Dan fires off a water cannon
Qualcomm at Alton Towers, Staffordshire - 29th June 2008
Isobel's work's summer party is held at Alton Towers in Staffordshire. Even though Isobel can't do any of the rides, on account of up-coming sprognation, we still decide to go anyway as it's a mostly-free day out. Also Nosher has been going to Alton Towers, on and off, for about 32 years, long before it was a theme park and when the only attraction was a pedalo pond and the extensive, impressive gardens. It's actually a good excuse to spend half the time poking around the those gardens which are still just as gorgeous but, these days, largely ignored by the teaming hordes of thrill-seekers. A tragedy, really.
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Isobel on a mock pirate ship
A pirate ship
Isobel dries off
The leafy gardens of Alton Towers
A lollipop lady reminds Isobel of her mother
Isobel in the cable car
The Conservatories
Inside the derelict conservatory
Roaming around near the conservatory
Summer planting
Guiliano, Peter and Dan plot their route
Dan, Cora and Ronan on the Rapids
On the rapids
Getting a bit soggy along the Rapids' course
Alton Towers' House: a study in dereliction
We bump into Christina and Liviu
More dereliction
In the grand hall, a flying baby
Isobel looks like a flourescent superhero
Stained glass in the great hall
An impressive ceiling
The view outside
A silhouette of Isobel in an empty room
Isobel by a fireplace
Another derelict room
A view from the roof
Up on the roof
Alton Towers grounds
Crennelated turrets
Odd relics litter some of the rooms
Isobel pauses on a bench
Redrum on a door
The ghost of Alton Towers walks around
A dark corridor
More moody lighting
Isobel strides around the Music Room
Some of the few windows which still have glass
Grand arches
Vivid moulds (or flaking paint) in the bakery
Alton Towers house
Oft-walked as a child: a path through the gardens
A purpley-blue flower
Pine trees
The Swiss Cottage
Back at the conservatory
The conservatory is sadly getting quite derelict
Ceiling panes are broken or missing
Sad and empty rooms
Cast-iron columns
The Alton Towers conservatory
An Inca statue
A statue looks sad too
Isobel has a 'power nap'
A cenotaph to Charles Talbot
The top of the cenotaph
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Dan fires off a water cannon
Dan fires off a water cannon
Isobel on a mock pirate ship
A pirate ship
Isobel dries off
The leafy gardens of Alton Towers
A lollipop lady reminds Isobel of her mother
Isobel in the cable car
The Conservatories
Inside the derelict conservatory
Roaming around near the conservatory
Summer planting
Guiliano, Peter and Dan plot their route
Dan, Cora and Ronan on the Rapids
On the rapids
Getting a bit soggy along the Rapids' course
Alton Towers' House: a study in dereliction
We bump into Christina and Liviu
More dereliction
In the grand hall, a flying baby
Isobel looks like a flourescent superhero
Stained glass in the great hall
An impressive ceiling
The view outside
A silhouette of Isobel in an empty room
Isobel by a fireplace
Another derelict room
A view from the roof
Up on the roof
Alton Towers grounds
Crennelated turrets
Odd relics litter some of the rooms
Isobel pauses on a bench
Redrum on a door
The ghost of Alton Towers walks around
A dark corridor
More moody lighting
Isobel strides around the Music Room
Some of the few windows which still have glass
Grand arches
Vivid moulds (or flaking paint) in the bakery
Alton Towers house
Oft-walked as a child: a path through the gardens
A purpley-blue flower
Pine trees
The Swiss Cottage
Back at the conservatory
The conservatory is sadly getting quite derelict
Ceiling panes are broken or missing
Sad and empty rooms
Cast-iron columns
The Alton Towers conservatory
An Inca statue
A statue looks sad too
Isobel has a 'power nap'
A cenotaph to Charles Talbot
The top of the cenotaph