One of the highlights of our London trip was catching up with a friend from my first year in New Zealand. I haven't seen her in 7 years. Now she is a tour guide on one of the London tour buses, so she took us on a tour. We found out so many new things! For example, after the changing of the guard, a small group of horses patrol back down the avenue. If the horse at the front is white, you know the queen is at home in Buckingham Palace. Random fact.
We are now in the Lake District visiting my granddad. It's quite a contrast to London. Instead of miles and miles of buildings and streets, lots of people and traffic, we're back in wide open countryside.
On our way up here, we had a day at Alton Towers. Alton Towers is the UK's premier theme park - 7 roller coasters and a load of other rides. Oblivion roller coaster has the world's first vertical drop on a roller coaster. There was also a brand new roller coaster: The Smiler. The Smiler has 14 upside down loops and twists. We had to queue for an hour and a half to get on it, but boy was it worth it. You can check out the promo video for The Smiler here: http://www.altontowers.com/rides-and-attractions/thrill-rides/the-smiler/
I tell you what, Alton Towers made me feel very old. I first went there when I was 7. The main roller coaster that was there then, The Corkscrew, has now been discontinued and taken down. However, they have kept a section of the track (the corkscrew bit) and mounted it as a sculpture at the entrance of the park. And after a day on the rides, I felt very battered and bruised. My poor old body… ;o)
Room 5, have a fantastic, well-deserved Easter break. You have done some awesome learning this first term as Year 7 students and I look forward to seeing you relaxed and raring to go in May.
Keep watching this blog - photos of Malcolm will be up later next week.
the rollercoaster sounds fun as does everything else!
ReplyDeletethat rollercoaster looks fun. That weird fact about the patrol horses was really interesting. I cant wait to see photos of Malcolm
ReplyDeleteThat roller coaster looks freaky!
ReplyDeleteThe roller coaster looks really really fun. It also looks really fast. Can't wait to see photos of Malcolm
ReplyDeleteLooks so cool, the roller coaster looks fun but scary,
ReplyDeleteyour time at Landon sounds amazing, and the fact about patrol horses got me amused, and as for the roller coaster, it seemed fun,but scary and crazy at the same time. thank u for sharing how awesome it is at Landon, and how much u have experienced. I'm dying to go to Landon, and try out everything u have, have a good Easter Holiday Jo! :)
ReplyDeletethat looks so fun and thrilling at the same time i hoped you enjoyed it
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had heaps of fun in London. Those rollercoasters look really fun!
ReplyDeletewow that looks awesome!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat roller coaster looks terrifyingly awesome! I hope you had an amazing time in Scotland!
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