Book your seat on these sightseeing flights from Nottingham Airport & get ready to see the best bits of Nottingham & Nottinghamshire

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Make your way to Folkestone's Creative Quarter for these silversmith courses! It's off to the Kent coastline for these wonderful jewellery making workshops where you have the chance to gets on hands-on with the ore to create some fabulous silver jewellery. This Kent studio is where Leah & Cerys create & sell their jewels & art. It's on a cobbled street in the very heart of the old town of Folkestone with lots of arts crafts cafes & eateries all around creating a lovely vibe to the whole area. We are offering a trio of silversmith courses at this Kent studio. For those curious to discover how silver can be worked there's the two-hour workshop to make a silver bangle. Simple yet highly effective a sterling silver band is a lovely piece of jewellery to make & wear. You'll learn the shaping techniques & even how to clean & polish your bangle so it shines brightly around your wrist. Silversmithing is suitable for all the family which is why we have the family ring-making workshop. Over two hours you will learn how to make a hammered silver ring each. Host Leah will assist the little ones with the bits of the process that involve heating up the metal so this is course that's suitable for even the youngest of silversmiths. For those wanting to really explore silversmithing using traditional techniques & methods we highly recommend the full-day course. You'll be concentrating on making a ring or a pendant adorned with a cabochon stone. That's to say a colourful stone that has been polished into a domed-form that's flat on the other side to fit perfectly into your silver creation. If you're wondering if you have the creative eye to participate in a course like this it's worth remembering what Leah herself says. She very much believes in Wabi Sabi which is the Japanese idea of 'beauty in imperfection' which means that h&-made touch just adds to the appeal & the charm of your jewellery. & of course everything you make during your silversmith course in Kent is yours to keep whether you wear it yourself or give it as a gorgeous bespoke gift. ...

Offroading in a Suzuki Vitara on intertwined 4x 4 trails with mud & water challenges galore at this purpose-built centre in Silverstone. ...

See the home of British Motorsport & lots more besides with helicopter rides over Silverstone & beyond taking off from Turweston Airfield. ...

Nothing beats driving solo around a track & on this single seater driving experience you'll be doing just that around a challenging purpose-built circuits. So pop your racing helmet on get ready on the start grid & follow those chequered flag dreams! The day you get to drive a single seater starts with familiarisation laps in a performance training car to give you valuable experience of the track so you can drive every corner & curve of the route. Your instructor sitting in the front passenger seat will explain the best way of making smooth rapid progress around the track in readiness for your main 'single-handed' event. You then advance into the world of single seaters finding yourself strapped into the stripped out cockpit of a legendary race tuned 1800cc Formula Ford. These open wheeled racers weigh next to nothing & have handling that's way beyond what you'll have ever experienced before. All current Formula One drivers started their careers going head to head in cars just like this
- now it's your turn. As you head out onto the track you'll have to adjust pretty quickly to the fact that it's just you & the single seater out there
- there's no room for co-pilots or passengers in these single seater machines. You probably won't remember much from your familiarisation laps as you're bound to be concentrating hard on just keeping a controlled lid on all that amazing power under foot but soon you'll get into the rhythm of it all hopefully getting faster & smoother on each lap. At the end of your single seater driving experience you will be presented with an individual driving assessment & personalised certificate. If you're looking for an unusual & memorable gift idea then one of our racing gift vouchers may fit the bill nicely. Please view our main page for the full range of racing car gifts using an Intothe Blue voucher or if you are looking for a present for a husband dad son or men in general then our gifts for men section has a great selection of ideas that will be sure to fit the bill..

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Sign up for a single seater driving experience & you can test drive a genuine Formula Renault car! These sessions out on the track are the real deal as you ride solo in your open wheeler around a circuit. Pull that full face helmet on & become that young buck Formula 1 racing driver you've always dreamt of being… Indeed Formula Renault has launched the careers of many a professional racing driver. The fleet of single seaters used on these experiences are from the halcyon days of Formula Renault when Italian motorsports company Tatuus was making the chassis & over 1000 of them were sold. The car was the standard from 2000-2009 for this racing series that is renowned & revered around Europe & beyond. The single seaters you'll be driving in are in tip-top racing condition & are constructed with a racing Tatuus chassis the Renault 2.0l 16v Alpine Race engine six speed sequential gear box & more than a hint of F1 styling. As you'll be driving on your own in these cars all exp... ...

10 laps in a Formula Race single seater at Knockhill Circuit in Fife the home of Scottish motorsport racing for a fantastic racing driver experience. ...

Drive solo in a Formula Ford single seater at this famous Motorsport UK-accredited Castle Combe track in the Cotswolds ...

This Essex skid control centre at North Weald Airfield near Epping has been instructing drivers for well over 20 years. Under their expert tuition you will have fun but most importantly you'll learn valuable skills in a car that could save lives once you're back out driving on the public roads. The two hour course is in the heart of Essex (but well away from all the cars on the roads) & will teach you all about skidding. All sessions start with a short briefing before you move out onto the pan in one of the BMW or Ford skid cars. You will share the vehicle with two other drivers each spending around 40 minutes at the wheel rotating through a variety of simulated skids & sliding situations. Skid control cars are standard but they are sitting in cradles which hydraulically lift the vehicle. The front & rear wheels on the cradle then reproduce loss of traction in different scenarios meaning you will be experiencing what hitting black ice or snow at anything from 10 to 60 mph feels like! The idea is that you'll sweep across the skid area at all angles & speeds discovering what makes you skid how you can avoid it & which way to steer when you feel the car slipping out of control. As these skid specialists will tell you it's all about recognising the behaviour of the car & balancing the steering brakes & throttle in order to regain control. This Essex venue is very well set up for skid training with a large pan & lots of challenges to tackle too. As your skills & confidence increase you will soon be able to push the car through a course combining gates curves & emergency braking areas whilst maintaining control. In fact you'll find that your reflex action when you start to skid is often the complete opposite to what you should do! Your Essex skid pan experience ends with an overall assessment of your performance & presentation of certificate. Don't forget as well as having fun you'll be learning valuable skills for everyday motoring situations. ...

Skid pan training Scotland
- don't panic! That's one of the first things you will learn as you take on the Knockhill skid pan.
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