Great weekend. Absolutely shattered, even a day on, but nevertheless, it was worth it to see you lot again.
It was great meeting Kimahri and Benin again and being generally nerdy (a legion of SPIDERS*). Much fun was had. Apparently expressing one's opinion about "I Stopped to Fill my Car Up" by the Stereophonics is punishable by bin (most of what I said about Stereophonics was actually just to argue with Neal - they're a good band really, but still not MUSE
).
Ridewise, I didn't really enjoy Alton's rides as much, but that was more tiredness, general lack of energy and reluctance to give Alton Towers £5 to hold my bag for the day. After a long sleep and a more relaxing day (for whatever reason, I was happy to let Drayton lock my bag up for £4), Drayton Manor was more fun. I really enjoyed the rides more too. Ben 10 was really very good for its size and I wouldn't mind doing it again whenever I decide to go back. Shockwave was surprisingly good yesterday too. G-Force... no. Just no. Highlights from Drayton include round of applause for bat-not-on-a-stick-any-more, fat boat on Excalibur actually managing to soak my leg, leaf antics and "Ian from Coasterforce" on the Bounty.
* Anyone who heard that and was confused may want to look here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHQoKvg6NjI