tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post3879451546034315521..comments2024-02-07T23:23:13.726+00:00Comments on The Fylde and Wyre Antiquarian: Another Mid-week Posting…Brian Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-68974402551172130082007-06-19T15:37:00.000+01:002007-06-19T15:37:00.000+01:00John,The Tom Sawyer Lake is so called because it's...<B>John,<BR/><BR/>The Tom Sawyer Lake is so called because it's a fairground ride basically consisting of plastic rafts floating around a shallow ses-pool. (Apparently it's the longest ride in the world...and having suffered its tedium I can believe it.) Every so often on the hour-and-a-half slog you're confronted by an animatronic character from one of Mark Twain's books. Exactly which adventure the Loch Ness Monster that suddenly rises from the scum of old beer cans and Coke bottles about halfway round is in I've yet to find out.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-58073593633088516772007-06-19T14:22:00.000+01:002007-06-19T14:22:00.000+01:00Wow! I never thought when I woke up this morning ...Wow! I never thought when I woke up this morning I would see my new book mentioned alongside the words "post-vindaloo vigils". Thanks for the laugh. :0)<BR/><BR/>Your new book looks better and better; the preview at Lulu.com gives a really good look at the book, but this post has convinced me to put this on my wanted list.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the mention, of course, but I'm really curious as to how Tom Sawyer Lake got it's very American name?<BR/><BR/>Cheers, and thanks, JOHN :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142977785391302797noreply@blogger.com