Duncan Hacker

I took driving lessons in order to gain a standard car license. We have these lessons weekly, sometimes 1 a week occasionally 2. These were booked and payed for in blocks of 10 as a discount was offered when bought in blocks. I took a 2 year break from my lessons in order to spend some time traveling and working abroad. When I then returned to having lessons Siobhan was more than happy to pick up pretty much exactly where we left off. She had kept all the notes and progress from our lessons including a record of outstanding lessons I had already paid for. She was very accommodating and understanding of how and when we fit lessons in around my rather busy schedule. For example picking my up straight from work/college or having a lesson very early in the morning.

Siobhan was always friendly and happy, we would always talk and have a laugh whilst driving around. Even on days when my standard of driving slipped, the criticism was always constructive. One manoeuvre I struggled with in particular was parallel parking so Siobhan adapted the plans she had for the lessons to spend more time focusing on that. She would never bait me on to attempt something I wasn't comfortable with however, she knew how to push me past mental blocks I had to allow me to improve.

LDC was that first company I went with so I cant say I have an alternative to compare it to but the thought of switching to someone else never even crossed my mind. I was provided with an educational DVD and handbook that went over all aspects of driving which was handy to look over when I got home after a lesson. Siobhan would often refer back to the handbook if it concerned the specific point of the days lesson in case that explained it in a way that made more sense. Most of the time though, Siobhan explanations and illustrations were more than enough and during the latter half of my lessons I rarely found I needed to read the book.

Overall I couldn't fault my experience with Siobhan or LDC as I passed my driving test first time! They get my recommendation a 100 times over!