Blackpool July 2011

Blackpool!

Train!

Cat-We decided at 3 days notice that we should have 2 days away. It was Joes first weekend off in AGES, so we had a look on-line. The hotels in London were too expensive at such short notice, Whitby was booked up. We had a look at York...but kept looking. Then on Thursday night i came up with Blackpool. It was super cheap! So off we went!

Blackpool! The tower was having some work done, but still looked pretty cool. So we set off to find our hotel.
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We finally found our hotel (Barcelo Blackpool Imperial)  and checked in. We had the last available room...it was the backest of back rooms! Top floor, right at the very back. It was lovely although, the view left a lot to be desired...

Joe-  What you can't see under the window is a large amount of pigeon poo lining the outside of the window, bless em! I'm pretty sure breathing that in is bad for the lungs (no, i'm very sure) so we had to keep it closed for our stay.

First thing we did is have a drink at the hotel, Bar number 10. We soon wish we hadn't bothered...it was rather expensive. Next stop...Madame Tussauds!

I 'met' Auntie Gok! I had to give him a hug :D

I doubt i have to tell you who these are. It was a great afternoon!

This is one of my faves. :) 

The lady that started it all, Madame Marie Tussaud.
She doesn't look the type does she? ;D

My favourite man in the whole world and Russell Brand. What more could i ask for?

So very cute! I watched Sooty when i was a kid. It was an honour to meet him...and Sweep too. :)

Now, some of these are actual postcards that I sent from Blackpool...the others were on the wall at Madame Tussauds.

After Madame Tussauds, we took the tram to the Pleasure Beach :D

When we got there it was like being a kid again! First, we went on the game where you roll balls up a ramp into holes to make your camel move to win tokens. (No idea what its called)
Joe won me a pink unicorn that plays music!!

It's so fluffy!!

After that we went into an arcade where you can win tokens. We got 1 or 2...or 450 :D

This was enough to get 2 bubble guns (for the kids *cough cough*) and 4 lots of beads! (See the unicorn photo for the beads)

After that fun, Joe wanted to test his manliness...on the electric chair..

We saw lots and lots...

The Big One

Hacking street

The teacup & saucer ride was sponsored by Tetley!

Teh ghosy train! Agghh!! ;)

Ripleys believe it or not



That was it for day 1. We did go out for a few drinks, but no photos were taken. (No proof means it didn't happen.:))

DAY TWO


We spent day two AT THE ZOO!! Even on the bus on the way, I turned into a big kid. I was SO EXCITED.
I think the best way to do this is just to show you THE PHOTOS! (Sorry, some aren't that great) The first batch will be titled...'Arse shots' (You'll see why)

Capybara arse

Gorilla arse

Goat arses

Penguin arses

Sea lion arse

Monkey arse

Lemur baby & arses

Lol, animals move around. They show the camera NO respect! Anyhow...onwards!

Giraffes

Otters

Baa-Ram-Ewe

Baby reindeer

Reindeer

Sea lion show

The death bird. (NB: Not it's real name)

Monkey & baby

Lemur with log piano

Monkeees! This is in Amazonia. They were loose!!

This lil so-n-so is after my phone.

Meercats

Tapier. V. cute!

Flamingoes!

And that's it! Sorry for the shitty blog. If I blogged more, I'm sure I'd have done a better job, but I just cannot be bothered. Hope you liked our Blackpool weekend!