When Queen’s Park really got into the swing

basically doing the same exercise for years to come. Even though you will get faster and go for longer distances, it is fundamentally the same day after day.

Learning circus skills is mentally challenging and eventually you achieve swooping moves you would not have imagined. Of course you have to develop upper body strength and other core strengths but the sense of achievement it seems is thrilling.

But I have to ask Amy the question we all want answered. Has anyone who attended Aerial Edge ever run away and joined a circus? “Well Toby who worked full-time in a bank has left that job and has just done a season with an aerial troupe.” Now that, I think, is amazing.

Of course circuses tend to be tight family groups so some folk who shine at Aerial Edge go on to become instructors at the circus school which is personally more satisfying, helping people achieve their own potential, rather than performing nightly in fields on the outskirts of towns.

Says Amy: “Some people come along because they want to try something new. Some people who have been to a gym have found it boring and come to us instead. Others want to conquer a fear of heights.

“But you are never forced to try levels you are uncomfortable with, and the instructors just want you to achieve a little bit more rather than turn everyone into a professional artiste.”

You can also try juggling, static trapezes just a few feet off the ground, trampolining and parkour – the wall and obstacle running activity which is a big hit with teenage boys.