Trainig is going pretty good, only got a few weeks left know, can not wait to go on my first duty, hopefully it will be as good as I hope it will be, little worried that I don’t know the area that I’ll be based at all, could be interesting, got myself a map though, so hopefully it will be ok.

Not long until the new F1 season either, really looking forward to it, Jenson and Hamilton in the same team should be great as well, will be happy if either of them win the champonship, although to be honest, would be happy if anyone but Massa and Alonso won.

I’ve started my training for the Police Specials, and not got long left, don’t want to say too much, but loving every minute of it so far, a lot better than what I thought it would be, mixture of theory and practical. We’ve got a knowledge check this week, for all the units we’ve covered so far, so spending a lot of time going over my notes…also printed some stuff off to put over my walls in my room. Personal safety has been a lot of fun, hard work though, had two days of it, and body was killing me by the end of the second day, bruises all over me at the moment .

Little worried that I am going to be based at a place that I know very little about, although I wont be allowed out by myself until after a year, so hopefully I’ll learn my way around, also got myself a map, which will hopefully help.

Become a bit obsessed with Road Wars and the such, watching them pretty much all the time now, does annoy me when some channels (Watch) play the same one 3 times a day…and yet I still watch it…

I’ll hopefully blog again within a few days, but dont hold your breath.

I’m not sure when I start training, I got a letter on Friday saying that I’ll be starting in January, however, I got a phone call a few hours later asking if I can start in April…little disappointed, going to phone up on Monday saying that it would be easier if I could stay doing the January session, as I’ve already got the time off work.  Hoping that they’ll be OK with it.

I’ve also got myself a new car, decided to get a Ford Focus 1.8 TDDi.

Very pleased with it, drives brilliantly, nice and comfy to drive, and seems very economical at the moment, managed to get 250 miles out of half a tank, which isn’t too bad I dont think, was getting around 300 from my Punto.

Was a little shocked when I first filled up, £55, hopefully it will last a month though, think I’ll cry if not. Doesn’t help that I have been driving it everywhere lately, since Tuesday I’ve done 250 miles. Tempted to go for a drive now xD.

Think thats all for now, I’ll most likely post again at the end of the week after my medical.

Wasn’t too sure on how the interview went, cant really remember what I said and what they asked, and wasn’t sure about the PIRT side of the day, if I failed any of it, I hoped it was the PIRT as I only had to wait 6 months before re-sitting it, rather than 12 months and re-applying for the interview.

I phoned up on Monday, and passed both parts! Got my results in the post today, and only just passed the PIRT’s…pass mark is 168 out of 264, and I got 173, but still a pass, so its all good.

I’ve got my fitness test on the 14th of November, and my medical on the 4th of December, and if I pass both of them, I start training on the 9th of January.

Also got the 5 tests as I mentioned below, I’ve got a book that has practice questions in to help me for this, which I’m going to start working though tomorrow, got my suit ready, just need to get a tie to wear. Part that I’m not looking forward to is having to get at the Headquarters for 8.45am…which is around a 45 minute drive away…really not looking forward to getting up early .

Got myself a new laptop today, my old one had been playing up for a while, and was getting out of date, and thought as I had been paid for Feedback Fun over the summer I would treat myself.

Ended up buying this one which I’m rather pleased with, also comes with the Windows 7 upgrade which I’m looking forward to, as I already cant stand Vista.

Not sure when I’ll next be blogging, its my 20th tomorrow so doubt I’ll be doing it then, so maybe before my interview.

Right, little update about my Police Specials application, on the 16th I had a awareness evening at the headquarters, was a good evening, answered a few questions that I was wondering about, and got to have a go at the Police Initial Recruitment Tests (PIRT) (5 altogether, Verbal Usage, Checking, Numerical Reasoning, Verbal Logical Reasoning and Observation), and also got to watch the fitness test, I was going to take part in the fitness test, however, the day before I had a ingrown toenail removed, and it was still a little painful to walk, so couldn’t take part. However, it doesn’t look as bad as I first thought it would be, believe I should be able to pass. Going read up on some of the English based PIR, English has never been a strong subject of mine, but hopefully its something I can work on.

While I was at the awareness evening, we where told that the dates for the assessment day (PIRT and interviews are held on this day), one in October, one in November and one in January, they said that most of the people in the room (40 to 50) would be taking them in January, which is rather annoying, would rather it was sooner, but gives me more time to get ready.

Different topic now…F1…always some drama going on off the track, which is one of the reasons I love it so much, latest is that Renault have been fixing races, for more information, the following links explain whats happened.

Renault called to face fix charge
Renault to launch Piquet lawsuit
Briatore out over Renault fix row
Renault blames Briatore & Symonds
Renault face Formula 1 fix fate

I’m really liking this latest twist in F1, I’m not a big fan of Renault, and despise Alonso, always happy when he has a crap race, but it doesn’t look like he’ll be charged with anything, which is rather annoying, but maybe he was involved, will hopefully find out soon, FIA have got their meeting tomorrow.