Dad's 60th birthday - need inspiration...
Discussion
Afternoon all,
It's my old man's 60th birthday next July, and I'd really like to do something special for him. Trouble is, I'm rubbish when it comes to presents / surprises so was wondering whether the collective wisdom of PH could be put to the test.
I'll treat this like a "What Car?" thread in order to get all the relevant details across... so:
He likes (among other things):
Cars and motorsport (more Classic than modern)
Rugby
The outdoors
Planes, engineering and other "man stuff"
He doesn't like:
People making an obvious fuss (so no big surprise parties)
Anything that involves "getting dressed up like a clown" (his words)
I'd like to do something that involves the whole family (so my mum, dad, brother and I) - as well as extended close family (wife / girlfriend / children), but also has a "Dads and lads" element for him, my brother and I.
Initial thoughts were:
1. Goodwood revival for us lads in the day, stay somewhere nice with a good restaurant overnight (so we can have a family meal on the night). The whole "dressing up" thing may not suit though.
2. Le Mans Classic, meal etc as above.
3. Hire him a classic, nice country hotel / meal as above
4. Hot air balloon ride (doesn't seem special enough but he'd really enjoy it)
Budget is up to £500, plus spends. May go over for the perfect occasion.
Right - that's me spent. Over to the floor, and thanks in advance.
It's my old man's 60th birthday next July, and I'd really like to do something special for him. Trouble is, I'm rubbish when it comes to presents / surprises so was wondering whether the collective wisdom of PH could be put to the test.
I'll treat this like a "What Car?" thread in order to get all the relevant details across... so:
He likes (among other things):
Cars and motorsport (more Classic than modern)
Rugby
The outdoors
Planes, engineering and other "man stuff"
He doesn't like:
People making an obvious fuss (so no big surprise parties)
Anything that involves "getting dressed up like a clown" (his words)
I'd like to do something that involves the whole family (so my mum, dad, brother and I) - as well as extended close family (wife / girlfriend / children), but also has a "Dads and lads" element for him, my brother and I.
Initial thoughts were:
1. Goodwood revival for us lads in the day, stay somewhere nice with a good restaurant overnight (so we can have a family meal on the night). The whole "dressing up" thing may not suit though.
2. Le Mans Classic, meal etc as above.
3. Hire him a classic, nice country hotel / meal as above
4. Hot air balloon ride (doesn't seem special enough but he'd really enjoy it)
Budget is up to £500, plus spends. May go over for the perfect occasion.
Right - that's me spent. Over to the floor, and thanks in advance.
If your talking about a budget of up to £500, then i think the hot air balloon is favourite. Hiring a hotel will cost way more than that i would have thought. I was going to suggest a racing driving experience like they used to do at donington park, but a) the circuit is kinda fubar right now, and b) its only really for him not the rest of the family.
Bob Fossil said:
Justayellowbadge said:
Brooklands for the boys, spa at the Brooklands hotel for the girls, nice meal in the evening and stay overninght.
This I like. Thanks.Good dieras there. For my Dads 60th last year we did the following:
1) Converted all his old cine footage of us as children into DVD format
2) he was a ferret driver in the TA as a young ma, so we got him driving one of those around a field (with fake machine gun making realistic noises)
The attendance of Kent Police armed response unit, when neighbours had heard machine guns firing, was an added bonus!!!
1) Converted all his old cine footage of us as children into DVD format
2) he was a ferret driver in the TA as a young ma, so we got him driving one of those around a field (with fake machine gun making realistic noises)
The attendance of Kent Police armed response unit, when neighbours had heard machine guns firing, was an added bonus!!!
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