My family and I have just spent a lovely evening at the illuminations, no not Blackpool - but Walsall. We were blessed with the weather, it was a warm and dry evening. What a surprise! The aboretum was ablase with colour. This years theme was 50 years of childrens t.v. so as well as all the nursery rhyme characters there was Bob the Builder, The Woodentops, Andy Pandy, Thunderbirds and The Tweenies to name but a few. A lot of the trees are lit with multi-coloured lights and there's a lasar show across the lake.
For the young children a small fairground will keep then amused and for the bigger children there are a couple of rides too. You can get a cup of tea or something more substansial, everything from the Black Country special 'Faggotts and Peas' to a baked potato to a burger and chips.
A word of warning, it does get very busy and the traffic can be a problem. There is an excellent park and ride scheme or you could do as we did. Across the road from the arboretum is a long stay car park. We got there mid afternoon, had a look around the town and then walked to the lights. A family ticket costs £12 and is well worth it and you can stay as long as you like.
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A good op, a run through a spell checker and a few more paragraph spacings would look better, more on your views of the illuminations would have got you a better rate. Hope you don't mind the comments, just trying to help. John
kornkid2001 30.10.2001 19:25
good op! keep up good work on ciao, kK!
paule23 30.10.2001 19:25
So Walsall DOES have some attractive features, I'm definately going to have to check these lights out.
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