As we had done Boscombe Pier the previous night, Friday was about just one Pier, Bournemouth.
We took advantage of this and had a much needed lie-in before having the luxury of leaving the hotel at the recommended check out time. I had hoped the rain would have eased off by then but it had got worse if anything and we resigned ourselves to getting a bit wet.
After a bit of breakfast in Weatherspoons we took a walk through the park down to the seafront and the building which was the sole purpose of our stopover in this lovely seaside resort, Bournemouth Pier. A typical seaside pier it had an amusement arcade at the pier head with various shops, fast food and ice cream outlets around the sides.
Through the arcade, or around the sides if it's not raining, you get to the decked walkway which leads to the end of the pier. A small toll gets you 'strolling' rights and, on this particular day, it also gets you very wet as the rain was coming in horizontally from all directions.
At the end of the pier is a building that had given me a restless nights sleep following a twitter exchange the previous evening.
The good people at the Piers Society had challenged us to do the Zipline at the end of the pier and although I'm not very good with heights we accepted the challenge in the spirit of our great adventure without checking it out first (a schoolboy error as it turns out). Sam and I had done one before down the old town in Las Vegas, and survived to tell the tale, so what could possibly go wrong? I mean a zipwire on a pier can't be that high or long, can it?
WRONG! It doesn't run down the length of the pier it runs from a special tower built at the end of the pier, heads over the sea and finishes on a special platform on the adjacent beach. Gulp!
But it's raining so I doubt they'll be running it today.
WRONG! The weather wasn't stopping some brave souls and the ride was open for business.
But there were no spaces left for the day. Phew, an honourable excuse!
WRONG, the kind lady on the reception desk managed to find us a couple of spaces for Saturday morning. Which we booked. And if we booked online promised us a big discount. Which we got.
I guess there was simply no getting out of it. So as you're reading this we're probably 200ft in the air hurtling towards the beach at great speed hanging by a rope from a zipline. Great way to start the weekend......
Hopefully I'll have some photographic proof in my next instalment.
Miles travelled so far: 571 Piers visited: 14
We took advantage of this and had a much needed lie-in before having the luxury of leaving the hotel at the recommended check out time. I had hoped the rain would have eased off by then but it had got worse if anything and we resigned ourselves to getting a bit wet.
After a bit of breakfast in Weatherspoons we took a walk through the park down to the seafront and the building which was the sole purpose of our stopover in this lovely seaside resort, Bournemouth Pier. A typical seaside pier it had an amusement arcade at the pier head with various shops, fast food and ice cream outlets around the sides.
#14 BOURNEMOUTH PIER (Built 1880)
Through the arcade, or around the sides if it's not raining, you get to the decked walkway which leads to the end of the pier. A small toll gets you 'strolling' rights and, on this particular day, it also gets you very wet as the rain was coming in horizontally from all directions.
At the end of the pier is a building that had given me a restless nights sleep following a twitter exchange the previous evening.
The good people at the Piers Society had challenged us to do the Zipline at the end of the pier and although I'm not very good with heights we accepted the challenge in the spirit of our great adventure without checking it out first (a schoolboy error as it turns out). Sam and I had done one before down the old town in Las Vegas, and survived to tell the tale, so what could possibly go wrong? I mean a zipwire on a pier can't be that high or long, can it?
WRONG! It doesn't run down the length of the pier it runs from a special tower built at the end of the pier, heads over the sea and finishes on a special platform on the adjacent beach. Gulp!
But it's raining so I doubt they'll be running it today.
WRONG! The weather wasn't stopping some brave souls and the ride was open for business.
But there were no spaces left for the day. Phew, an honourable excuse!
WRONG, the kind lady on the reception desk managed to find us a couple of spaces for Saturday morning. Which we booked. And if we booked online promised us a big discount. Which we got.
I guess there was simply no getting out of it. So as you're reading this we're probably 200ft in the air hurtling towards the beach at great speed hanging by a rope from a zipline. Great way to start the weekend......
Hopefully I'll have some photographic proof in my next instalment.
Miles travelled so far: 571 Piers visited: 14
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