We so enjoyed the Race of Champions last year that James arranged for us to go again with a few more people along for the ride. It was a freezing cold day though and with both Pauline and Sandra still recovering from cold it was only the very strong-willed of us (D, and three of James’ friends and I) who stayed until the end. Ha ha.

Because of the rubbish weather leading up the event the track was very slippery and oily so the big event we were looking for: Chris Hoy on his bike versus Lewis Hamilton in his car (I don’t even know how that could possibly be competitive) was put off. We were very disappointed but I guess with two cars crashing, including professional drivers, within the first few races I could see why Chris Hoy was hesitant to get out there and race. In actual fact the oily wet track made the race much more exciting the last year with chances of a crash being very high!

The format wasn’t different from last year with the Race of Nations, followed by some tricks by the dude who spins cars and then tricks by the bmxers, followed by the Race of Champions. In between Lewis Hamilton also came around and did a few laps around the track in both of his cars including his F1 car. Those F1 cars sure are noisy!

I had a great time but I sure was glad to get back into the relative warmth of the tube. Despite the fact I enjoy the colder weather in England today was even a bit too cold for me and my toes! It took a while to defrost them that’s for sure.