Blackpool Photos

I'm not really sure what I'm doing here and "onblur" sounds like a dangerous command for photographs, but lets see.

Sunset at Blackpool Beach. I was using a little portable camera and it didn't cope well but it really is a stunning view. Unfortunately, most of the beach was "under construction" as they are building a new sea wall. Rather hopeful to keep the sea out, but what do I know?

The Promenade. Blackpool Illuminations are famous throughout the country. They string lights up across the road and at dusk, as they turn them on, everyone drives along, very slowly. This counts as entertainment in Northern England.

The lights change every year. We were all a bit confused and disturbed by the bissected animal theme.

The promenade facing the other way, the ferris wheel on the North pier and on the right side - that's Blackpool Tower! I didn't go there, I should have. You can see the tower from miles away. Blackpool is a weekend resort and all sorts of people I've met say that when they were kids, their parents would promise an ice cream to the first one who spotted the tower from a distance.

The tram. Not actually the exact tram that I thought I was being thrown off of but the same tramline. Mine was a wooden Victorian thing, quite pretty really. But I was too shocked to think to take a photo of it. This one was "dressed up" for a charity event for the last weekend of the Illuminations.