BLACKPOOL

EVERYBODY IN MANCHESTER HAS BEEN TO BLACKPOOL AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE!

BLACKPOOL WAS  THE TOP HOLIDAY DESTINATION BEFORE WE ALL GOT POSH AND COULD AFFORD FLIGHTS OUT OF HERE!

BLACKPOOL USED TO BE A BUSTLING VIBRANT FUN PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FLOCKED TO EVERY SUMMER FOR CHEAP BOOZE,ARCADES AND A BIT OF THE SEASIDE!(ALTHOUGH THE SEA USED TO BE BROWN!)

REMEMBER WHEN YOU WOULD BUILD SANCASTLES AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A BIT OF A WHIFF COMING FROM THE SAND?AND THE LOVELY SEA WAS ALL BROWN AND FROTHY!

QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A BIG BEACH CLEAN UP AND THE DONKEYS ACTUALLY GET REST BREAKS NOW ALTHOUGH THERE’S STILL BROWN FROTH IN THE SEA!

REMEMBER WHEN FAMILIES COULD ACTUALLY AFFORD A DAY OUT AT THE PLEASURE BEACH?NOW IT’S OVER A HUNDRED POUNDS A FAMILY AND THEY ARE ADDING ON AN ADMISSION FEE!

THE SANCASTLE WATER CENTRE USED TO BE A FIRM FAMILY FAVOURITE,LOVELY AND WARM,LOTS OF FUN THINGS TO DO,ON OUR LAST MOST RECENT VISIT ,I PAID ABOUT 45 POUNDS ENTRANCE TO THIS PLACE FOR THE LAST HOUR OR SO AS IT HAD TAKEN ME FOREVER TO GET PARKING AND DID NOT WANT A DOUBLE WHAMMY FINE!

ANYWAY AFTER RUNNING THROUGH THE FROTH BLOWING FROM THE SEA WE PAID 45 QUID IN AND REALISED THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING A 3 YEAR OLD COULD DO EXCEPT STAND IN ONE TINY BIT OF WATER.THERE WAS NO BABY POOL OR ANYTHING TODDLER RELATED,WISH I KNEW THIS BEFORE PAYING MY 45 QUID!SO I SPENT MOST OF THAT HOUR STOOD STILL HOLDING A BORED WET TODDLER.

DON’T GET ME WRONG ,THERE ARE 2 SMALL TODDLER SLIDES WHICH ARE TOTALLY USELESS AS WHEN YOUR TODDLER SLIDES DOWN THEM,THE WATER IS TOO HIGH ON LANDING SO YOUR TODDLERS HEAD GOES UNDER WATER…..GREAT FOR DISPOSING OF A 3 YEAR OLD..I THINK NOT!

ONE OF THE WATERSLIDES THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY THE LONGEST IN THE UK ,MAY BE THE LONGEST BUT IT RIPS HALF OF YOUR BACKSIDE OFF ON THE WAY DOWN DUE TO VERY POOR DESIGN,

THERE WAS ONE GOOD SLIDE WHERE YOU QUEUE UP FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AND GET CHUCKED DOWN A SLIDE IN A RUBBER DINGHY!LASTS ABOUT 5 SECONDS BUT I MUST ADMIT IT’S WORTH THE THRILL,

IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER 45 QUID YOU MAY BE ABLE TO FEED YOUR FAMILY TOO!IF YOU ARE MEGA RICH YOU MAY EVEN HAVE ENOUGH FOR ALL OF THE OVER PRICED ARCADE MACHINES OUTSIDE WHICH YES YOU GUESSED IT YOU NEVER WIN ON!

SO BACK IN THE DAY YOU COULD PILE THE KIDS IN THE CAR-HEAD FOR THE PLEASURE BEACH AND PAY 50P A RIDE THEN STROLL TO THE SANDCASTLE CENTRE AND HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON THERE FOR UNDER 20 POUNDS!GRAB A BAG OF CHIPS ON THE WAY HOME AND FUN WAS HAD BY ALL.

THIS FAMILY DAY OUT WILL NOW SET YOU BACK ABOUT 300 POUNDS INCLUDING PARKING AND A BIT OF PETROL!ANOTHER 100 BANGED ON IF YOU DARE TO STAY THE NIGHT IN A LITTLE B+B

SO 400 QUID FOR ONE DAY AND NIGHT IN BLACKPOOL!BEARING IN MIND PACKAGE HOLIDAYS NOW STAR AROUNG 120 POUNDS PER PERSON FOR A WEEK OR 2 AWAY FOR FUN IN THE SUN.IT IS NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING TO THE TRAVEL AGENTS AND IT IS NO WONDER THEY NEVER GOT THE CASINO….WHAT MONEY WOULD ANYONE HAVE LEFT TO SPEND THERE?

WITH ALL THE ABOVE SAID THOUGH,IF YOU ARE NOT GOING AS A FAMILY A GOOD TIME CAN BE HAD HITTING ALL OF THE MANY BARS AND CLUBS WITH SOME CHEAPO DRINKS OFFERS!!!

HAVE FUN IN THE SUN !WHERE?YOU DECIDE!!