Thermal

Being as it’s still the school holidays here (only 11 more days to go…) my blogging is still being interrupted by having to interact with my children. In an effort to make all concerned happier, we hit the No.1 theme park in Northern Scotland (it is in fact the only theme park…): Codonas Amusement Park.

Those of you who have sampled America’s finest, or indeed the likes of Alton Towers in the UK may scoff, but it’s not a bad little place,and I’ve certainly come out of there with enough car-accident related injuries to vouch for some of the rides. They’ve got a good mix of simple kiddie rides, and a few more adventurous coasters etc. and it was the boys first trip to such a place.

Pat was his usual adventurous self, and was willing to try most things, whereas Tom was too scared for even the kiddie-coaster which was less frightening than a ride in a shopping trolley, and I know because I rode it with Pat far too many times….. But we finally tricked (!) Tom onto the runaway train, and it was like he had an epiphany: suddenly he couldn’t get enough of the fastest rides, and he took his poor mother on the Waltzers 4 times in a row - I stood well back, out of lunch-hurling range….. They were fed altogether too much sugar, and rode everything at least 3 times in the 7 hours we were there, and we all got completely soaked through on the tallest log flume I’ve ever seen-the drop was damn near vertical…..

They spent the night at Grandma & Grandads as a treat, which enabled Mum & Dad to pop out to the finest Italian restaurant in Britain, and it was rather nice I can tell you…. who’d like to know what we had…?

Tomorrow we’re off to Inverness by train with Auntie & Grandma, so it will be another day without blogging Soon be September….

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