Alton Towers

After the excitement of the Murder Mystery night we headed up to Staffordshire with Dai and Di for our big day out at Alton Towers. Crammed in plenty of rides and lots of walking (expecially as the cable car wasn't working - 'technical difficulties' - something we would hear a lot more of as the day went on).

Towards the end of a very long queue for Spinball Wizard there was a very hairy moment as the ride completely stopped with four cars in various positions along the track. After they got the ride working again we decided that with only about two minutes before we got to the end of the queue we should risk it and we all survived!

After lunch Dai and Di got a good soaking on the Log Flume (we used the excuse of Gareth's poorly back to sit at the back of the ride - a good move) and after a few more technical difficulties on some of the scarier rides (making us wonder if we were some kind of curse) our plan was to get coffee and cake. On the way we passed the Teacups ride and decided to give it a whirl - what should have been the most tame of all the rides turned into a stomach-turning two minutes as Dai spun the wheel like crazy - leaving us all looking a bit green when we got off.

Our last ride was a few seconds of pure adrenalin on Oblivion before we grabbed our long awaited coffee and cake and stock up on sweeties and crisps for the journey home to Wales. When we lay our heads on our pillows and switched off the lights for bed, the room still felt like it was spinning!