Seasonal Shenanigans& Marvellous Merryment

An oft-discussed topic around this time of year is the office studio Christmas do.

We knew we wanted to fit in some gastronomic merry-making but that alone would not satisfy our appetite for seasonal shenanigans.

We got thinking; what could we do that would act as welcome exercise to relatively new-starters Iain and Nick (hi guys!) and also ready us for the festive season? After many random suggestions such as a James Bond film-a-thon and a trip to the Owlerton dog track, someone suggested Go-Karting and all other ideas were quickly shot-down - we were clearly onto something.

On the 6^th of December, 5^[1] of us headed to Avago Karting in Swinton for 50 laps around their indoor circuit.

It was a disciplined race with some restrained overtaking and only a few bumps and scrapes at the hairpin bend. On the chequered flag; Jamie finished in first whilst Iain took second place and scored the fastest lap. Scotty took the third podium place, with Steve and Tim in 4^th and 5^th respectively.

Averaging around 20 seconds a lap it seemed to end all too quickly, but needless to say, we all thoroughly enjoyed it; it certainly got us in the mood for further festivities.

As we start to slowly wind-down for Christmas, we have the lower-octane festive meal to look forward to which we’ll all be tackling at a more leisurely pace.

[1] Poor Laurie wasn’t feeling up to it after battling a vicious cold all week, and unfortunately, Nick had other plans that day.