My first holiday this year is to be in Blackpool, YIPPEEE!!Lets go!

It's Wednesday 12th having crawled out of bed this morning at 7 am and working to get my program sorted for Sunday, it is now 2:50 in the afternoon. The Thermos is filled and packed and Marmite sandwiches in hand the hood down on my little convertible (four seater of course!in case we meet anyone nice on the way.) So we're off up the road to the M60 motorway, foot down to the coast. As you know were going to join the M6 in a minute, to all the locals known as the West coast Highway a bit of excitement for this little car next to all these huge trucks blasting onwards. Okay we have been going for nearly half an hour so have to have a wee stop in fact I think that is a wee wee stop! One of the worst nightmares in the whole world is passing a service station then realising you needed to go to the loo, the second worst thing is realising the next service station is 27 miles away and it's no fun holding your breathe and trying to drive with your knees together, clenching your buttocks. Luckily this time we have done a safe landing at our chosen service station, which is Charnock Richard, and here we are in the car park cheating a little drinking my coffee and saving about £5 and eating my Marmite sandwiches, and not only that. my travelling companion CA, is playing mother. So I don't even have to pure it! OK now you won't believe this next bit, I went into the loos and I asked a man who worked there, "Where the horse had gone, had it escaped?" he looked at me like I was mad and said,"What do you mean?" I said "have you never been in the gents toilets?" it stinks like a stable that has never been cleaned out it has the acrid smell of nasal horror! Worse than acid and vinegar. He was a bit distressed and said he hadn't noticed, whereby I advised him to ring his local hospital for a nose test, worst toilets I've ever been in. As Nadia who is typing this says "The boys toilets always smell bad!" I told her to stop going past boys toilets.
So, onwards to the motorway to Preston excited to see the tower on the way, we have seen five towers so far, false alarms,all pylons in the distance! It's a brilliant drive to Blackpool with the Moo cows in the field and great big circular hay bales wrapped up in black polythene bin bags so it looks like a field full of liquorice all sorts!I must buy some when I get into Blackpool, not had any for ages. I like it when you arrive at that roundabout with the three big silver metal clowns/harlequins on the centre. As I scooted past quite fast I'm not really sure what they are! But they look very nice, I love them. And now it's up to the OPPPS I forgot to say as we came up the motorway under the bridge just on the right We saw the tower, I was 2nd to see it.TUT! TUT! Ok, then we were down onto the shore line to the beach and right at the place the glass upside disco ball that spins round opposite the Energy centre and two windmills. YIPPPEEE were in Blackpool.And I have just realised it's Blackpool lights on tonight, well actually they have been on for ages I have only just remembered not over smart me! Ok! more coffee from the flask another fiver saved, we have saved £10 on coffees so far. And not only that it's not half as nice when you buy it, when you made it it's your coffee, your milk, and made just how you like it!Right or wrong?!Right so the plan is to park here opposite the silver ball, so if we have a drink will know where the car is. Not that we will have a drink cos were driving and we won't get squiffy on coffee! Ok lock the car up and put all valuables in the boot and the coffee for later.It's a lovely sunny day it's absolutely gorgeous.
The plan is to walk down to the tower, which we can see is about two miles away, along the way we will mooch through the Amusement park and see all the new rides and first of all buy some candy floss in a bag, and walk right down the front looking at the sea, sights, people and seagulls. Last time I came to Blackpool a man was selling seagulls on the front, for a pound each, real live ones. So I gave him a pound and said, "I'll have a seagull please, which one is mine?" He pointed to the sky and said, " That one!"
Now the most important thing you should do, no matter who you are in Blackpool, walk down the front is have fish, chips and peas and a cup of Blackpool tea, watching all the people as they walk up the front, that is Blackpool!So I managed to talk myself out of going on the Big One again, luckily and the big circular thing mushroom thing that you sit round and flys you up into the air with a big WHOOSH then drops you down again. I ducked out on that one as well. We walked along enjoying the ambiance until we got to Central pier, with the beautiful big wheel on it and those scary elastic band things, that flirt you up into the sky. I was stunned to notice that it was only £20 to stay for bed and breakfast on the front in those lovely hotels or £72 for 5 nights and kids go half price!Fantastic deal that is. So on with the next plan, MUST buy the bargain sticks of rock to bring back for the friends and the bargain wooden roses which are beautiful. And I also wanted a new leather man bag, I got so many keys, bits of paper, pens, credit cards and money, Oh and my chewy and mints, two Mobile phones, cheque book and all the other nonsense which I never used to carry. Now I need a bigger bag, my other bag has gotten to small.So we went into one of the underground shopping areas and I brought a fantastic Spanish leather one from a lovely lady who said shewas 200 years old, who also supplied me with a beautiful leather credit card holder, so that means I'm going to have to apply for another ten cards with free interest, and loads of cheap money to borrow (I think not! Thank you very much!)
Then we walked along to the tower which now dares you to go the very top and stand on the glass plate and look down to scare yourself to death looking at the pavement about 50 miles below. Take my advice save the £12.50 and go to Manchester to the new Hilton Hotel and go up to the Sky bar, get yourself a drink and go and stand on their scary glass oblong floor plate and look down below, its just as scary and it's free! Which as you know is a great reason.
So we got Fish and chips, found a bench over looking the sea and ate them on the front making sure that that I didn't get mugged by the seagulls, big as Eagles they are and very cheeky, it was a a casual walk back to the car along the breezy front wondering at all the beautiful lights.
Once in the car we drove along the front south shore to North shore and back again taking pics of the illuminations. Blackpool be proud you did a great job again.
I got to bed eventually at 10 am Thursday Morning, Tiered boy but well contented. That was my ten hour summer holiday for this year. Life is good and I am really excited to be on air on Sunday at 2 pm and the show is ready to go. Great. Ug