Driving the course in a Cooper S
Driving a Racing Car, Three Sisters Racetrack, Wigan, Lancashire - 24th June 2008
For the previous Christmas - and including last year's 40th birthday - Nosher's Sis and brother-in-law get a voucher for one of those "Experience" dealies - this one for the chance to drive a Formula Ford racing car. Despite the voucher having actually expired, a trip is finally arranged it to take place at Three Sisters near Manchester, and so Nosher and Isobel trundle over to Lancashire for a go. It's good fun too - the cars, although rev-limited, can still go from 0-60 in around 4.7 seconds and reach 130mph, which is pretty quick when you're only a couple of centimeters from the ground. During the practice laps driving a Mini Cooper S, Isobel takes hold of the camera and gets some groovy action shots, then after the racing we take the scenic route from Macclesfield over the Pennines and stop off at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire - a place visited often in childhood - for a very quick look around.
next album: Qualcomm at Alton Towers, Staffordshire - 29th June 2008
previous album: A New Bedroom, and The Cambridge County Show, Parker's Piece, Cambridge and Brome - 14th June 2008
Nosher in overalls at the Three Sisters Racetrack
More hanging around
We're all in the briefing room
A Ferrari 350 cruises around
The drivers walk over to the garages
A scrum of drivers by the garage
Nosher again
The 'experiencers' mill around the cars
Action view of another Ferrari 350 on its way around
Nosher peers out from his helmet
Time for practice laps in a Mini Cooper
Speeding round in a Cooper S
Exiting the Cooper S after the practice run
In the cokpit of a Formula Ford
It's thumbs up for launch
A tip o' the visor
Nosher speeds past the pits
After a few laps, it's Game Over
Isobel scopes the menu in the Cat and Fiddle
The Cat and Fiddle, on the top of the moor
The eponymous pub on the Cat and Fiddle Pass
The road to Macclesfield
The Cheshire Plain looks like sea in the background
The stable gate at Chatsworth
The stables of Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House in all its Palladian glory
Many a window to clean
A sheep
Golden gates (and check out the patterns in the stone columns)
The stables' gate house
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Driving the course in a Cooper S
Driving the course in a Cooper S
Nosher in overalls at the Three Sisters Racetrack
More hanging around
We're all in the briefing room
A Ferrari 350 cruises around
The drivers walk over to the garages
A scrum of drivers by the garage
Nosher again
The 'experiencers' mill around the cars
Action view of another Ferrari 350 on its way around
Nosher peers out from his helmet
Time for practice laps in a Mini Cooper
Speeding round in a Cooper S
Exiting the Cooper S after the practice run
In the cokpit of a Formula Ford
It's thumbs up for launch
A tip o' the visor
Nosher speeds past the pits
After a few laps, it's Game Over
Isobel scopes the menu in the Cat and Fiddle
The Cat and Fiddle, on the top of the moor
The eponymous pub on the Cat and Fiddle Pass
The road to Macclesfield
The Cheshire Plain looks like sea in the background
The stable gate at Chatsworth
The stables of Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House in all its Palladian glory
Many a window to clean
A sheep
Golden gates (and check out the patterns in the stone columns)
The stables' gate house