I wasn’t going to write but the worst TV programme I’ve ever seen was driving me crazy in the lounge, something about Jam and Jerusalem. Up till then it’s been a good day with full sun and we went to several events in Blackpool.
First there was an allotment open day near Stanley Park so we had a look in. Some commendable plots and some demonstrating how nature can take over quickly. One lady said the owner next door had been ill and in that year it had grown 4 feet high rushes from the neighbouring marshland.
That was before we went onto Stanley Park which was looking healthy with its floral displays. There was a cool group with the coolest singer on the bandstand making pretty good covers of Rolling Stones numbers – Not Fade Away. Being of the age that NFA was the song of a new era I wanted to join in but one mustn’t be an embarrassing grandpa. Good turn out as well sitting in the pseudo-Roman ampitheatre by the lake.
There was a steam train taking passengers from Blackburn and Preston to Blackpool in what is being called Wakes Week festivities in Blackpool. It was intended to see this but the allotment was an unexpected time sucker and we missed it.
Then we walked to the prom to watch the Blackpool Air Display. The new headlands are ideal with steps like an ampitheatre to the sand and it was packed. RAF Typhoon life size replica and a Tornado cockpit. Flying dispaly of Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Extras, Vulcan, Red Arrows and lots more. The Vulcan made a short display with a pass followed by a steep climb away to emphasise the noise and that made it all worthwhile – I felt suddenly exhilarated and wanted to shout yah-hoo but thought it might not have looked too good. Although there was a punk meeting in Blackpool and there were some amazing outfits around who might have sympathised. I thought a lot of them looked a bit self conscious yet it’s good to see people being different. There seemed to be a lot of big motorbikes about as well.
The other thing about the headland is that there is now grass on Blackpool prom and people seemed to like it. It’s time they finished the prom it seems to have been in progress for years although the bits finished look good. It was a good day out, didn’t cost much either. Nearly time to watch Louis Theroux, so neat timing.