Parenting comes with plenty of expected milestones doesn't it. Those tentative first steps, that precious first day of school, their first trip to town with friends.
There are so many events that can leave you as a parent feeling proud of their independence, yet equally so powerless. I wasn't quite expecting that at the ages of 14 and 12, I would be watching my kids whizz around a racing circuit driving a £240,000 Lamborghini.
Yet the opportunity to take part in a Everyman Racing Driving Experience offered by TrackDays came their way and - with a bit of encouragement - they decided to give it a go. Join our FREE Manchester Family WhatsApp group by clicking here The crowds that greeted us at Wigan's Three Sisters Race Circuit, one of a number of venues hosting these experiences across the UK, showed us just how popular they are.
150 adults had already completed their experience on the Sunday morning and 250 juniors were booked in for the afternoon. My two were booked in to drive the Lamborghini Hurricane, a car costing £240k and one which juniors have only just been allowed to drive.
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