Something For The Weekend: Following in the footsteps of Bond and the hamster, the world's largest Indoor Skydiving venue

I never had the desire to jump out of a plane. I never wanted to feel the wind beneath my hair. I certainly never trusted my hand eye coordination to save me from certain doom. When it was suggested to me that I should do this excursion, the conversation went a bit like this;

Dan "This week we want you to go indoor skydiving"

Sean"No chance"

Dan"No seriously, we want you to go into skydiving"

Sean"No chance"

Dan"Get a move on, you're going to miss your train"

Sean"Nope"

Dan"Move, Now!"

So after a quick diversion to the toilet (and to next), I set off to the centre just outside Bedford

Now to be honest, I don't scare that easily when it comes to thrill seeking experiences. I've done the usual ones like bungee jumps, zorbing et all but for some reason this was a bit different. I have to admit that I was nervous for this one.

I shouldn't have been though. The staff helped loads and are actually inside the wind tunnel with you. Once I heard that they filmed the latest Bond movie here (and that even Richard Hammond had been in) I calmed down a tad. I mean if the hamster can do it, anyone can. He can't even drive a dragster properly.

The thing to remember with the skydiving is that they ask you to be there an hour before. You really need to be and I wasn't. I got lost! In that hour they tell you what you need to do to fly properly and how important it is to relax. My lateness is the reason that I was unable to do the flying as well as every one else (see video above).

It is absolutely great fun, but you really want to go with a friend (you can take your friend for free, if you book your ticket on lastminute.com) as you get to fly at the same time. You even get a free DVD at the end.