Well, I think this is going to be a little bit different.
Welcome to an absolutely glorious day here in Kirkcaldy in the Kingdom of Fife.
Behind me is the famous Links Market fair.
It's one of the biggest travelling fairs in the whole of Europe.
I think we should go and have a look around.
Well, I popped across from Edinburgh quite early
this morning and the fair doesn't actually get going until 1pm.
They're actually testing all the rides just at this minute.
So I thought I'd just have a wander along the Esplanade.
It's an absolutely gorgeous day.
I have to say, the location of the fair right here
on the Esplanade, on the seashore in Kirkcaldy is absolutely stunning.
And the tides right in this morning.
So it's really, really bracing.
Right. Then let's head in and see what we can find.
Looks like a motion simulator.
And as you would expect, plenty of fluffy toys to win and all these stalls.
And over here, I reckon the Gold Dust, that will be an amusement arcade.
The Las Vegas of the Kingdom of Fife.
Looks like we have a kid coaster here.
What do we think of the size of those drops?
Oh, look what I found.
There's a Sizzler’s van here.
I'm sure it's not the same one from Fisherrow Harbour
because that was there yesterday.
But you can buy Sizzler's burgers here at the Links
Market, Kirkcaldy.
I must admit,
I'm partial to a good old fashioned ghost train.
Shall we go and get on Hell Chaser?
Oh, spooky.
Skull and crossbones.
Oh, here we go.
Here we go.
Oh, oh, oh.
Scary person.
Oh, well.
Well, that was quite good fun.
Lots of really tacky props in that.
And the real person, he really did shock me a bit.
I've got a watch which rides to go on because I've got a dodgly back
and I don't want to put my back out by going on something too jolty.
So maybe the carousel is more to my taste.
Now, this is one my back is definitely pleading with me to avoid.
How about we go on the wild mouse?
Spooky.
Here we go.
Oh, oh,
oh, oh.
Bigger drop, bigger drop.
Oh, oh, oh,
oh. Spinning.
Oh, oh,
oh, Oh, my gosh.
Oh, oh,
oh, oh. Hey.
Oh, my.
Oh, oh,
oh, oh,
oh. That was actually such good fun.
You know, it's been absolutely years and years
since I went on a wild mouse roller coaster.
They used to have a wooden one in Blackpool, which was absolutely insane.
Now the drops on that one weren't too bad.
They were good fun.
Took the wind out of you a little bit, but once it started spinning
in the second part of the circuit, wow, that was really quite forceful.
Great fun, though.
Oh, you can always guarantee, can't you, at a fair like this
that there’ll be a Waltzer!
Actually, there's a second Waltzer, except it's called an Equalizer.
Oh, no, no. It does say Waltzer up there.
And I should have said
you don't need to buy a wristband here at Kirkcaldy Links Market.
All the rides are pay to ride.
And it averages between about £3 and £5.
I paid £3 for the Ghost Train and five quid to go on that Wild Mouse.
Oh candyfloss.
The smell of childhood. Yeah.
My grandfather used to take me
to Blackpool Pleasure Beach every Wednesday after school and
we always used to geta bag of candyfloss before we used to go on the rides.
My goodness.
Waltzer number three?
In addition
to all the Waltzers, there seems to be quite a few Fun Houses as well.
And behind it of course, the big wheel.
I reckon we'll go on the big wheel.
This is actually a Bavarian Fun House.
Actually, it looks really impressive.
Even though fair grounds bring out my inner child,
I really do think I'm too old to go on this.
Let's head onto the big wheel.
Bet the views from the top are amazing.
Thank you.
You can really see
the scale of Kirkcaldy Links Market from up here.
Look at the sprawl.
And that's the other way, looking towards
the town centre.
And coming down
back to earth.
Pretty much every traveling fairground
also has one of these Caterpillar Big Apple rollercoasters.
I think I'm going to go at it from a nostalgia point of view
because when my little boy, well, he's not so little anymore.
When my son Andrew was little,
I used to take him on rollercoasters like this.
It was scary for him.
Okay, for me. But I don't know about now.
I think we'll have to sit right in the back.
What do you think of it now?
I guess we just have to wait for other people to come on board.
Here we go!
Through the Big Apple.
We might get a little bit of a jolt here in the back going down the drop.
What do you think?
Here we go.
Oh, I think they trimmed that.
Round TWO.
Such a beautiful day for riding roller coasters
at Kirkcaldy Links Market.
Ready for that
little jolt?
Here it comes.
Yeah.
It's definitely got a break on that.
Are we gonna go for thirds?
Pretty good value for money.
Three circuits.
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
You’re definitely not going to go hungry here.
This just about every food imaginable available from the food trucks
in the stalls.
Burgers, hotdogs, candy floss, everything.
Yeah.
Oh, look and see the girl on the ride with the red hair,
long ponytail.
I think that’s the definition of “Hair Time”.
I want my advice.
Don't buy anything from the Grill Shack before you go on that ride just behind it.
Whatever the hell that is, it looks terrifying.
Oh, look there’s another Waltzer. That’s Waltzer number 4.
Oh, look at them all the way up there.
At least they’re not upside down, yet.
Let me know in the comments if that's your sort of ride.
I really don't think I could bring myself to go on that.
Behind me is another Ghost train. It's called the Roller Ghoster. I love the play on words.
And I reckon now we've seen 4 Waltzers,
3 Fun Houses and 2 Ghost Trains.
You definitely have a lot to choose from here.
And there is a full extent of Kirkcaldy links market
at least a mile along the Esplanade.
Fun and food.
Well, I meant to say earlier that I've come on a weekday
and it's already really, really busy.
Over the weekend the Kirkcaldy Links Market
is going to become absolutely rammed.
The atmosphere is going to be incredible and I watch it at night when it goes dark
and all those fairground lights come on, it will be an absolute glorious spectacle.
I've really enjoyed myself here this afternoon.
A few gentle rides.
The Wild Mouse was the highlight of the day.
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