To ride a segway was not something I have always had a burning desire to do - though I was surprised to discover that they have actually only been a 'thing' since 2001. But, this was BRILLIANT fun!
We went to a local place to us, Mountain View Ranch which is in Caerphilly, and up the mountain as the name helpfully suggests. This was our first visit here but I think in general it is a place geared towards young families - it just so happens that they also offer a segway trail for grown ups too.
We arrived at our alloted time slot, 12 noon and discovered that we would be the only ones doing the trek at that time - think 4 is the maximum number.
We were each of us given a helmet to wear and then one at a time were given instructions as to how to stay balanced, and then move and steer the segway. To be honest I was a bit apprehensive beforehand that it would be tricky but it seriously isn't. There was a small practice track that we had to play on for 10 minutes before heading out.
A few times round this track and then we were off. Mostly on grasslands, but being on the side of the mountain there were quite a few hilly bits as well which were a lot of fun going up and down as you really have to shift your weight forward to go upwards and you don't half fly - well, the fastest you can go is just over 12 miles an hour but it feels pretty fast at the time. We, spent at least 50 minutes whizzing through parkland and past picnicking families. We did all mostly behave ourselves though the more confident we became the more I think we would have been happy to go faster. We even got to the stage where could shout 'look, no hands'.
This was SUCH fun and surprisingly so. I would definitely go back and do this again, for sure. Knowing now that it is actually easy to control I think I'd like to go full pelt on one.
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