Our Charity
We are raising money for the Perthes Association.
Perthes disease is a potentially crippling disease of the hip which affects children (mainly boys) between the ages of 2 and 15 years. In Perthes disease the blood supply to the growth plate of the bone at the end of the femur (the ball and socket joint of the hip) becomes inadequate. As a result the bone softens and breaks down.
We have chosen this charity as my son, Max, was a Perthes sufferer and spent over 18 months in a wheelchair.
Sunday 13th July - The Ring!!!
On Sunday morning we set off on the 30 minute trip from the hotel to the ring. Dadnav was working well, dispite finding a section of our route closed (ignored the road closed sign) and having to pick our way through cones and a up what was once a road and now was a dirt track we took our place in the carpark with all the other supercars at the Nurburgring.
Driving the Kak around the Nurburgring was at the sametime terrifying and exhilarating. It is not the most agile or quickest of cars. Having 911's, M5 Ring taxis and motorbikes coming up behind you at over 150mph whilst trying to muscle a 2 ton lump round one of the most challenging tracks on the planet does tend to jeopardise the cleanliness of your pants at times! The only thing more nerve racking then driving was being in the passenger seat when Dad was driving.
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