21st Birthday pressie - help
 

Daughter dear is going to be 21 in March:alien:

Have been thinking about something special to give her (obviously!) :o

So far, have come up with a 'driving experience' day - perhaps at Thruxton in the supercars:o

We are staying away from the bike theme, as she is (still) only 4ft 11 & half tall - and really struggles to get on most bikes:lol:

Budget - depends really - but prob up to £500 (only daughter, not quite spoilt, but this is being worked on I am told!)

Location - South of England pref

Ideas from the floor? :puzzled:

Flying lesson either helicopters (device of the devil, or fixed wing. USually around £125 for first lesson complete with instruction, briefing's etc. If you want some help in locating a good school down there, drop me a U2U

You could check out the Red Letter Day site;

http://www.redletterdays.co.uk/home/index.asp

You don't have to buy from there, but should be good for some varied and special activities.

Tim:frog:

Or hire a plane and pilot down there to take three of you to Le Touquet in France for lunch

Yeti - great idea - we have fairoaks Airport about 2 miles away from us - any idea on schools/hire etc there?

Tim - have looked at the Red Letter days site, but found the Thruxton site seems to give better value - do you know what the comparison is from Brands to Thruxton for driving the circuits?

C

Not sure about relative costs of driving days.

If she's a keen driver then rallying is a great option - its a lot of fun too - I did a couple of days recently and it was a real scream.

Tim

If she's a big driver as Tim says the rally days are great, I did one as a birthday pressie a few years ago, got there expecting some 4WD overboosted turbo'd monster, and was shown to a Mk2 Escort RS2000, and had one of the best days in a car ever, sideways everywhere!!

Weeksy - cheeky sod - you'll have to get past her (rather scrummy) boyfriend first!:P:lol:

Rallying sounds good - locations to look for? (will she fit behind the wheel/pedals tho - as very short legs & has cushion to drive her golf!!!!)

C:)

The rally school I attended had everything from the fully blown Scoobys down to a Vauxhall Nova. - They even did children's lessons, so I imagine they can cope with those vertically-challenged.

I think they do the schools at Brands as well as many circuits, but the most cost effective ones are probably not linked with a race circuit.

In my corporate days I've attended or been offered many different and varied activities, that have included - tank driving, car racing, rallying, clay-pigeon shooting, attending sporting events, foreign trips (Dublin, Paris, Iceland!!!).

Actually I haven't been offered anything in Iceland, but I did hear of a trip there where you stayed in a ice hotel or similar - can't remember the exact details, but sounded really good.

Or how about a skiing trip, or a trip to New York. Or a scuba diving course, or a personal shopper for the day and £500 credit!!

C'mon girl - get creative!!!

Tim:frog:

Jewellery, a watch or something she can keep more or less forever ?

I was given a (good) watch for my 21st and I've worn it practically every day since (a long time !)

I still enjoy the thought that it was my 21st present

I'll look into it for you C. As her b'day isn't till March, maybe we can arrange something in my trusty steed. Think you saw her at Popham didn't you? U2U if interested.

gold necklace mate,something she can keep & treasure.

Have decided to not go down the jewellery route, as her BF likes to do that (he's a 'Tiffanys chap' :o:devil: )

Yeti - will U2U, you:D - and Rattler, I'd thought about bungi jumping from a hot air balloon too:o:o

Cheers for suggestions peeps

C:)

Pressie
 

Nice Black monster 900

A good watch, a memorable weekend away with the family, write off some longstanding debts - at the end of the day, just being a damn good mother to her for the last 21 years has probably been enough so you can do wha'ever, she'll love you for it.

:sing::sing::roll::bouncy:

Anna's 21st last March - bought her an Omega Constellation watch made in the year she was born which she loves. Try ebay :)