I will always miss the pier
Friday, August 1st 2008
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Life, Site, The News
Last weekend I went on holiday and had a really great time. I went to Weston-Super-Mare and the pier was brilliant. But I watched the news on Monday morning and I couldn’t believe it. I was just going through the channels on the TV and when I got to Sky News, I saw a pier pavilion up in flames. I thought ‘I recognize that’ and then saw the words ‘Weston Super Mare’ written across the screen. Oh no. The best pier ever (in my opinion) was burning away and I was only there the day before. I am still shocked and really miss it. Although most of the pier is still fine, the pavilion where all the amusements were, the most popular part and where we spent most of our time, was gone. I also found out while watching the news that the pier was taken over by new owners only something like six months ago and already it is gone. I also heard that the new go kart track cost half a million pounds. I am so shocked about it. What makes it worse is that I was really excited about going there again next year; my family were excited too. Even though we can still go, the best part (in my opinion) of the place is burnt and so it will never be as fun as it used to. It was my first time of ever going there too, so even if they rebuild it I will never be able to go to the same arcade again.
Well, I am just going to look to the positive side of things, and look forward to a rebuilt amusement arcade. I hope it will be rebuilt as the main pier isn’t actually too damaged, so it should be easier to build. I heard on the news that the poles holding up the pier are made of iron, which is why the rest of the pier is still standing up. If you want to read more about what happened, here is a photo gallery on the Sky News Website of what the pier now looks like and here is a video about the fire from the BBC News website.
I am so glad that the pier was closed when the fire happened as it was early in the morning, so no one was injured. I would just like to say that even though last weekend was the first time I ever went to the Weston-Super-Mare pier, it will be greatly missed because it has been so far the best pier I have ever been to.
On a happier note, I am making a new layout for my site which I will probably put up in the next few weeks. I am also going on holiday again tomorrow for a week so there won’t be any updates or blog posts for a week at least. Have a nice week!
Not again
Wednesday, July 9th 2008
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Life, Site
Edit 18th July 2008: I have made new web icons for you to download. I won’t be making lots and lots more downloads because no one really uses them anymore, but I will make a few more than the current ones!
I went bowling this afternoon with a few friends, and I lost again! I always seem to loose at a game of bowling, however hard I try. It was fun though, because as I have a few months off it is good meeting up with friends regularly. I love having the time away from education too, it just feels so exciting knowing I don’t have to go to bed really early and then get up really early the next morning. 
I am really pleased with my new WordPress theme, thank you for the nice comments! I hope to keep it up for a while, maybe a month or two.
I really enjoy playing The Sims 2 on my Playstation 2. But what I don’t like about it is the fact that you can’t make a family of people with different ages, all you can do is have a group of adults all the same age and have some of them get married. If you know of any tips for the PS2 version of the game feel free to let me know. I really love playing The Sims 2, but having a family on it will make the game even more exciting.
