However, once we got there it was lovely and I started off with a ride on my own.
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Once it got moving I was quickly regretting my bravado, but fortunately I sat in the middle so that I didn't go up and down as much as at the ends. I screamed and shut my eyes quite a lot, but it didn't last too long and then I could get off.
I felt quite shaky though so we stopped for a coffee to calm down!
Afterwards Daz went on the Galactica while I smugly waited outside in the sunshine.
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I got a very good view but they whizzed by so fast so I didn't see him.
The gardens were beautiful and also very quiet and we wandered around looking at the restored orangerie.
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Final treat of the day was the river rapids and we glided happily down before our raft was dunked on to a moving escalator and we defied the laws of gravity to sail back up to the start.
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