Drive A Ferrari

Some people like Lamborghini's, others prefer a Porsche - I'm a Ferrari girl myself. I love the stylish exterior, the rev of the engine always makes me switch down the radio, whenever one is near me on the road and I love the luxury that surrounds them.

Choosing this task to do was quite easy. Finding the track in Leicestershire where I was to drive one, wasn't! When eventually we found it, everything seemed fairly straight forward. You registered on arrival - check. Got ripped off by the waiver that covers you if you have an accident - check and then went out in the practice car - check.

Then the waiting and the panicking, what if I can't drive the thing? Then along came the Ferrari 360 Spider, a 2 seater car with the roof down and suddenly it was my turn!

I slid into the luxurious leather seats, that seemed so low down, it felt like I was touching the floor and got to grips with the controls of the car. The pedals seemed so close together, it took me a couple of laps to get used to them.

Then I was off on the first of my three laps and having to navigate the course, which made absolutely no sense to me and put my foot to the floor, whilst trying to change gear. All I kept hearing from my instructor was that I kept taking my foot off the accelerator. Well it was bloomin' scary approaching a bend going that fast!

Thankfully I didn't stall the thing, but I kept getting the wrong gear, when changing into 5 and 6!

No accidents either (good job I paid £25 to cover me then!) and I managed to successfully navigate the car back into the aerodrome where I started from.

I did enjoy the experience, but the three laps just wasn't enough time for me to get to grips with the car. I also felt very pressured to go faster than what I felt safe driving, although I have to admit on the straight, I did in excess of 120mph and loved it!

I did think perhaps I should have just hired a Ferrari for the day and just pottered around, but where is the fun in that? These cars are built for speed and where on the open road, would you have to chance to race them at that speed? It was amazing to see just how fast these cars went with little effort.

If I ever won the lottery, then a Ferrari would definitely be on my list, but for now, I will just have to make do with my good old Ford!

Where I'm At....

This week I've been busy:-

• Finishing Anna Karenina (806 pages!)
• Reading Terry Pratchett for the first time (strange!)
• Getting my holidays approved at work so I can go to New York for the New Year (yipee!)
• Chasing up confirmation of my Ferrari experience day
• Awaiting a receipt from Marie Curie so I can claim cash match from my employees for the money raised for my Ben Nevis climb (it arrived yesterday, but now I can't find my cash match letter!)

and now I'm currently:-

• Watching The A Team (I love it when a plan comes together!)

Another task nearly done!

On July 26th, I will be driving one of these babies. I'm a little bit nervous, mostly excited and can't wait until I actually sit inside one! I should be on Radio Nottingham, very shortly after that, to update everyone on my task list.

Toodle pip!

I'm Falling Behind.....

Not felt that great this week since having a dodgy veggie burger on Tuesday (yes apparently there is such a thing!), so my training schedule has fell well behind. I've also got a load of things to get organised for my task list. I still have stuff to buy for the climb, accommodation to book, my drive in a Ferrari to book and I need to seriously think about Africa and how I'm going to organise it. On a good note, my hubbie has rearranged his DB9 day, so that means he will accompany me to the Ben Nevis climb and at least take the pressure off myself having to drive all the way there and back. But, a week tomorrow I will be on holiday (no idea where - it's a surprise!), so if I get most of the above organised before I go, I will be a happy bunny.

Guess What?

My evil twin won! I am now the proud owner of a Ferrari experience, well at least I will be when the paperwork comes through the post.

It's also my blog birthday today - this blog is officially one year old today! Just think this time last year, I'd not appeared on Radio Nottingham, I wasn't married and this blog was just a small project that I thought I would get bored with very quickly!

Hope you've enjoyed the show so far - there's plenty more to come!

Decisions, Decisions

I need to still buy walking gear for my Ben Nevis Mountain challenge on June 1st. The sensible person in me, knows that this is a priority, above anything else on my list.

My evil twin really wants me to spend the money driving this baby.

If I purchase the driving experience today, I get 20% off.

Mmmm, what would you do?