Alton Towers, after the accident - June 2015

On route, we popped by Alton Towers, this had been a spot I wanted to grab some photos of for such a long, long time.

However on the 2nd June 2015 a shocking accident occured on the ride known as the Smiler, a number of those injured are described as having life changing accidents. The park at our time of passing was closed, although the hotel seemed to be open.

Car parks empty, the park empty of guests we hovered above.

 

Then we noticed the cable cars moving, the carousels moving, even the now infamous Smiler ride illuminated - the park however was as I said, empty.















We moved on, lets hope the injured can - when we visit a theme park we go for the thrills and the scares and we presume everything will end well, putting our trust in the park operator after paying over our hard earned cash.

As I type this Smiler will remain closed for the forseeable future.

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SFX Weekender 2012 - Wales

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I know, I know, a total curve ball on my blog, and your possibly not looking for this (scroll down)

But I never win anything and I won ! I won some tickets to the SFX Weekender 2012, oh hang on you don't know what this is.

Well its a convention, a Sci-Fi convention, a geek-fest for the readers of SFX Magazine, this year held at Pontins Prestatyn, North Wales.

The bad news, its January and cold, a train detrailment closed a lot of the rail network down with some guests not being able to travel up from London, oh and I had to leave early chased up the motorway by a snow storm.

So here we go, a different side of my photography.

First off I arrive to park the car and I'm passed by some astronauts on a buggy.




Bit of Star Wars

 


 





 


 


 


 


Entering  Mos Eisley Cantina




 


 It's no wonder Darth Vader's lot are rubbish, turns out the storm troopers are a bunch of girls

 


Bit of Doctor Who

- Weeping Angels !!!

 


Don't blink !!!!

 





A passing Ood




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Sylvester McCoy, the 7th Doctor,  Radagast in the new Hobbit film.




and finally Eve Myles from Torchwood

 


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