Daredevil Stunt & Monster Truck Show

How could we resist anything which was called that!! Our friends Cat, Lee and Bruno told us about the Daredevil Stunt Show and Monster Truck Jam which was going on tonight at Plumpton Racecourse, so we decided to go for it! Gates opened at 6:30pm which is pretty close to bedtime actually, but the following day was no school (Inset Day), so we figured it was alright.

We secured some prime real estate in the middle of the arena so that we had a view of everything.

 The comic relief part of the show was "Bobo the Clown" who did stunts in little miniature cars and got in the way of the real stuntmen, etc. This type of humor was right up Tryfan's alley. My goodness was he ever laughing hysterically (the kind where he nearly pukes and can't breathe for a second or so) at this stupid Bobo-the-Clown's antics! It was pretty funny just to hear Tryfan laughing.

There was a lot of this type of stunt - relatively impressive at first, but does get old after a few laps of it! The MC kept going on about how wet and slippery the ground was, and how it was so difficult for the drivers to do this stunt. But our little contingent wasn't hugely impressed.

 But then they busted out the big guns and these guys started doing big jumps. I was pretty excited by then and did some loud whooping and cheering noises that frightened my posse! I think they were embarrassed to be standing near me! But I was impressed.

Ramp jumping action by a Daredevil.

Ramp jumping through fire action by another Daredevil

We entered the raffle drawing to win a seat on the other Monster Truck as she drove round the arena, but sadly didn't win. Tryfan really wanted to win!

Here is Tryfan with big teary eyes and a whiney voice saying that he wanted to go on the Monster Truck

Bandit, the Monster Truck, driving over smaller cars.

 It eventually ended and the evening was finished, and not too soon either! The most gorgeous evening in the month had turned pretty cold and windy and we were glad to get back into the car and drive home.

Me, Helene, Lee w/ Bruno, Rhiannon, Cat, Rhodri and Tryfan

It was a great evening though!