I have a terrible fear of heights and rollercoasters, which is not a good one to have when one wishes to go to a Theme Park with a girlfriend who loves going on whiteknuckle rides. My fear at the age of 29 is now rather embarrasing and quite frankly probably was one of the main reasons as to why I have yet to see the world in an airplane.

In a few weeks I fly for the first time to Europe on business and I felt that I needed to overcome my chickening out of rides before Id feel remotely comfortable in a plane. We went to M&D’s at Strathclyde Country Park today.

After a few scenes of sheer amatuer dramatics and diva like paranoia - I went on The Big Wheel and my caring girlfriend constantly reassured me about 30 feet up that I wasnt going to fall out.. I ended up overcoming my fear of heights by doing this the hard way.. Initially I felt ill and also that some poor passer by below would end up with chocolate sauce on their ice cream cone..

Thankfully that never happened and I actually enjoyed the experience.

More dramatics ensued plus a reciting of The Lord Is My Shepherd, we experienced the rollercoaster and also my screaming..

Im a daredevil now but I have to do the diva stuff before I go on rides in the future.

So how can I stop being a diva?