Goose Fair 2006

Thursday night saw us wander down to join Chris, Bill and Chris' kids Rosa and Alex to wander round the Goose Fair. Each year we wonder if this will be the last year that the kids will permit us to come along as they grow up into teenagers and we become too uncool to be seen with. If they do, we'll need to find another excuse to go along. But while they need their Dad to pay for the rides, I'm sure we'll be allowed to be seen in public with them.

We turned up just after a rain shower so there were few queues for the rides. The kids went on several rides that I wouldn't have. This year we restricted ourselves to the big wheel and I had a go on a ride called stargate. You pay to be put in a drum that spins round at high speed. It then tilts on its axis and you are held upside down while they get all the loose change out of your trousers. I was prepared and had my contact lenses on instead of my glasses, and had my money in zip up pockets. Sonia had the camera and managed to get a shot of me...



If you look closely, I'm the pink blob on the left by the arrows pointing upwards. Some more Goose Fair photos are on my Flickr.com page. I hope you like them.

We finished the evening on the Forest with some traditional Goose Fair food - mushy peas with mint sauce (on top of the donuts we had earlier) - before heading to the pub for a few beers to wash them down while Chris dropped the kids off.

All in all, another enjoyable Goose Fair.