50th birthday ideas in Surrey...

March2012

Any ideas for a man?

Savvy_Sue

What kind of man?

Footie mad? Opera buff? celebrating with family or with mates?

When is the Big Birthday?

marlot

Something at Mercedes World at Brooklands? A few laps of the circuit?

http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/mercedes-benzworld/home/driving_experiences/Driving_Experiences.html?pid=mbw_hp_news_drivingExperiences

Farway

As before, what does he like?

Day out at RHS Wisley perhaps, with pub lunch at http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/53376/

JJ_Egan

March2012 wrote: »

Any ideas for a man?

Your local heritage railway .

Savvy_Sue

marlot wrote: »

Something at Mercedes World at Brooklands? A few laps of the circuit?

http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/mercedes-benzworld/home/driving_experiences/Driving_Experiences.html?pid=mbw_hp_news_drivingExperiences

Picking up on this for entirely separate purposes, do you know what Mercedes World is like if you're not having a driving experience, and your walking is limited but you won't use a wheelchair? Likewise Brooklands Museum?

I think when he was younger FIL would have really enjoyed this. Not sure he'll cope now but thinking of trying it on our next get-together.

booksurr

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Picking up on this for entirely separate purposes, do you know what Mercedes World is like if you're not having a driving experience, and your walking is limited but you won't use a wheelchair? Likewise Brooklands Museum?

I think when he was younger FIL would have really enjoyed this. Not sure he'll cope now but thinking of trying it on our next get-together.

as you would expect from a relatively modern building the Mercedes World is of course fully accessible for those with disabilities. That said it is spread over several floors (lifts and or moving walkway access between them) so the distance to cover is not inconsequential, but it is indoors and so quite comfortable. Not sure about resting places however

Brooklands museum itself requires a lot of walking if you want to see round the many sheds and hangars

rather depends if he is interested enough to want to see it "all" and realises that it would be much easier to do so in a chair (I think you can borrow them from both places) or if he really won't then he may have to accept a compromise on what he can see

Savvy_Sue

booksurr wrote: »

as you would expect from a relatively modern building the Mercedes World is of course fully accessible for those with disabilities. That said it is spread over several floors (lifts and or moving walkway access between them) so the distance to cover is not inconsequential, but it is indoors and so quite comfortable. Not sure about resting places however

Brooklands museum itself requires a lot of walking if you want to see round the many sheds and hangars

rather depends if he is interested enough to want to see it "all" and realises that it would be much easier to do so in a chair (I think you can borrow them from both places) or if he really won't then he may have to accept a compromise on what he can see

Thanks, that is really helpful. TBH I don't know that he'll cope with looking at that much wherever we go: I do know that getting him in a wheelchair is about as likely as ... me becoming prime minister. But it sounds as if the BM world is likely to be a safer bet.