Trying new stuff is always a good idea. Well kind of. For Hawklad new stuff has to be carefully mapped out, introduced slowly. If you get that right then it is a good idea.
This time it was me that got caught out by NEW.
A trip to see some Christmas lights at Doncaster. Really enjoyable if not exactly very festive at times. A little more Lion King and Star Trek than Santa. But still good and Hawklad enjoyed it as long as we kept our distance from the crowds.


















So all great until I was dragged on this torture device.

I am petrified of heights, yes I admit it, that rather held back my climbing career….. Even a couple of rungs on a ladder is an issue for me.
This is way too high and most certainly not part of the carefully mapped out plans. Camera focusing is not easy with my eyes firmly shut….

No way! I’d be terrified! 😳
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I was
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A brilliant display
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It definitely was a find
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😍😍😍
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I love the lights display.
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It was special
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🩵
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❤️
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Wow, that light display is astounding!!!
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It definitely was
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Wow. Wonderful!
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Definitely was a find. New tradition hopefully. ❤️
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Well done, both of you. A splendid display. When I went up on the London Eye I couldn’t even load the film into my camera.
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That looks a long way up, too long…
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You are very brave! I imagine you got a good view from higher up…if you opened your eyes! I would have had mine firmly shut. Great photographs of the lights.
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It was the creaking noise that really got to me.
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Terra firma is the place my feet are always wanting to be placed.
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I’m with you on that
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A unique display … loved seeing all the lights, but I’m so glad to find another who is as petrified of heights as I am!!! Like you, one or two steps on a ladder and I’m dizzy, shaky, and sometimes even have chest pain! When I was a child and there would be a carnival in town, my dad always took me on the ferris wheel and when it would stop at the very top, he would rock back and forth … making the thing feel as if it was falling and terrifying me! Perhaps that’s where my fear of heights first began! Then there was the glass elevator on the side of the skyscraper … 😱
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Yes those glass floors, there is a few glass bridges in Switzerland with huge drops below. Just NO….
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Agreed … just NO!!!
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Not sure what most of the lights have to do with the season, if anything, but someone put a whole lotta work into them. Very eye-catching!
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The Halloween section was a little odd at Christmas
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Ah, its that what those were. Why waste all that work on just a few days of show, I guess.
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Happy holidays GP
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But ya did it… yaaaay!
Very… uncommon… light setup!
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Definitely kissed the ground on our return…
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The lights look wonderful, Gary. And way to go for going up that Ferris wheel. I bet Hawklad appreciated it all. Wishing you both the merriest of Christmas! 💕🎄
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Really hope you had a wonderful time. Things like those lights are just such wonderful finds.
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That show certainly covered a lot of themes. A beautiful seasonal outing.
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I think they even left some Halloween stuff up as well.
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Absolutely wonderful
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Thank you
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Love the lights, especially the lion King. Okay that Ferris wheel no way!!! I do not do heights. But how beautiful.❤️
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