I've found a fun little website. It's called Arcade Town (www.arcadetown.com). Actually, it was the BBC that found it. They mentioned it on their Click Online programme on BBC News 24 a week or two ago. It's got lots of Flash, Shockwave and Java based games, most of which are free.
Some of my favourites include:
Great way to spend an hour if you're bored.
Kate and me decided Saturday, that we would go for a walk in Danbury Park except that we didn't actually get that far. I only know one way to the park, and that road was completely closed so we had to follow diversion signs which took us all over the place. I was never lost or anything like that. Most of the time I knew where I was, but I simply didn't know any the alternative way to the park itself. (I found out today that I should have gone via Sandon). So instead of Danbury Park, we found ourselves at Maldon Promenade which was good, I thought, since I hadn't been there in ages and Kate hadn't seen it either.
Now I have very clear memories of Maldon Promenade - going to swim in the lake and play with rubber dinghy boats. However, I was to be quite disappointed in what I found. I knew there had been issues about people swimming in the lake and I believe the boats were banned and jumping off two boards in the centre of the lake was also banned, but what I found was worse. The lake has actually gone. They've drained it out, and filled a lot of the space in with what looks like sand. Apparently it's being redeveloped into a more natural area, with water based plants etc - a normal "don't go in the water" lake.
Needless to say I am quite upset about this. Apparently it's all come about because one person last year decided to dive into the water, even though there were "No Diving" signs present. This person ended up killing himself through head injuries (I believe) and the partner sued to local council.
Now this is were I get upon my soap box. I don't want to sound disrespectful or anything, but that lake had been there for over 100 years. There was never an issue of safety before, and now that one person was stupid enough to dive in, the council have decided to take overly drastic action. I mean, it wasn't exactly their fault that this bloke died now was it?
People nowadays simply do not take responsibility for their own actions. People complain about this country becoming a "Nanny State" due to the rules and regulations, yet what do they expect?
I think I've mentioned this before, but whatever happened to the signs that ended "At Your Own Risk"? e.g. "Swimming/Boating/Diving in this lake is undertaken at your own risk"? You simply don't see them and now, when even something relatively minor happens to someone such as they break a toe, they will sue whoever they possibly can.
It's downright stupid. In my opinion, all that should be done is a nice clear sign or two stating the (usually) obvious dangers allowing people to make informed decisions about what they do. Then if anything happens to them due to them ignoring the advice about those dangers, that's their tough luck.
In case your curious, there are pictures of the former lake, now under development, in the photo albums section dated 14 May 2005.
Some of my favourites include:
- The Black Knight
- Mario World Overrun
- Mini Pool
- Radical Aces
Great way to spend an hour if you're bored.
Kate and me decided Saturday, that we would go for a walk in Danbury Park except that we didn't actually get that far. I only know one way to the park, and that road was completely closed so we had to follow diversion signs which took us all over the place. I was never lost or anything like that. Most of the time I knew where I was, but I simply didn't know any the alternative way to the park itself. (I found out today that I should have gone via Sandon). So instead of Danbury Park, we found ourselves at Maldon Promenade which was good, I thought, since I hadn't been there in ages and Kate hadn't seen it either.
Now I have very clear memories of Maldon Promenade - going to swim in the lake and play with rubber dinghy boats. However, I was to be quite disappointed in what I found. I knew there had been issues about people swimming in the lake and I believe the boats were banned and jumping off two boards in the centre of the lake was also banned, but what I found was worse. The lake has actually gone. They've drained it out, and filled a lot of the space in with what looks like sand. Apparently it's being redeveloped into a more natural area, with water based plants etc - a normal "don't go in the water" lake.
Needless to say I am quite upset about this. Apparently it's all come about because one person last year decided to dive into the water, even though there were "No Diving" signs present. This person ended up killing himself through head injuries (I believe) and the partner sued to local council.
Now this is were I get upon my soap box. I don't want to sound disrespectful or anything, but that lake had been there for over 100 years. There was never an issue of safety before, and now that one person was stupid enough to dive in, the council have decided to take overly drastic action. I mean, it wasn't exactly their fault that this bloke died now was it?
People nowadays simply do not take responsibility for their own actions. People complain about this country becoming a "Nanny State" due to the rules and regulations, yet what do they expect?
I think I've mentioned this before, but whatever happened to the signs that ended "At Your Own Risk"? e.g. "Swimming/Boating/Diving in this lake is undertaken at your own risk"? You simply don't see them and now, when even something relatively minor happens to someone such as they break a toe, they will sue whoever they possibly can.
It's downright stupid. In my opinion, all that should be done is a nice clear sign or two stating the (usually) obvious dangers allowing people to make informed decisions about what they do. Then if anything happens to them due to them ignoring the advice about those dangers, that's their tough luck.
In case your curious, there are pictures of the former lake, now under development, in the photo albums section dated 14 May 2005.