Our Photo Album / Alton Towers

28th and 29th April 2007

Rita: Queen of Speed. And yes, it is quick ;-)	Rita flying around one its several turns	... and again	Rita as it launches	Mmm, pork pies and pasties! Alans favourites!
Myfanw, doing what she does best best ;-)	And the two of us, sat outside Charlie and The Chocolate Factory	The Towers, home to Hex, a 'Magic Swing' ride. Quite good the first time you ride, but once you know how its done, its isn't quite as impressive anymore :-(	Myfanw walking past "Rita's Bar and Grill".	Myfanw in the 'street' heading back down towards the Gardens
And a shot of the Gardens	The Flume. Probably the only flume with bath tubs as the boats instead of logs. Maybe...	Hmm, I wonder who sponsors the ride?	Myfanw before the tea cups started	... and as we picked up speed ...
... she really didn't like how fast we were going by this point ...	.... and it didn't get any better ...	... and by the end of the ride, she really wasn't happy!	Alan on the Spinball Whizzer lift hill	Alan on overbanked turn on Spinball
Oblivon about to do what it does best. Go down ;-)	The 'eye' on Nemesis. Well, it was Myfanw taking most of the pictures.	The Skyride running through the gardens. The Skyride is not 'Myfanw approved' ;-)	And the gardens. We decided to walk through them for a change, just to see what was there.	First thing we came across was this tower thing. Not sure what is was....
... but it provided a good spot to rest our camera so we could take a photo of ourselves, with the Towers in the background.	Another sculpture tower thing. Don't know what this was either...	... nor did Myfanw ...	Some arch bush things. Why didn't I get them in the centre of the photo? Answers on a postcard...	One of the many 'caves' we found while walking through the gardens
... and the conservatory in the middle of the gardens	... and another monument, to the guy who 'restored' the gardens, apparently.	The lake running through the centre of the gardens.	The bus that got lost as it was passing Nemesis.	... and Nemesis doing its thing
... and another	Alan on Air as it was going up the lift hill	.... and while it was running.	The 'Haunted Hallow' attraction. We didn't go and see what it was all about.	The Runaway Mine Train. It had a crash last year, so this was the first time we'd seen it running for a while
... just another photo of the RMT	Alan outside RMT	And the Congo River Rapids, that run underneath and alongside RMT.	... another RMT shot	Myfanw outside Congo River Rapids. One of the few 'Myfanw approved' rides. Amazingly you stay almost bone dry, if your lucky. I was, she wasn't ;-)
Some ducks feeding in the waters around Katanga Canyon	... Hmm, I wonder which part of the park this photo was taken in?	The Storybook Worm. He talks to you if you press a button. Amusing for all of five seconds.	Oh, and the boat ride. I'm sure this used to have real live bunnys hopping around.	... Now it just has fake plastic animals and creatures
... like these cows	... and frogs	... and ducks	... and rabbits	... and rabbits in holes.
You get to press animal noise buttons on the boat you are on.	Like 'baaa' as you pass these things	... although I ended up just pressing them randomly to annoy Muv	Awww....	Aye aye ;-)
Yay, the chickens! That must mean the ride is almost over ...	... well, not quite ....	The pigs are the last thing you get to see	... awww ...	Bye bye Mr Mole!

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