To celebrate the start of the new year and, indeed, the new decade, we promised we weren't going to get ourselves into what our friends officially term as 'pickles'. We also decided to work harder (already out of the window as it was a glorious powder day on the slopes so we snook out for a ski this morning!), we promised to exercise more (hence the morning of skiing!) and finally to eat more healthily, after scoffing pretty much our own bodyweight in Matchmaker chocolates over the festive break. Only problem with the eating healthily bit is that we're no...
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[caption id="attachment_1593" align="alignleft" width="250"] If the airlines like BA are striking, why not learn to fly yourself on holiday?![/caption] Since British Airways cabin crew staff have voted for 12 days of strike action over the Christmas and New Year period, quite possibly to be followed by Eurostar staff who are also threatening to strike over the same period, we've been putting our thinking hats on to work out what can be done. And we've come to the conclusion it's better to learn to fly yourself. Then if you fancy hopping across the Channel for a few turns on the ski...
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[caption id="attachment_1457" align="alignleft" width="250"] As our Mum said on seeing this picture 'You've got that determined look on your face'. Hmmm[/caption] On our recent visit to this rallying and supercar operator in Staffordshire, the guys and girls told us about this new supercar head to head experience that they are now offering - and it's a good one! You get to choose to drive two cars from a pool of four of the finest supercars out there at the moment : the Audi R8, Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari 360, and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. We have to say, it's not...
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[caption id="attachment_1402" align="alignright" width="250"] Be a Star in a car and race against the clock to hit the top of the leaderboard[/caption] The 'Star in a reasonably-priced car' is one of our favourite segments on Top Gear, when you watch the likes of Harry Enfield, Simon Cowell and Gordon Ramsay battling with the family saloon car to get the fastest lap they can, to make sure they don't disgrace themselves on the celebrity leaderboard. What really make us laugh is the onboard camera footage - much comedy when Michael Gambon clipped the last corner on two wheels, leading to Jeremy...
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[caption id="attachment_1362" align="alignright" width="250"] You teen could be driving one of these fab Italian supercars - the Lamborghini Gallardo or Murcielago[/caption] These experiences never cease to amaze us. As long as they're over 4'10" (that's 148cm) and aged between 12 and 16, your little car-mad darlings can actually get behind the wheel of some VERY expensive tin-wear driving supercars around the track. We love the fact that there's no need to have a driving license, as all driving is done on private race tracks. We also love the fact that their first driving experience could be in a seriously cool...
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