Oh, how I've been neglecting this blog. Part of the reason is that nothing has come along in the outdoor entertainment world that is weird enough for my jaded palate. Well, whenever an oddball musician gushes about an oddball amusement park, I sit up and take notice. Remember back when Laurie Anderson confessed that her favorite amusement park was Dollywood? Now Thomas Dolby says he wishes he could throw everything else aside and work at Diggerland.

Anyone that knows me knows I have a fetish for bulldozers. Don’t ask me what it is about them, I just see a bulldozer and I come over all funny. Big yellow ones are quite sexy, but it’s the smallish black and white ones with metal grilles over the driver that really get me going. Imagine my delight when I came across a theme park where you get to drive them yourself! At Diggerland you can race the small ones round a track, dig holes and fill them in again in a medium-sized one, or even go for a whirry ride in the spade part of a giant one. Ooh, I was in heaven!

And now it appears that Diggerland is hiring! I am awfully tempted to sell everything and head down to Cullompton for a spell. I quote: “You will need to like working with the general public, be energetic, have an outgoing personality and enjoy the thrill of showing others how to use the diggers and other activities in Diggerland.” Isn’t that me down to a tee?

Thanks and a tip of the hard hat to Trevor for the link.

Like other great discoveries in human history, a simple idea that changes everything.