At last! Sunshine, blue skies, hot weather. Perfect for a bit of rollercoaster riding.
That’s exactly what BBC South Today’s weather presenter thought too as she presented the weekend weather live whilst riding Cobra at Paultons Park.
Paultons Park is a small family park on the edge of the New Forest. Its not a park I’d heard much about until news started coming out last year that they intended to open a Gerstlauer Bobsled coaster for the 2006 season.
Gerstlauer Bobsleds I had heard about, especially how good the model at Tripsdrill was, so I was eager to try out one a little closer to home myself. An offer from Paul of a trip to the park on Saturday was just the ticket.
To put it mildly, the day started cold. I’d stopped briefly at Winchester services on the way down to check on the builders and walked out to find it starting to sleet/snow. Bloody global warming - the world gets hotter apart from England. Typical.
