Yeah, this thread isn't as cool as it sounds, just to warn you :)
I passed my driving test in late April, but being as my car is at home and I am at uni, I didn't get a chance to drive it until I came home yesterday. So today, very excited, I got into the car and pootled into Oxford (it's about half an hours drive from where I live).
I picked the worst. possible. day. to go driving on my own for the first time.
It started raining.
Then raining more.
Then raining even more.
The roads started to fill up, but I figured I'd do a few hours of shopping, come back, and the ground would've had a chance to absorb the water.
Nope.
I drove through at least five road-covering floods on the way back from Oxford. Three roads I was supposed to drive on were closed. I was going about 30 MPH on a dual carriageway, because you had to manouvre your way through the huge puddles.
It was so much fun! Seriously. It was really exciting - and good news, I didn't ruin the car!
Apparently, my Daddy was also floating his kayaks in our garden.
It's been a HORRIBLE day today..rainrainrainrainrain.
"Be nice. Think happy thoughts. Champion silver linings. Love all things (not just cute things like babies and kittens) & when you do love - love like they do in power ballads (you know like on a cliff with the wind in your hair and your eyes shut, knowing you'll never know love like this). Watch out for dog poo. Smile at people - even grumpy ones. Remember anything is possible & whatever you do always try to look on the bright side."
Well done on driving in those conditions, I think I would totally freak if that happened to me >_< I dont like driving on roads I havent been on before and worse still any like flood covered roads so like i really really admire you for what you did =]
And Mari on a sidenote, I wasnt one of the people that scared you in the car was I? I cnat even remember if you like were in my car or not though :p
I WILL FORGET THOSE THAT HAVE HURT ME
BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE WHO ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP ME
When we had one of the floods up here I was driving to a shopping centre. We only had to turn around once on the way there because of the floods but on the way back there was only 1 road (out of loads) that was open and the police we on that one directing people through the patch of the road that had the shallowest water. It wasn't fun as it took ages, the traffic was terrible and the water that was running on the road had a pretty fast current which didn't really affect driving through it but looked a bit scary beforehand.
" my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never, never leave you during your times of trials and suffering. When you see only one set of footprints it was then that I carried you" you were carried out of are lifes into the next and when its my time to leave this life I know i will be carried into the next life with you.
I wish i had my world complete again.
'Can we protend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, i could really use a wish right now' BoB
Yeah, this thread isn't as cool as it sounds, just to warn you :)
So today, very excited, I got into the car and pootled into Oxford
I love rain!
:)
I never heard the word "pootled" before. With all the puddles I suppose that made you a puddle pootler. A very memorable first trip all in all - thread still sounds cool then .
