In one month The Girlfriend© and I will be driving down south for a fun-filled four days in England. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us.

After we had narrowed down the list of parks and attractions from an initial collection of ten, the trip was all decided upon very quickly, and the rest just fell into place almost overnight. We’ll probably get to the other seven places on the list some day, but for now we’re taking in Drayton Manor, Alton Towers, and Chester Zoo – all places that I have never visited, and probably ones that should be on the bucket list of every British person who enjoys theme parks and animals behind bars.

I tried to find a way for us to do all this while also leaving her daughter at home, but there does not appear to be any conceivable way for us to do that. At approximately seven hours to reach our base, it’s a lengthy journey, so I’m just going to have to take ear plugs and a shitload of sleeping tablets instead.