Yas Marina Circuit

After a rather groggy start we loaded up the skylark and headed off to Abu Dhabi, Yas Island motor-racing circuit where Helen now works. She had got us tickets for the Aussie V8 Supercars meeting, souped up saloons. Its an hour drive but a pretty straight run. The stadium is very impressive and we went to the main grandstand, ending up in the executive boxes and also able to get a tour of the pits when the teams were tuning up the cars. Jack loved it, you could get right up to the drivers for autographs. The girls got a bit tired later so we headed back about 5pm, before the final races. More pics on the Facebook. The whole development at the racetrack is looking amazing- there is a links golf course and loads of hotels, plus Ferrari World which will be a huge indoor amusement park. The picture of Jack is on the pits tour- the onlookers were shouting "no-need to look so terrified son", and, "a couple more years and he'll have no hesitation" etc- very funny!