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Experience Days in Yorkshire - gift experiences

Welcome to the shop. I've brought together a whole selection of experience days in Yorkshire from different merchants all over the web, the common factor being that they all happen in Yorkshire. I've tried a few of these myself over the past couple of years and can guarantee they make brilliant gifts. They're even better as last minute gifts, because with most of them you can print off a gift certificate at home. I haven't yet separated out kids experience and adventure days, but will be doing so in the near future.

Performance Car Driving Days
These are days at race tracks in Yorkshire (mainly Elvington) driving some of the most amazing performance cars known to man. Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Caterham 7's and more. These are fantastic fun, and make great corporate entertainment days as well.
Bungee Jumping and Rope Courses
Ideal for those with no sense of their own mortality. Bungee jumping and rope courses are available at various places in Yorkshire including Sheffield and the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge. Leave your brain behind before engaging in this activity.
Spa Days
Being pampered can make life seem a whole lot better sometimes - and these days at luxury spas around Yorkshire, cover facials, massages, saunas, steam rooms, and generally just totally relaxing in luxury surroundings.
Rally Driving
Rally driving is one of the most skilled forms of motor sport. Unlike the tedium of formula 1, with rally driving every situation is unique, and learning to cope with these situations is really beneficial to driving skills as a whole. Locations for these days out are generally in North Yorkshire.
Off-Road Driving
Now this is my favourite type of driving experience. Off-road driving in landrovers and quad bikes is tremendous fun. I've written up a quad-bike day near Thirsk that I did last year, and that's a pretty good guide to what these sort of experiences are like.
Swinton Park Cookery School
Swinton Park is one of the grandest stately homes in Yorkshire, near Masham. Nowadays it's a top class luxury hotel and conference centre. Throughout the year they run events like garden design days, wine appreciation lunches and jewel appreciation days. It's also home to a renowned cookery school featuring Rosemay Shrager, with courses on seafood, modern british and mediterranean cookery. There are even special courses for children and men.
Bird of Prey Days
Bird of prey handling days are absolutely amazing experiences. I did one near castleford last year and it was unforgettable. On my day out I flew a Harris Hawk, a European Eagle Owl and a peregrine. These are available at fantastic locations in the Dales.
Sphereing
What on earth is that you ask? Well, Sphereing is being strapped into a giant plastic ball and rolled downhill. This particular brannd of idiocy used to be confined to New Zealand, but it's now broken out and reached Leeds and Newcastle. Why anyone would pay money to be treated like this is beyond me, but they do as many an MP can testify.
Miscellaneous
This is where I've added everything that just didn't fit anywhere else. Things like ghost hunting, ice climbing, pole dancing and lots more.
Indoor Parachuting
Once upon a time parachuting involved jumping out of an aeroplane. Now there's also indoor parachuting in Sheffield as well. Suppose you have to find something to do with all those disused steel works. Thanks Margaret, thanks Gordon.
Flying Experiences
Various flying things at various locations in Yorkshire. helicopter sightseesing trips, acrobatics in Tiger Moths, Microlight flights, gliding , flying lessons. I'd particularly recommend the helicopter trips, as in many of them you can choose your own route, and might even be able to fly over your own house.
Luxury Hotel Breaks
For when the batteriers are run down and life's just a little too much, these breaks are guaranteed to refresh, revive and invigorate. Locations all over Yorkshire.

Comments (2)
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posted by danielle higgins 28/03/2009 01:19:04
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posted by Tenesha 03/10/2009 17:15:26
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