Simon Butcher

Well, it was a giant flying fox really, set up by Belventura who dramatically call it the Atomium Death Ride. They've done this a few times, but this year is to be the last time they will do it, apparently owing to concerns from the owners of the Atomium.

Last night we had our house warming, slightly late since the move, but we finally managed. The amount of booze we went through isn't well represented here; let alone the amount of mini-pizzas we went through. It was a bit of struggle to get going, but today was the last day to do this!

The queue helped too; after two hours of waiting I was finally given a harness and escorted into the Atomium. We were taken to the top of the structure, and through the kitchen in the new restaurant to climb a ladder into the elevator machine room.

From there, a further climb was necessary to emerge on the top, clinging to the flag pole. The view from here is amazing, and fortunately the rain had held off just long enough for me to go ahead. It was a simple matter of hooking onto the line, climbing down and sitting down on the top ball, and sliding off!

It started bucketing down with rain not long after, so I think I was very lucky. I'd love to do it again sometime!