so we booked the open team endurance event after looking at the three sisters very snazzy website. confirmation sent through with hardly any details about the event layout just be there at 17:30 for the briefing. arrive at 17:00 to be greeted by a lovely woman asking us why we are there. great start eventually she was told what was going on just take a seat and wait till the other teams arrive. 18:15 briefing starts 45minutes late for 10mins you watch the safety video then head over to the pit lane lane for practice. 30mins practice 2hr endurance race so we get to the pit lane first driver jumps in for his practice 1 lap complete the power just go on the kart and he is creeping round the track manages to get in the pit lane to be told it just needs to warm up by one of the marshalls and sent back out 2 mins later driver change kart cuts out in pit lane so we request another kart which was given however this one makes it to the end of the pit lane then promptly breaks down and wont start back up. so third kart now 15mins of practice gone and only 2 drivers been out for practice my turn out there to practice manage 1 lap then you guessed engine spluttering all power lossed mangaed to get to the pit lane for yet another kart change. 4th drivers turn now he jumps in the kart it cuts out the marshall pull the cord to start it which breaks in his hand so given another kart which now seems to be ok. practice over time for the race starting from the back of the grid due to all the kart changes which we thought was not our fault but hey we continue anyway. so race starts and immediatly appaarent is we dont have a competitive kart it seems that the power output of some karts are very different our one just seemed to hold back and never gave full throttle going down the straightest part of the track racing another driver the same weight as me and he is pulling away very fast. unfortunatly that was the story of our whole race and we finished some 10 laps behind the leaders. Three Sisters is proud to be referred to as 'The Jewel of the North' within the motorsport fraternity i find this to be a rather ambious statement i think the track and the event it self could be so much more the pit lane has massive pot holes in it the track it self has patchy repairs all over the place.the screen you watch your lap times on is a very old 14'' telly organisation is the key and unfortunatly there was very little of it here. so some thourough modernisation and newer karts better staff training and i would not hesitate to spend my money here till then i think i will look for better altenatives.

I was bought a triple supercar drive as a gift for a birthday and booked to drive Ferrari 360, Porsche 996 and Ariel Atom. I'll start with the good points regarding the circuit. The cars were well maintained and clean and the reception/check-in/briefing staff were excellent. I was rather annoyed with the organisation of the whole thing as with no experience of this particular track whatsoever, I was put straight into the hardest car to drive (Ariel Atom) after specifically asking when I booked over the phone if I could drive the Porsche/Ferrari 1st to be able to get used to the track in a more comfortable vehicle. Hence, I was not able to drive the Atom to my full ability due to lack of knowledge of the circuit. The instructors that were with me in the Porsche and the Atom both seemed like they were having a really bad day, were not particularly friendly, were miserable and were very pushy on track (overly necessary with instructions, which caused me to lose concentration) although Steve who instructed me in the Ferrari was excellent. Even though we received a discount on the full price with an offer I still beleieve that due to the poor service I received it was very overpriced at £189. I will not be recommending this, and will not be going there again due to this.

Celebrating my birthday my Son and I arranged for a 'driving experience' each in a Lamborghini driving round the circuit at Three Sisters. To be fair to the organisers our visit was organised and safe - also we got a discount for booking by phone 'on the day'. We were briefed and instructed and driving the car was a good experience - we enjoyed the event. However I have to say that what really spoiled the whole day was afterwards when we went to get pictures of us driving the car. (The 'official' photographers have access to best locations for a good photo so you are kind of obliged to buy one)

On offer was a hard copy print (£20) or a print a plus some pictures on a CD (£25) - Unfortunately (as it was then quite firmly explained by the woman in charge) it is 'not possible' to include pictures of two drivers on one CD and that for pictures of both of us on Disc(s) the cost would be £50 !!

This was justified by the view that 'We have to charge because lots of people would just say they are in a group wouldn't they... so those are the rules...I don't make the rules'

Having spent over £200 already - We chose not to pay an extra £50 for a CD though I did (reluctantly) pay £20 for a hard copy of my son driving in the car.

To cap it all they had run out of the cardboard backing frames for the pictures so all I got for the £20 was a printed off photo in a plastic bag.

(A cardboard frame was promised 'in the post' - I'm not holding my breath!)

I mentioned this at the 'de-brief' with the driving people. Apparently it is a 'different company' that do the pictures - the driving experience manager did offer a gratis 'passenger' trip - which I appreciated but didn't take up.

Bottom line is the whole thing is aimed at being an 'experience' (presumably a good one) - the picture is part of the experience; no-one expects something for nothing but excessive charging like this is another thing.

On this occasion my 'experience' was spoilt by an unfeeling and 'profit orientated' approach which couldn't see that.

I won't be recommending this 'experience' to anyone else I know.