The Grand National (I didn't like this one, it hurt my neck!)
I also went on some more sedate rides.
Alice in WonderlandWallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic
The Ghost Train
The River Caves
Satoshi went on all the rides above but also
some others including...
Red Arrows Skyforce (Satoshi is actually in this video)
Photos are taken during some of the rides. These can be purchased later for ONLY £20! (Or one can take a photo of the photo on the screen, circumventing the need to pay all that money.)
Satoshi sat with the Mad Hatter on the Alice in Wonderland ride. He didn't have much to say... perhaps he was scared?
Satoshi about to begin the "Valhalla" ride
A somewhat wetter Satoshi exiting the ride!
We also went on the miniature train ride. The locomotive was built in 1934. We wondered if it was once steam-driven. Sadly, it's only a diesel engine now.
We had dinner at Toby Carvery at Morcambe.
We had both been looking forward to having a meal at a Toby
Carvery and we were not disappointed. Dinner was hot, with
plenty of meat and as many vegetables as we could eat. All this
for £12.99!
Our next stop was Lancaster where we visited the Lancaster Priory Church. It was fortunate that there was a Service on at 6:30pm or we would have missed out on seeing inside this beautiful building. The light was beginning to fade during our visit so the photos of the windows are not as bright as they could have been.
It was lovely to hear the bells being
rung before the Service.Our next stop was Lancaster where we visited the Lancaster Priory Church. It was fortunate that there was a Service on at 6:30pm or we would have missed out on seeing inside this beautiful building. The light was beginning to fade during our visit so the photos of the windows are not as bright as they could have been.
I think this is Saul about to fall off his horse because of the Vision he had on the road to Damascus (Acts 9).
King Alfred and St Oswald
A detail from the Mothers' Union banner, showing the Annunciation (Luke 1: 26-38)
This organ is at the west end of the church...
...and this one is near the choir. They are played from the same console.
We attended the service at 6:30pm. It was "The
Stations of the Resurrection". Members of the congregation had
made some tapestries of parts of the story of the Resurrection.
These had been placed around the church. The Service involved
the congregation moving to each display. There was a reading and
a prayer at each one. Following the Service, we drove to our
accommodation at Windermere. We arrived at 8:51pm with ten
minutes to spare before the reception closed! We were made to
feel very welcome and our room is on the ground floor, very
close to the bar and the breakfast room. The barman had not
heard of port and only just knew about sherry. He said that he
had worked there for five years and nobody had ever asked for
it. He gave it to me in a standard glass - almost half full!!
It's a wonder I wasn't "half full" afterwards! There was a grand
piano to play. I'm sure we will have a very lovely four nights
here!