Yesterday I took my 15 year old hormonal son to Aventura Amazonia Cercedilla. The weather was a little dodgy, it looked like it was about to rain at any moment, and I have to say my heart started to race a little when I let myself think about the possibility of a storm. You see, I am a little “frightened” of thunder and lightening having experience a nasty storm many years ago which has left me somewhat phobic. Anyway, to get back to the point, (I am a natural deviator...), the drive from Madrid took as around 45 minutes. We took the M607 and drove through some spectacular countryside to get to Cercedilla, a charming rustic village set in the Sierra, close to the Puerto de Navacerrada. The drive alone was worth it. When we arrived at the adventure park we were met by young team of fit people who first fitted us with the necessary equipment and then took us through a 20 minute training session about how behave like an ape in the trees SAFELY. Following this we were let loose amongst the 6 circuits which range from easy to darn right impossible! As my son is not yet 16 we were only permitted to tackle 4 circuits. The “Deportiva” and “XTrem” circuits are reserved for adults of 16 and over (and quite frankly I understand why!). So we started off on the “Explorador” circuit, categorised as easy. Now, I consider myself a fairly fit person but even on this easy circuit you need to have elastic limbs! This circuit took about 40 minutes to complete and by the time Adam and I finished it we were absolutely knackered.