No Test...To Tank! - The Tank Snaps
Thanks to team at chooseyourevent.com and Juniper Leisure in Hampshire for helping Emily through her final challenge!
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1. No Test...To Tank! - The Tank Snaps
So the big day had finally arrived - Emily was going to go from no driving test... to driving a tank!
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Warren had a little surprise for Emily though, as she wasn't just driving the 55 ton tank...
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...but two other military vehicles as well - A 13 ton AVC people carrier and a 17 ton Abbots Artillery vehicle!
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Before setting off everybody on-site was given a safety briefing...
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...which even Warren listened too!
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Then it was time for Emily's first challenge - driving the 13 ton AVC people carrier.
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The controls in a military vehicle are slightly different from your normal people carrier!
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Warren grabbed Emily for some final thoughts before the challenge began...
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...and seconds later she was climbing in for her first drive around the course!
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After being shown the controls Emily was ready to drive...
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...and it was literally pedal to the metal...
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...as she confidently raced off down the track!
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5 minutes later Emily was back, having successfully made it through the first challenge of the day...
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....so to celebrate the instructors asked Emily and Warren to sit in the back of the AVC...
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...whilst they raced at top speed around the track again!
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Next up was the 17 ton Abbots Artillery vehicle....
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...which has some pretty impressive statistics!
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Emily was determined to complete all the challenges though and climbed in for her second drive of the day.
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After a quick chat with the instructor...
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...she was off confidently again, completing the course in a quicker time than before!
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With the other challenges complete all that remained was the Chieftain Tank. As the prepared it for Emily, she kept the adrenaline going with a quick session on the quad bikes...
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...who would have thought 3 weeks ago she hadn't driven anything for almost a decade?!
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Warren was also quick to make use of the spare time....
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...trying to beat Emily's time around the track in the AVC!
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Finally the time had arrived to take on the 55 ton Chieftain tank used by the British Army.
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The instructor gave Emily and the other visitors a quick run down on the controls and safety precautions....
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....and as if driving a tank wasn't stressful enough....
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...Emily would have a dozen passengers on board - including her family!
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Emily had come on leaps and bounds since the nervous days of the Milk Float though...
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....and pulled away in the tank without a hitch.
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Congratulations Emily! It's official, you can go from 'No Test...To Tank'! Thanks to team at chooseyourevent.com and Juniper Leisure in Hampshire for helping Emily through her final challenges!
