12/02/2026
Today was a drizzly, dark, cold, miserable day but Summer Hoadley brought me a little bit of sunshine every week during her lessons. She first messaged me just after big brother Ol passed his test and I thought ‘oh god, not another one’. I even said to her that I hoped she wasn’t like her brother (who was incredibly annoying). 🤣 Well, Summer wasn’t like her brother but she did bring her very own specialness to our lessons. The girl who can’t remember anything, even if we’d learnt it the week before. The girl who did not take to driving easily but only nearly killed us a few times. The girl who got her phone stolen, along with driving licence about a month before test 😩. But, after a lot of perseverance and determination, a lot of me saying ‘come on Summer, remember!!!’ and so much laughing, she’s bloody done it. And I could not be more proud of how Summer has actually managed to finally remember everything and I’ll be sad that I won’t get to listen to her stories every week. That’s 2 Hoadley children down, 1 to go, and from what I’ve heard, the worst is yet to come 😬😂😂. Congratulations Summer, I’m so happy for you 🚗🚗🥳🥳