What a great time we had up in Staffordshire for Nicky's birthday!
It started with an early morning rendezvous at the Little Chef (Lou and Nicky were not impressed with the pancakes!) and then on to Alton Towers! Yay!!
We were all set to enjoy ourselves and the fact it rained all day didn't spoil it for us! Actually, we were like over-excited children wanting to go on all the rides NOW!
Rita -the Queen of Speed was first...with a loooooooooooooooooooooong queue. It broke down twice before we got on it (reassuring isn't it? Especially when the fix the problem with a can of what looked remarkably like WD40!!) The guy behind us said 'there must be something wrong with the flange' in a 'Friends' type voice which made me laugh! It was pretty quick (0-100 in 2.5 seconds) and I enjoyed it…but it should have been longer!!
It started with an early morning rendezvous at the Little Chef (Lou and Nicky were not impressed with the pancakes!) and then on to Alton Towers! Yay!!
We were all set to enjoy ourselves and the fact it rained all day didn't spoil it for us! Actually, we were like over-excited children wanting to go on all the rides NOW!
Rita -the Queen of Speed was first...with a loooooooooooooooooooooong queue. It broke down twice before we got on it (reassuring isn't it? Especially when the fix the problem with a can of what looked remarkably like WD40!!) The guy behind us said 'there must be something wrong with the flange' in a 'Friends' type voice which made me laugh! It was pretty quick (0-100 in 2.5 seconds) and I enjoyed it…but it should have been longer!!
Limpetboy and Chudplug feeling the G's....
We also went on Oblivion, River Rapids, Nemesis, Air, Runaway Mine Train and Spinball Whizzer (which was one of my faves!)
Mr and Mrs Po, Limpetboy and the Plugs enjoying the river rapids
Unfortunately...Black Hole is no more :o( It closed in March-ish. We used to like that ride too. Bum.
The fun filled day was rounded off with a pub dinner on the drive back and a few drinks in Stoke/Hanley Lou and Rosspo's old haunts.
We hope you had a great time Nicky...we certainly did!! :o)
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