The day before test day

Once again the day started with a trailer change, which all went to plan and then it was back to the reversing.
I had remembered most of what I did yesterday with reversing and so most of my attempts worked with one or two shunts. However when I got it really wrong I didn’t know how to get myself out of the mess I was in and then it all when horribly wrong. The first part of the manoeuvre was fine every time, but the problem came with lining the rear of the trailer up with the bay and then getting the lock off. Dave says I’m not getting the lock off quickly enough and that’s why I need to use the shunts. Apparently I have it lined up perfectly and by not putting the right hand lock of quickly the trailer goes round too far. He also warned me not to go too far once I realise its not going to work - better to take the shunt and try again than accidentally hit a pole, a cone or the curb because that would be a fail.
However, as with yesterday, I did manage to get it into the bay in one go - but only the once. I need to pray for one of those tomorrow in the test.
It was then out onto the road. There were a few nasty corners that Dave had yet to show me, so we went to discover and conquer these. Otherwise my general driving was fairly good and I only had a few close calls with the curb.
After lunch I did a mock test. The route Dave took took me on included some very narrow lanes and of course there were buses and trucks coming in the other direction. We then headed into more built up areas with a few tight left handers to negotiate without taking the railings too. Back at base Dave said I had seven minors which is a pass; you’re allowed up to 15. But some of the faults were silly things, like taking too long to get going with the gear change exercise and then failing to look over my shoulder and bad habits from the car such as looking in the mirrors and putting the indicators on at the same time, rather than doing one and then the other.
So hopefully I can master the reverse in the test tomorrow and then avoid the curbs when I’m out on the road; at least I have the morning to practice before my test at 1.00.