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journeys can be stressful. For some of us this might the first


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time we have driven any great distance. Most of us do the normal journey to work and back, but not much more than this, or maybe, iike some of my pupils, you might have only recently passed your driving test. Here are some tips to making your


hoiiday driving less demanding. Before you set off, be prepared. Check that you have enough fuei;


how many times have we done it, set off and five minutes down the road and we are pulling into a petrol station to get some fuel. So why not go the day before, fill it up and while you’re there check your oil and water levels. Are your tyres at the correct


pressure? This will also depend on the number of people travelling in the car and the amount of luggage that you are packing. Make sure there is at least 1.6mm of tread depth on all of your tyres, including the spare, as this is the minimum legal requirement. It is also a legal requirement that


all lights are in working order; have you got a spare bulb just in case one goes out when you are on your


journey? And fill up the windscreen wash reservoir and look at the wiper blades, check they are in good


for your Biker, by Nigel Mallinson.


HETHER you are planning to drive to the continent or a day trip to the coast, hoiiday


condition. While at the garage possibly get a bottle of water and a pack of mints, it seems to help keep my children occupied for a couple of hours before they start asking me: "Are we nearly there yet?" We play a game of who can make the mint last the longest, its surprising how far we can travel while eating one mint! Why not plan some games for in the car to keep the children entertained. Plan your journey. While more and more of us are


buying a GPS navigation system to guide us to our destinations, on longer trips why not plan in when and where you want to stop along the way? Take some time a few days before to research where you might want to stop and how long for. You won’t want to come back onto the road to find you’ve joined the back of the local rush hour traffic. It is recommended that we should


take a break from driving every two hours, for at least 15 minutes. Why not think about where and what you want to eat. Before becoming a driving


instructor I worked in a training department for a large company, part of my role involved me travelling into Scotland. I made a point of stopping at a service station close to the border, it had a lake with wild birds on it, I much preferred to walk around the lake while drinking my coffee than stare out over three lanes of fast-moving traffic.


Ribble Valley driving instructor Chris Peacock puts you in holiday driving mood. While planning your journey you


might want to consider when you are likely to pass through major cities and other congested parts of the country. Do you want to find yourself stuck on the "spaghetti junction" at rush hour, the traffic not moving, then hear a small voice from the back saying: "I need a wee... now!" Consider the time that you set off,


when and where you are going to stop, and for how long. If you have young children it may be better to travel through the night so they might possibly sleep on the journey. If you are travelling through the


night, or setting off in the early hours of the morning, remember that the roads might have a slight frost on them. Just because the afternoon sun warms the day it does not mean that the temperature cannot drop enough to freeze throughout the night. Once the sun has come up the light beams can shine onto a wet road surface, and then reflect up into your eyes. It is what my learners are finding


very difficult at the moment - the sun - can be low in the sky and the roads wet and reflective. They can lower the sun visor, but they are still getting the bright light in their eyes. I always carry a pair of sunglasses in the car for that reason. Breakdown cover - have you got


any? What will you do if the car will not


start; you could be miles away from


home or even in a different country. If you currently have breakdown cover and are planning to drive abroad, does the breakdown policy include Europe? A phone call a couple of days before the trip could save you hundreds of pounds. And if you do not have a policy


that will assist you in the event of a breakdown, it might be worth making an inquiry, a search on the internet will allow you to view lots of different breakdown policies and decide which one best suits your needs. Car crime - don't allow yourself to


be the victim. It is so easily done, especially when


you are in that holiday mood; you let your guard down, do things that you would not normally do in your own town. You will stand out as a tourist ' to the local criminal element. Never leave handbags, cameras


and other attractive items in obvious view, even when you are in the car, arid never leave anything in view in an unattended car. If you are planning to travel to a


different country, specific advice on car crime can be sought from the Foreign Office. Its Travel Advice Unit can be contacted on 0845 850 2829, or visit the Foreign Office website at: www.fco.gov.uk/en/traveiling-and-


living-overseas/travel-advice-by- country/ Emergency contact. We all know from an early age the telephone number to call in case of


an emergency - 999 - but what if you are not in this country? My children seem to know the emergency telephone number for America (911), possibly they have heard it so many times on television and in films. But what is the number if you are


in Europe? 112 is a European emergency call number you can dial in the 27 Member States of the European Union in case of accident, assault or in any other distress t situation. Let’s hope that we never need to


use these numbers,but its better to have them stored in your phone before going abroad, you don’t want to find yourself in an emergency trying to communicate with somebody in a foreign country were both of you do not speak the same language. And finally™ Although I have never needed to


try this myself, I have been told that it works. What if you find that you have locked your car keys in the car and your spare set is at home? Instead of having a family member


making a long round journey just to unlock the car, ask them to press the unlock button on the key fob next to their phone while you hold your mobile phone close to the car. The sound and frequency should


unlock your car. Let’s hope that you never need to try this for real - but it might be fun to see if it really works!


m m c,;v-ci.7 m T l X'X* Turning Treadle, by Nigel Mallinson.


the first stage of its annual competition. The man with the difficult task of


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judging was Bob Dennis, the respected chairman of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union’s Judges and Lecturers Committee. He started by congratulating the


club for its very high standard of prints, well up on most of the clubs he visits. The two stories of the competition


were Margaret Haworth’s well- deserved first place in the open prints


UTSTANDING photographic prints were assessed when Ribblesdale Camera Club held


section with "Misty Dawn", and Nigel Mallinson’s superb black and white prints taking first place in the portraiture section and a clean sweep in the open monochrome section with first, second and third. Margaret is a longstanding club


member and has been very close to the prizes on many occasions, but this was the first time she had achieved top honours. Nigel’s successful pictures were


"Treadle Turner” , "Hand of Time" and "Water’s Edge" in the open section and "Biker” in the portraiture, three of which are shown here.


Raymond Greenwood also did very


well with first and second in the record section with "Bellagio Church Statues" and "Thread", and third in theopen section with "Over the Alps". Other successes were Trevor


Marklew and John Fletcher, with two placed entries each, and Stephen Robinson, Graham Dudley, John Fletcher and Sue Marsden, who were awarded one place each. For inquiries about Ribblesdale


Camera club, contact 01282 779167 or 01200 423474 or go along to a Tuesday evening meeting at West Bradford Village Hall, starting at 7-30 p.m.


VALLEY FEATURE estic monochromes


Water's Edge, by Nigel Mallinson. the Valley 13


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