Rapids

A day out of town today, at nearby Alton Towers (it's a theme park place, rather large, you may have heard of it...). It's only about 30-40 minutes away in the car but even though we've been to Leek numerous times over the years this is the first time we've ever been. And we all had a great time, really enjoyed ourselves.

I wanted a photo today from a ride which is etched into my memory ever since seeing the film Four Lions, the ride in question of course being 'Rubber Dinghy Rapids' (anyone who's not seen the film should stop reading now and go and stick it on their Love Film list or similar, it's a thing of dark wonder) but it proved a bit tricky to get owt decent, what with all that water splashing about. And, I also spent a bit of time photographing the big new rollercoaster 'The Smiler' that's the big attraction at the park for 2013, but although I've ummed and ahhed about it, in the end I've gone for my eldest whirling around on The Twirling Toadstool (and I went on too, was rather good I have to say).

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