Rhod and Anna's World Adventure

The break was short. There are still more ways to test the validity of the holiday insurance and we managed to find another one. The white-ish blob rolling down the hill to the left is a Zorb. The people inside are known as Zorbanauts and the whole process is known as Zorbing!

Bouncy castles are fun! Water slides are fun! Rolling down a hill is fun! Imagine how good all three in one is.

We arrived at the Zorb site and paid our money for a 2 person 'Hydro Zorb'. We were handed a receipt and a pair of shorts and a T-shirt each to change in to. We changed into our clothes and left all things valuable and important safely at the bottom of the hill as we boarded the 4x4 that would take us to the top. At the top we met our Zorb, a large inflatable ball big enough for 3 people. There would only be 2 of us so we would have loads of space. The loading process is as follows. Run and dive head first through a whole in the side. When you are both in a few litres of hot water is added to the ball for good measure. The gate opens and after you have started the zorb rolling the aim is to stand up for as long as possible.

It took about 2 steps to get the thing going and we had both fallen over, unable to stand after 3 steps. From that point on we slid down the hill feet first followed by head first bouncing our way over the grass at speeds up to 35kph. And all the time you are sitting in a puddle of hot water.

It is so funny. We laughed all the way down and even harder when it came to falling out of the zorb in to a muddy puddle at the bottom. It might sound a strange way to spend your day but it is so funny and absolutely painless. The only problem is that it's all over so quickly.