Raceland Karting

Driving of any sort is one of my all-​time favourite activities. I am at my happiest, and often most competitive, when I am behind the wheel. When I discovered that I would be going to Raceland, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, for a friend’s stag night, I was very excited.
This was my first experience of proper karting, and it was thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish. We had the whole venue to ourselves, with a grand prix style set-​up for the afternoon. There were qualifying races, followed by knockouts that culminated in a final race. This meant that everyone got a great amount of time on track, and if you weren’t driving you were able to watch the racing action as it unfolded.
Raceland offers both an indoor and outdoor karting track, as well as paintballing. Karting seems to be the main focus here though, and it shows in the quality of the experience. The whole time there was very smoothly run and organised, with quick driver changes between races, and standings and lap records etc. available on computer screens in the pits.
By the end of our time at Raceland, we were all buzzing. A great time from start to finish, and I hope to return there to try their outdoor circuit some time!