Mid term break has come our way, giving us an excuse for one more holiday abroad. With Dom being half pommy what better destination than the UK for the Frawley 6 and our Opel Zafira. We caught the Irish ferry from Co. Wexford to Fishguard in Wales on a fairly windy rough day. Three hours later we were driving through the stark countryside of Wales feeling like we were back in Ireland. The highlight of our stay in Wales was a full day play at 'Oakwood' a theme park set in country landscape of Southern Wales. Being cold and slightly wet and end of season time we basically had the park to oursleves and had a ball.
To everyone's delight there was a scary ride to suit all comers. Dom was especially thrilled to find a huge timber roller coaster modelled on the old 'Big Dipper', formerly of Luna Park in Sydney. There was also this thing called "Speed", which instead of the slow creaky uphill to launch your 60 seconds of terror, took you up precisely vertically, then as you flung over the precipice actually went back inwards - beyond vertical, then off to loops and corkscrews before the safety of the terminal. Good photos all round. For South Coast types, Oakwood is kinda like jamberoo off its training wheels.
No comments:
Post a Comment