For many people in Wales, including myself, Oakwood has supplied many memories with summer days out there being somewhat of a regular occurrence. I have visited Wales' biggest - and only one of two - theme park on multiple occasions as a child, whether that was on coach trips with my friends, school trips or days out with the family, but now going as an adult it felt very different and the magic of it felt lost to me. Just as I did when I was little, I had my clothes ready the night before, my lunch packed and my alarm set.
Why does it feel so much easier waking up to an alarm when you have something exciting planned for the day? Oakwood is located in Narberth, Pembrokeshire , making it the closest theme park to me here in Cardiff at around an hour and 45 minutes' drive. Checking the weather before we left, it predicted wind but no rain. Unfortunately as we got closer and closer to our destination, we knew that wasn't going to be the case.
READ MORE: I'm 25 and this is why people my age should listen to Billy Joel every day READ MORE: A Welsh bakery has been named one of the best in the UK As the majority of the attractions at theme parks are outdoors it is common for them to be less busy on rainy days than if it were sunny, but when we got to Oakwood we were shocked at how few visitors there were. We arrived at 10.15am, just 15 minutes after the park opened, along with only a handful of other cars in the carpark.
I aimed to be there for as soon as it opened because in the pa.