Just finished two days with Andy Morrison (having had a couple of half days last year) and thought I would provide some feedback for anyone looking for more / further training... points are in random order
- lots of fun - make that LOTS of fun - Andy is a lovely chap to have coaching you - serious when needed, but light of touch otherwise with lots of interests outside driving as well - so plenty to chat about. Today, trying to get the z3 to do tight circles at Bruntingthrope ended up in my having fits of giggles - it was hilarious...
- gentle but firm - he is very good at introducing ideas / reminding you of what is needed and keeping your focus there (and bringing it back as necessary)
- annoyingly good and accurate
(said in the nicest way!) when you think you might be right, sadly he is always the one who is right! He must have paid stooges around the country as he can predict what other vehicles will do before their drivers know - it became a standing joke over the two days! But you learn a lot from his explaining how he knows...- wow what a driver - smooth fast, accurate - it is a real pleasure to be driven by him and a real learning time... very inspirational.
- I feel I have moved on enormously across the time with him (and he thinks so too - which is a relief!), so much theory makes sense now from a practical / experiental point of view
- I passed the IAM 17 years ago - I would say that a lot of that really helped as a foundation for what I did with Andy, but wow, what he does takes you several stages beyond that initial entry into AD
- so, if you have the time / desire / cash / etc. I can thoroughly recommend it - amazing experience - just be aware, you might need lots of fuel! (c. 18mpg today
)Alasdair
