I was feeling rather basic about not having ridden Hyperia yet. The 200+ foot tall Mack Hypercoaster would look great on my coaster spreadsheet, I thought. Therefore myself and friend of the blog Aaron made the trip to Surrey. It took me almost three hours to reach Thorpe Park from Cambridge, the M25 was not playing ball for a change… Once inside the park we headed towards Nemesis Inferno for a front row ride. I’d ridden several B&M inverts since my last ride on Inferno and I was excited to see what I thought of it now. It’s a bottom tier invert. Not particularly big and not very forceful. Here’s a really old photo I found. Hyperia had now opened and we headed straight there. Thorpe Park’s newest coaster has been plagued by issues since opening and seems to never have a good run of operational days. Just a few days before our visit Hyperia had an issue which closed it, we even debated cancelling our visit because we didn’t wish to visit and find the coaster ...
Join me for another pub trip around Manchester! We will swing by some old favourites and potentially make some new ones! Really this is part one of the three part series, but part two is already released so let’s get to it! I headed straight for Track as soon as I made it off of the train at Manchester Piccadilly. Track is one of my all time favourite taprooms! I opted for the Aspern and Navigator. Aspern is a Vienna style lager and was really nice. Navigator is an Irish Dry style stout and whilst it was ok, I found it a bit sweet for my taste. Beers dispatched it was time for a trip round the corner to another old favourite! Sureshot is another brilliant taproom! What Did I Say Roy? A west coast pale that really hit the dream spot of lingering bitterness and refreshment. We didn’t have far to go for the next pint! Balance Taproom is almost next door to Sureshot! Balance specialise in fruited beers which aren’t really my thing, so I had a lager from Utopian Brewing. Ra...