Tuesday 9 November 2010

Large crack found on Butlins Slide!

Of course that should have been the headline "Large Crack found on Butlins Slide" as a 20 stone woman had to be rescued last week from the flume! We were there for the Exmoor Beast the previous weekend. Must have been quite a scene!

Last weekend saw us at another holiday camp - Center Parcs. Centre Parcs is great - if you've got young kids, they absolutely love it. And on that basis we love it too. I think it was our seventh time. Yes, it's cool even with the surfers! In fact last time we bumped into one of the owners of another large surf school! Anyway we met up with my sister and her kids, Charlie (11), Alice (9) and Jamie (6) who are the best of mates with our two boys. My Mum was there in the mix too. The day revolves around footie in the morning, then up to the pool and the rapids for the rest of the day. The rapids is an absolute winner. The kids go round and round and round. As do the adults!

We had a stroke of luck when we were there. It was the weekend of the 'big' firework display being Nov 5th and all. But we decided not to make the trek back down to the lake - instead opting to stay in the pool. And this proved to be a master stroke as we ended up being the only ones left in the pool! This led to lots of tomfoolery as the lifeguards went to sleep. We got away with five of us all going down the big green slide together (normally one every minute!), time and time again with no-one to queue behind! Happy days. Not a peep from the boys in red and yellow. And we had the rapids and jacuzzis to ourselves as well. It's not often that's going to happen - we made the most of it.

Centre Parcs isn't cheap - if you eat at the restaurants, you're going to pay for it. But it is a very good break that the kids always really look forward to. Highly recommend it. Oh, and it's pretty quiet right now - lots of upgrading of accommodation areas.

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