Yeah, the shakes in the knee bone
I got the tremors in the thigh bone
Shakin' all over
Well we park up on Spider-Man and already the views across the park fill us with joy, particularly the overaged child RJL who whoops like a whooper and hollers like a hollerer as he sees his challenge for the day. T2 and T3 watch in disbelief as I tackle the moving walkway with a song and dance routine Brucy would be proud of at any time. Fellow pedestrians assume that I must have some condition, but the Moll shakes her head as she's seen it all below. No warnings of approaching end of walkway for me, just a hop skip and jump and City Walks is beneath my feet.
Obligatory queue while family of the day, the McGlumsheys frae Castlemilk open the park and then the sprint to the first ride. Having researched thoroughly we head Exocet like to the Minnions ride which was enjoyable and saved us 75 mins later. The M and T2 then head of and do the Mummy twice while I take T3 on Twister. T3s red eyes tell me she is hesitant and frightened by the pre-show noises but I assure her it's like a Small World with a little wind.....oops. She grips on to me and lasts the storm but Daddy in trouble now.
We then do the usual family rides and then after an aborted attempt earlier I am dragged on the Mummy and for 120 seconds and at speeds up to 45mph have the time of my life and let out shrieks of joy mixed in with a little fear that Kate Bush would be proud of. My years of commuting on the Glasgow/Edinburgh line have trained me well.
I often wonder how I can cope with this and not a technologically advanced flying tin can. Although I did down 2 airsickness pills before hitting the rides!
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