Alton Alton Towers Baby

If you hadn't guessed from the title, Yep! Yesterday I went to Alton Towers Resort AND had a bloody amazing time!

Just arrived and raring to go! (I'm 5th in from the right btw)

For our Year 12 end of year rewards trip, we all voted to be at school for 5am and do a four hour coach trip to get to Alton Towers. Call us crazy! It was an absolutely axhausting day but despite the VERY early wake up call and the long journey, it most definitely was worth it. Being not officially the school summer holiday period yet meant it wasn't overwhelmingly busy so we managed to get on so many of the crazy rides and really get to enjoy the day.

You know what they say, 'Suns out, Guns out' and we all definitely made the most of the weather. It felt so hot yesterday, almost as if we were in a foreign country! But we certainly weren't complaining - the sun only added to our already fab day out! And with our legs out walking around in the sunshine for hours we all managed to catch a bit of a tan too! Hoorah!

We are all hanging up there somewhere!

We headed straight to AIR as soon as we got there and had no queue at all - such a great way to start. I've always loved air, the unique rollercoaster is such a thrill, you feel like you're flying (well I do anyway). We then made our way round the park, doing all the big rollercaoster and also some of the smaller - but not any less scary - rides too! My favourite of the day is Alton Towers new ride for 2013; The Smiler. We queued for about an hour so were all hoping it would be worth it. And Yes it was! The Smiler is the longest ride in the park, almost 3 minutes long. It has soo many loops and you spend the majority of the ride upside down or VERY high up from the ground!

After consuming my own body weight in junk food and allowing the blood to rush to my head many times throughout the day, it was 6pm and time to all head back to the bus! Just enough time for one last photo!

Tanned but shattered after a long day out!

If you haven't been to Alton Towers before then start saving and definitely put it on your bucket list, such a good theme park with so much to do, even if you're not a huge fun of giant rollercoasters!
Four more days of school and then my summer can really start! This was another great pre-summer outing though! And definitely a good one to give me a flavour of what Disney World will be like in a few weeks time! Ahhh!

Have you been to Alton Towers or Disney World? What did you think?

Go Ape!

Had THE best day yesterday with my most favourite girls in the world! Cringin'ell but I do have the bestest friends I could ask for.

To celebrate my birthday in pure style I took my friends to Go Ape! High ropes and Zip wires 20 metres high in the trees. Definitely scary at times but we had such a laugh and was so fun to spend the day doing something active with my girls.

 All harnessed up and ready to hit the high ropes! We're all looking gorgeous with our hair up preparing to dangle from the trees...

 So only a little high! This isn't even the highest point and I could already feel butterfly's in my stomach!

 Awh cringey/cute group photo whilst up on the platforms. New advertisment photo for the Go Ape! website??!!

 Doing it Tarzan style - launching ourselves towards a wall of rope!

 We finally made it! Felt quite nice to have our feet on solid ground after all that.

Cheeseeeeeee!

So all in all a fab day out! I would definitely recommend doing Go Ape! if you haven't before - maybe not if you don't like heights though.

xx Natalie

Teenage dirtbag

So I went to my friends last night for a pardy (MIC fans will know that wasn't a spelling mistake). Everyone got rather intoxicated and this morning I'm feeling like a proper dirtbag! Hence the title, although it is a great song too! I'm currently in bed whilst typing this! 

There weren't too many drunken antics last night but just like every time I go out it was slightly eventful. I'm such a drama queen!!

Most people blame the alcohol but I blame the male gender! I can drink with my girls and have a laugh but when there's boys involved things always get a bit rocky! Especially when at the party is one of your ex's, your most recent ex's sister and the guy you like. Not a great start tbh even prior to a bottle of rosé. 

I'd definitely say I'm the kind of girl who finds it hard to let go. Even when I don't even want to like or be with someone I still can't help but want them in my life and old sparks never seem to fade for me! Whenever I see this particular ex I can't help but be a bit flirty! But then the guy I like is right there and that's a whole mess by itself. Basically he's a massive player! And I know this but I still can't help but like him, I think trying to get him to like me out of all the girls he plays makes me want him more. God only knows why I get drawn to boys like him! He's not the first cactus I've liked either! I'm trying to think of some advice for those of you who might be in a similar situation as me, but quite frankly I don't have any! I don't know what to do about this whole fiasco, I just try to take each day as it comes. Start fresh and don't hold grudges! But don't forget those who bring you down and don't let them keep you there! (Ok maybe I do have some advice - not sure where that came from. Definitely need to start telling myself this more often!) 

Remember girls 'Boys are stupid. Throw rocks at them'

xx Natalie