Top Gear Live

Last Saturday I took Dave to see Top Gear Live at the Acer Arena. Interesting concept - try and replicate a Top Gear episode live in a stadium. I have to say it was probably fantastic for the average 12 year old in the audience but to be honest I found it a bit boring. Clarkson and May were as amusing as ever (the Hamster wasn't there) but there's only so much you can do in a giant shed. At least I think it was Clarkson and May - our so called 'platinum' tickets afforded us a view of two blokes mucking about 800 metres away - they could have been anybody I suppose. I enjoy watching Top Gear for the way the car sequences are beautifully filmed. Also it's refreshing to see a bunch of middle aged men making fools of themselves - there should be more of that. Strip that away and you've basically just left with a bunch of hideously expensive cars that I'll never be able to afford. Maybe it's a lack of imagination or just realism but drooling over hyper expensive cars just doesn't interest me - hence probably why I didn't really enjoy the show that much. Would have to put it into the seriously uncool section of the 'cool wall'. Good way for them to make even more money though - so top marks for getting some out of me. Best bit? The Reliant Robin racing (see photo).