Turning thirty felt like quite a big deal and as I entered the next decade of my life I wanted to do something to mark the occasion. Vienna seemed the obviously choice as it was home to some coasters, beers and lots of meals containing pork and potatoes! In the first part of the Vienna blog I’ll go through the coasters and rides at Wiener Prater. There’s a lot to get through so let’s get going! We kicked things off on Hochschaubahn (count number 824) a wooden coaster built in 1950 to replace a coaster bombed during the war. Here it comes! Full squad! For what it is, it’s actually decent! Side friction but didn’t bounce around much! Round the corner you’ll find Maskerade (825), a Gertslauer spinner situated inside a warehouse! Featuring an outside corner! Not very spinny and not very offensive, next! Wilde Maus (826). Honestly I was happy to ride a mouse that doesn’t spin (though that treat comes later). All the trim brakes were off so it actually was a bit wild! ...
How time flies. It only feels like yesterday I was writing the blog for the first away day of the season at Swindon and now I’m writing about the last away day! Going into the final weekend of the season Cambridge were in third place, the last automatic promotion spot. There were 27 possible scenarios that could have occurred and in those Cambridge would be promoted in 19 of them. This is my take on Cambridge United’s winner takes all last game of the season, I hope you enjoy it. The day before. I made my way up to Stockport where I met Rach, Liz and John. We tried a few beers to settle the nerves. I was already nervous and was changing my mind about whether we were going to win promotion or not. Me and Rach had a beer in a Robinsons pub but I forgot to take any photos there so we start at Thread. John made a mess From Thread we walked about 50 feet to Produce Hall to get some food. The garlic chilli chicken was delicious! From here we headed to Fell. Quite a lot of be...