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Alton Towers Weekend April 2003

The Alton Towers weekend April 5th/6th 2003. (The one nobody remembers!!!) Lots of fun fairground rides and a bit of walking...

This was the first day of 2003 that Alton Towers was open. All OAC members braved the following ; -

  • Oblivion - don't look down ... the huge hole the Roller coaster is about to drop down
  • Submission - A round and around and upside down - like the Diana Ross song
  • Log fume - Sit at the front and get very wet
  • Katanga Canyon - randomly get wet
  • Duel (Haunted House) - haunted house where you can shoot things
  • Nemesis - The rollercoaster that lets you put your feet down
  • The Sky Train - the cable car that likes to stop at places other than stations
  • Hex - just a bit weird, but very clever
  • David's driving to Bakewell

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Take one Penny and just add water; Penny's theory of not getting wet doesn't quite work

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Chris doesn't escape a shower on the Katanga Canyon either [but my camera does escape water :) ]

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Will manages to stay dry

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There's more to Alton Towers than just adrenaline-overload inducing rides; the Gardens

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Another shot of the gardens

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Normal Service resumes soon. Management had a few troubles which left some people hanging about in the cable cars.

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After the Corkscrew and Bone shaker Will and Chris decide to go on a kiddies ride...

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...which turns out to be a bit more tummy-churning than they bargain for.

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Nearly back on the ground

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The Sky Train .aka. Cable car.

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Again first day blues... these unfortunate Air passengers got stuck here for a few minutes

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Um ... the cheap way to get those action shots from the Roller coaster doesn't quite work. Anyone guess who has their eyes closed??

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Penelope isn't impressed with Alan's suggestion to get out and push the cable car.

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Hanging about

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A good job Will doesn't mind heights isn't it?

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The camping barn. Bizarrely colder indoors than out. Handy in the summer

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Chris trying to cover up the evidence that he broke the stile with a map

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"We weir here"

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Another shot over the first weir.

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"Did I get in the way of the photo then?"

Penny getting ready to capture the beauty of Chatsworth with her zoom lens.

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Chatsworth. A nice little house with reasonable gardens

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