Last week I attended the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Annual Christmas Awards in London – which before you say, is not just an excuse for a bunch of journalists to have an expensive knees up!

Being the designated driver for an evening out is not everyone’s top choice during the Christmas season, however there are some options which could change your opinion.

The media enjoy talking about age – everybody’s age matters, except our own of course. We’re always hearing things like “younger drivers are dangerous,” or “older drivers should be taken off the road.”

Christmas shopping can be a really festive start to the season and planned well you can get everything done without breaking the bank on parking. This week’s tips give advice to all those planning on making a day of getting all the Christmas shopping done.

It’s often easy to forget as advanced drivers that our journey started, as did everyone else’s, as a learner driver.