Yesterday my brother and myself drove to Cowlinge, Suffolk to spend the day with our cousin and her family.

We went Go-Karting at Red Lodge Karting in Red Lodge near Bury-st-Edmonds.

We had a fantastic half hour on the course, for £24 its not too bad per person.

The karts were great, very fast compared to some of the other go-karts I’ve been on around the UK. The track was excellent, and it was great when it rained and we skidded everywhere.

Just a few pointers for the course staff:

• Have spare karts ready incase one breaks, like mine did. Spare karts should be next to the track, not in the barn.
• Test all the karts before they go on the track, my Great-Cousin Daniel’s kart was faulty and painfully slow for 15 minutes.
• Put more staff on the track.
• Mark the protective suits with sizes.
• Increase the size of the car park, it is tiny.
• Explain the safety instructions in English, not in ‘I’ve done this 30 times already today so I’ll say the safety instructions very fast, with no interest what-so-ever and think that everyone will understand me because they can read my mind’.

Other than those points, this track is well worth a visit, but do ask the team at the course….where the spare carts are, incase things go wrong (and they will, as to be expected).

Mark raced the Dad of another family for most of his time on the track….it was very entertaining to watch Mark overtake the Dad on the inside and watch the frustrated Dad trying to get Mark back.