This is my place to say what goes on in my head.

Image from Alton Tower's official  website.

 
This was my first ever roller coaster and started my life-long obsession. I will miss this beautiful yellow beast(The red track going across is part of Rita:Queen of Speed).
 Hopefully her identical cousin will keep going for a long time at Flamingo Land.

Information about the Corkscrew.
Where she lived - Alton Towers theme park, UK
 First Installed - 1980
 Opening Date - 4th April 1980
 Location - Ug Land
 Cost - £1.25 million
 Manufacturer - Vekoma
 Designer - Arrow Dynamics
 Weight - 350 tonnes
 Track Length - 728 metres
 Height Of Drop - 23 metres
 Maximum Speed - 44 mph (70 km/h)
 Maximum G Force - 3.1G
 Ride Duration - Approx. 1 minute, 45 seconds
 Capacity - 24 per train
Throughput - 43,449,840 people
 Total Cycles - 1,810,410
 Distance Travelled - 1,317,978.48 Kilometres/ 818,953.31 Miles
 Seating Arrangement - 2 trains, 6 cars per train, 2 row per car, 2 seats per row
 Restraint Type - Shoulder restraints
 Height Restriction - 1.2 metres


 
We had our last go on her, on Saturday the 8th of November 2008. And, as a parting gift, she whacked our jaws with her restraints... She was getting a bit rough in her old age!

References. ukrides.info towers times Alton Tower's official site.

I have never ever ever used acrylic paints before, so I thought I'd give it a go.
 
Here is a link to show the image better, I can't seem to get it right here.

There is a beautiful place in The Yorkshire Dales called Malhamdale.
And, in Malhamdale there is walk that can be taken to a place called Janet's Foss.
Janet(or Jennet) is said to be Queen of the local fairies and Foss is a Scandinavian word for Waterfall or force.
Local legend claims that Janet lives behind or near the waterfall.
On the walk up to Janet's Foss, past the smithy and across the little bridge, the path becomes shadier and more tree lined, and the smell of wild garlic is very noticeable.

Then.. There are the trees like this one..

I think that the coins were put there by  people wanting their wishes granted by the Fairies.
Janet's Foss was a lovely shaded place to relax and cool down, away from the hot sun.

When we did finally venture away from the shaded area, we crossed a farmer's field and found ourselves on top of a huge limestone causeway. 
It was so scary!
 This photo was taken when we got off that bit and onto a nice almost flat bit of land.


And, after many, many slippery steps we reached the bottom of the path. 
It was such a relief to be on flat land again, and on the final mile or so back to the car.
I did take one look back to get a photograph of the rocks that we had climbed down from.


(Thank you Darren.)

References
http://www.malhamdale.com/janetsfoss.htm

Random proverb generator.    I spotted it in b3ta's Newsletter.

My son decided to feed my trusted old printer a piece of toast.
I had no idea that he had done this, and when I tried to print, bits of printer plastic and fountains of ink exploded everywhere!
I went out to get a new printer and discovered that it was cheaper to buy a scanner\printer\copier all in one job.


It wont win 'Model Of The Year', but, it has certainly made the back room neater.