Hi everyone, Here’s to a great 2010!!

I am sitting in the office looking out the window at the snow melting. The forecast is for more snow so I don’t think it is over yet but at least we can get back to some normality. The Iscal instructor’s have been real troopers through the bad weather and those pupils who braved the bad conditions had a real “money can’t buy” experience at driving in snow and ice. So much safer than experiencing it on your own for the first time!! I got iced in for a couple of days as even the family 4x4 couldn’t tackle the steep hill which was a sheet of ice. The local shop looked like it had closed down as everybody had been panic buying!!

Have you made your new year resolutions? This is definitely the year I am going to lose weight but apart from the normal stop eating, stop smoking, stop lounging about, stop living!! How about START LIVING!! Yes, make this year the year you learn to drive or get down to taking your test. Did you start taking lessons and stop for one reason or another? Need some motivation? How about these:

No more relying on friends and family for lifts
No more waiting in the pouring rain for public transport
Better job prospects
Escaping the house
Going to the beach
Visiting friends
Just hopping in the car and going off on a whim
No restrictions on the amount of luggage you take
Best of all - FREEDOM

Even if you have passed your test and are now zipping around in your own car, have you thought about extra training? Especially in this weather. Do you know how to drive on snow and ice? Have you had a scare? Do you know what to do if the cars skids? Do you feel that you driving could be better?

We have come up with a great deal for you!!

If you want to start learning to drive or have had a gap in your training with us why not take advantage of our fantastic winter offer? SAVE £6.50 per hour Buy as many lessons as you like at a once only price of £20 per hour - that is a saving of up to £6.50 per hour. Buy now as this special rate will be ending very soon.

Taking lessons with us already?

If you are already taking lessons with us - don’t worry - we haven’t forgotten you. We are also running a special deal for you: For each new pupil you bring to us who has a minimum of 9 hours we will give you £1 per hour off each and every lesson you take with us from then on.

How this works: You take 3 hours with us at £25 per hour You recommend friend 1 who pays for 9 hours. You take some more lessons but at £24 per hour You recommend friends 2 and 3 who each take 9 hours You lessons are now costing you £22 per hour You now like this idea and work hard finding friends who do not drive and introduce another 10 friends. Wow!! Your lessons are now only costing you £12 per hour and yes, you’ve guessed it - introduce 25 friends and........... ALL YOUR LESSONS FROM NOW ON ARE TOTALLY FREE!!

What a fantastic offer!! Get your lessons totally free now - introduce as many friends as you can and each recommendation will earn your £1 off your lessons.

Passed your test? We have an offer for you as well!!

Recommend a friend and when they take 9 hours with us we will give you £10. There is no limit on the amount of friends you can recommend so why not start saving for that special something you want? Is it the iphone or a wii? Whatever it is, at £10 per recommendation you could soon have one.

Loads of you have been asking how things are going since we closed our office in the centre of town due to the rent increases. Well, we now have a small cosy desk at home where I run the business and it is working really well. I have found time to concentrate a little more of developing the website - do check it out at www.iscaldrivingtuition.co.uk Please do write on the blog - tell us about yourself and why you are learning to drive and perhaps how your lessons are going. It would be lovely to hear from you especially as the down side to not having the office is I no longer get to meet everyone so it would be lovely to chat to you all online. Also the blog is a useful way of asking questions. Other pupils can then see the answers as well. So, go on, get your creative juices flowing!! I am also working on a method to practice the theory on the website so do keep checking in. Any suggestions for the website will be gratefully received - don’t forget it is your website so if we have missed something let us know.

All the best