Bladepicker

The hulk of shining B&M beauty that is the Wonderful Nemesis last week. Half an hour to park close, brilliant sunshine, no queues, four consecutive rides of non stop intensity. I heart my Nemesis.

As well as being a coaster geek, soccer geek and cricket geek, I also love a beer! (yes, I don't know how my mrs copes with the rivetting conversation I put out there!) I am a particular fan of UK 'Real Ale' - a more hearty, hoppy/bitter brew than your lighter lager beers or pilsner. I also love the dark Belgium beers too with their full bodies. Last night I had 'Jaipur IPA' brewed in Derbyshire near to where I live in the UK. It is an amazing drink, Citrus and bitter, but leaves a fantastic glowing aftertaste. At 5.9% ABV it doesn't take too many sips to let you know you've had some either. I highly recommend it

Hi! My name is Paul, from Sheffield in England, though I currently live near Ashbourne in Derbyshire. I live literally 25 minutes away from Alton Towers and absolutely love my local park. While I have always been a coaster fan, I think in the last 6 months I have got the full on geek bug, I think when I found myself looking at wikipedia for several hours finding out which Vekoma inverters I had suffered on and their fate, I realised I was becomming a coaster geek. I found this site through the excellent you tube videos and phot reviews by Robb and the team and thought I would join up and say hi. I work in Mortgage Advice and have a lovely wife and two young children. My favourite park is Alton Towers (biased) though I have to give honourable mention to Blackpool Pleasure Beach due to the excellent woodies (Grand National WOW) and Steeplechase which is totally unique, anyone visiting the UK NEEDS to go to this park above any other for that experience. Fave coaster? I do love those at Blackpool but I have to go for my baby, even after all these years as intense and smooth as any steel coaster in the world. Take a bow B&M, with Nemesis you are spoiling us. Hello everyone anyway. Looking forward to being part of the TPR forum