Kat Fanton

Starting to learn to drive at 28 and with anxiety was always going to be a scary move. I googled every driving instructor within a 20 mile radius to try and find someone who suited me. I finally came across Paul, I booked my first lesson via the LDC website and he got in contact with me nice and quickly and had a Saturday spot, result! He provided me with an LDC workbook which sets out everything you’ll come to learn as lessons, a lot of things get ticked off without you even thinking about doing them.

I really liked the structure of the LDC system, I could read up on what was to come which helped me to prepare. Especially when it came to the dreaded roundabout! My first lesson with Paul was brilliant, we went up to 15 miles an hour during the 2 hours and it felt like the speed of light. Everything was new, scary and driving on the road with others seemed impossible. Paul has the patience of a saint, I never once felt like he was telling me off or patronising me, which was something I had worried about. He helps you in a constructive way, he’ll talk through errors you make to help you understand why you made them, and how to avoid them next time.

I failed my first test, I had a lot of external stress and had no one to blame except myself, I had lessons between that and my next test and we went over what I had done wrong and made sure it would not happen again, and it didn’t! Paul really is a fantastic teacher, he’s generous with time and advice, easy to talk to and I would recommend him in a heartbeat to anyone looking to learn to drive.