Each day, millions of shoppers flock to ASDA. The supermarket giant is a firm favourite with Brits, thanks to its budget ranges and huge variety of groceries, fashion and homeware products on offer.
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You never quite know what half-term will bring do you, but freefalling 100 feet through a trapdoor wasn't exactly on my to-do list.
Yet with a trip planned to Zip World Fforest in Betws-y-Coed in Conwy I somehow found myself accompanying my daughter on the world’s first tandem drop experience, Plummet 2.
Apparently it's at the top of the North Wales adventure bucket list, no doubt put together by those sadist thrill-seeker types.
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I'm in a different - keep my feet firmly on the floor camp - but usually give in to the request of my kids to 'stop being a wimp'.
The tower itself offers glorious views over the Conwy valley, it's just a bit tricky concentrating on that when all you can think about is that impending drop.
You can have a countdown if you like, or they can just surprise you and open it when you're not expecting it.
I'm not sure if it made it better or worse not having one, but I screamed my heart out as we fell to the floor mid-conversation.
I screamed just watching the first member of our group fall through the door and I didn't even know him, so there was little chance of me falling silently and gracefully through the air.
After almost deafening my daughter, who dealt with it in a calmer manner, I was just relieved to have made it to the ground in one piece.
I might not have been seeking the thrill, but you get that adrenalin rush whether you like it or not. Thankfully our next experience, on the attraction's Fforest Coaster, was a little less terrifying.
Don't get me wrong, it's fast and you head high up the track for the ride on the UK's only alpine coaster, but it's firmly bums on seats and you control your own brakes
Each day, millions of shoppers flock to ASDA. The supermarket giant is a firm favourite with Brits, thanks to its budget ranges and huge variety of groceries, fashion and homeware products on offer.
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