Thwarted the other evening, I thought I'd give Worthing Fair another go.

Arriving at 6.45, I thought - nay, hoped - that the fair would really be waking up. Again, Top Buzz 2 was parked and shut despite the fair opening at 2pm, yet just before I turned green, piled on the pounds and was about to begin hurling cars around, the lights came on and the ride opened.

£2.50 seemed good value, and by the second ride it was giving utterly brilliant rides. Only a pedant would complain about the ride quality - in fact, no, I'm a pedant, and I'm not complaining, so Top Buzz 2 was giving very high quality rides with gondolas tumbling uncontrollably with massive headrushes for its human cargo.

Presentation wise, the pedant has much to say. Hopefully the ride is a work in progress looking very worn presumably from Ayers' ownership (pictured) and consequent mothballing a year-or-so ago.

Many blocks of lights weren't working, a lot of light caps were missing, some neon broken and the ride looked quite grubby with a lot scuffed and dented from transport. It still puts many rides to shame, but there's still some work to be done.

The Worthinians seem to be made up with Top Buzz 2 - although the fair was quiet, bums were filling seats, so hopefully the interest in large rides at small fairs means large rides in the South of England aren't such a rarity from now on.

Which brings me onto Tango, which will apparently be the star attraction at Preston Park in Brighton on Saturday for Pride.

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