Day 42: Monday, 21st October 2013

Sharing a double bed with Alison = not much sleep! We had breakfast in the hotel restaurant, then headed to the tourist information centre to get discounted tickets for Legoland! Just up the road from the hotel we caught a bus to Legoland – about a 15 minute ride. The weather forecast for the day was not brilliant, but we decided to brave the rain anyway! There was light drizzly rain falling all morning, so we needed our rain jackets on. Thankfully it wasn’t very windy and the rain wasn’t very heavy. We wandered around Legoland, checking out all the displays. There are some very clever displays! Many of the iconic buildings of the UK are featured as well as from some other European countries.

Windsor Castle from Legoland

Edinburgh Castle

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

St Paul's Cathedral

Tower Bridge

Buckingham Palace

Brighton Pier

Sacre Coeur, Paris

Stone Henge

That is me and Alison getting wet!

Alison

Later, Keith and Alison went on a boat ride, where you drive the boat. After that we watched a Pirate Show, then went to a Pizza and Pasta bar for lunch. It was an “all you can eat” deal. By the time we had finished lunch, the rain had stopped, so we continued exploring. Alison and I went on a ride – Viking’s River Splash. We were in a circular pod, and we went around on water! The only problem was that there were sheets of water to go through, water being sprayed over you by different characters and more. We ended up very wet! I was not impressed, but perhaps I should have investigated the ride more before going on it. Because we were wet from the waist down, we were cold! Keith missed out! Next, Keith and Alison went through the labyrinth, then we all went on a train ride around the park. The last ride that Alison wanted to go on was a swinging merry go round, then we did some shopping before heading back to the hotel on the bus. We enjoyed the day at Legoland, but I think it is probably better suited to younger kids. Once back at the hotel, we dropped off our back pack then went to a local café for coffee then wandered around and did some last minute souvenir shopping before heading back to the hotel to relax.