Zippos Circus is taking place in Leicester at the moment, and I was invited to go along and see the stunts in action. They left me amazed - but not quite as amazed as when the team there asked me if I wanted to get involved in one of the performances.

I'm a reporter! Of course I did! I thought I'd be holding up a ring for someone to jump through, or hanging onto a rope while someone did something scary in the air. But no, I was going to be shot at. Excellent. Even though it was a cool day, I started sweating.

Zippos' Circus is called 'Britain's largest' such attraction by the people who run it, and when you're in the large tent, also known as a big top, you can see why. It's absolutely huge.

Motorcycles were whizzing past my head (Image: Leicester Mercury)

After being greeted by t

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