the tipper incident,and that went ok, she checked mi lights,then clambered back into the cab, “just give me a moment to complete my paperwork” (double gulp), had mi head down in mi hands,im delighted to tell you darren that you have passed,(2 minors = 1 shunt ,and 1 steering fault). I knom how lucky i was to pass,with the tipper event,but she explained there was nothing else i could have done ,other than steer into the roundabout whilst braking! over the moon never thge less,still driving class 2 for nelsons at keighley,with the promise of holiday cover on artics as experience, we’ll see what happens