So saturday saw the arrival of the day of reckoning. The sphering experience bought for me by my Mum and Sister arrived, and off Andy and I, with Kate, Jenny, Mum and a snotty Ben, to a hill near Ratcliffe on Soar power station, where we got in a big ball and rolled all the way down.
After being strapped in, the guy explained to us how to “ride the ball”, which was a waste of time…you just basically hold on and hope that the pile of earth at the bottom is enough to slow you down so you don’t roll off in to the next county.
It’s a very disorienting experience, but was a lot of fun. Having watched us roll down on video, small external bounces feel like you’ve left orbit, and the lack of any reference means you just have to hang on and enjoy it. It only really lasted 30 seconds or so, but it seemed an awful lot longer, and was great fun. I’m not sure I would have done it again straight after, in an effort to retain my lunch, but I’d do it again if given the opportunity!
Thanks to Mum and Katy for buying it for me, and to Andy for being a sport and coming in with me!
You can see our adventure over on youtube or by clicking the picture beneath. Finally I got the Youtube plugin working, hurrah!.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:05 pm
lol, that looks like tremendous fun Matt.
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 pm
hehe it was indeed. Give it a try just be sure to have your lunch a few hours beforehand!