BBC Merlin Filming Locations

(Yes, it's totally a Merlin location!) Our beloved cast visited Parc Asterix while filming the first season, and Bradley's video diary of the day was featured in the DVD extras. When asifidletyou and I went to Pierrefonds in May, we took the opportunity to go to Parc Asterix for the day with our young companion – and we had a ball!

Please be warned this is a pic-heavy post!

what the Merlin peeps did

The first ride on which we see our intrepid heroes is the La Trace du Hourra 'bobsleigh' roller coaster, in the Gaul section of the park. 'Return to nature,' the web site exhorts, and experience 'a gigantic descent that will allow you to experience sliding in absolute liberty.' Well, yes. Maybe if I was sitting in Bradley's lap, I would have done so. Bradley wouldn't have had quite as much fun, but hey.

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