The 50p Fair is back in town, perfect the those who like to be scared and bruised in roughly equal proportions but are on a strict budget. The venue as usual is Hearsall Common.

We were going to go when it opened on thursday night but we were busy filling ourselves with Chinese food at Wing Wah, so we went tonight. We went on the Waltzers while we waited for Emma's friends to arrive. At one point we were spinning so quickly, all I could see was horizontal strips of light. It was good to get back onto steady non-spinning ground afterwards.

My trouble with travelling fairs is that I always seem to acquire mystery bruises. The Rhythm Rider was back (last seen at the Final Fling). This was the ride where there is a horizontal row of seats and it gets lifted up into the air in a circular motion, so you get lifted out of the seats and thrown left and right. I was more padded this time because I was wearing a jumper and felt ok when we got off.

The ride which caused the most pain was called the Sizzler and had a set of cars which spun around but stayed horizontal. I thought this one looked ok but as the central pillar spun the spinning cars moved in and out so Emma kept sliding away and then towards me. As it spun faster and faster, Emma kept sliding into me with more and more force. My leg was pinned against the lap bar and I was in pain for most of the ride.

My thigh was still feeling bruised this morning but there was no visible mark. For some reason my arm, which doesn't feel as bad as my leg, has a massive bruise on it. I won't be going back to the fair, at least not until later in the week when the bruising has gone.