Moving up in size from last month's slot cars 21 of us had so much fun racing go karts at Karting Madness Braybrook.

It was great to see a wide range of ages, inluding one Junior who was able to join a Junior only session (so no "motivated" adults blasting past) in between the adult sessions.

The format was two qualifying sessions and then two race sessions. We were split fairly randomly into the two qaulifying groups. Based on overall times for our complete group we were split into the two race sessions - one for the faster drivers and the other for the not so fast.

With a grid start for each race and plenty of chances to overtake, and even more to get it wrong! there were some tense tussles and a lot of big grins.

I was surprised to find myself P4 in the quicker race and even more surprised to make a blinder off the grid into P2 at turn one and going into turn two. Stupidly I went too defensive and tried a touch too hard resulting in a spin, causing chaos behind me for which I can only aplogise, and placed last by quite a margin coming out of turn two.

Ah, the thrill of the chase! Overtaking is very satisfying and I was able to claw my way back to P4 at the end.

Everyone had a tale to tell, a lot to laugh about and had a great time.