Qualcomm At Alton Towers, Staffordshire - 29th June 2008
Isobel's company summer party is this year held at Alton Towers in Staffordshire. Even though Iz can't do any of the rides (on account of up-coming sprognation), we still decide to go anyway as it's a day out, after all. Nosher has been going to Alton Towers, on and off, for about 32 years (several years before the Corkscrew was built)- since way before it was a theme park and when the attraction was the derelict house and the extensive, impressive gardens (oh, and a pedalo pond). It's actually a good excuse to spend half the time poking around the gardens which are still just as gorgeous but, these days, largely ignored by the teaming hordes of thrill-seekers. A tragedy, really.
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"Stan" H fire off some water-cannon |
Isobel on a mock pirate ship |
Dan and Core give some watery retribution |
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An interesting (and wet) action shot |
Isobel dries off |
The leafy gardens of Alton Towers |
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Isobel wanted this photo taken as it reminded her of her Ma |
Iz in the cable car |
Roaming around near the Orangery |
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Meanwhile, back at base-camp, Guiliano, Peter and Dan plot their route |
Dan, Cora and Ronan on the Rapids |
Getting a bit soggy along the Rapids' course |
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Braving the waterfalls |
Alton Towers' House: a study in dereliction |
We bump into Christina and Liviu |
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Iz gets a go of the baby |
In the grand hall, a flying baby |
Isobel, like some flourescent-blue-caped superhero about to fly off, looks up |
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Stained glass in the great hall |
A silhouette of Isobel in an empty room |
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Up on the roof |
Odd relics litter some of the rooms |
Isobel pauses on a bench |
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The ghost of Alton Towers walks around |
More moody lighting |
Iz strides around the Music Room |
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Some of the few windows which still have glass |
Vivid moulds (or flaking paint) in the bakery |
Oft-walked as a child: a path through the gardens |
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A purpley-blue flower |
The Orangery |
The Orangery is sadly getting quite derelict |
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Many panes of glass in the ornate ceiling are broken or missing |
Sad and empty rooms |
A statue looks sad too, maybe hoping for more visitors to the gardens |
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Isobel has a "power nap" |
A cenotaph to Charles Talbot (d. 1827):"He Made The Desert Smile" | |
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