luinalda | Random holiday picspam 12: Blackpool (July 2009)

This should actually have been part of my 2009 England trip pictures, but somehow I never continued with that... *fails* So, better late than never. ;-)

We spent two days in Blackpool (only a couple of hours each though). Which you can probably tell from the pictures, because the first evening it was very cloudy and a bit stormy, and the second day the weather was very nice with mostly blue sky (although still a bit windy). I probably wouldn't want to spend my whole holidays in Blackpool (2-3 days would be alright), but I really enjoyed the place! And somehow I like being in (British) amusement arcades. :D *lol*

This picspam is slightly longer, as I had about 250(!) photos of Blackpool and just wasn't able to narrow them down to a maximum of 45... So I ended up with 58 pics which was still very hard work, believe me. ;D

Blackpool Town Hall

Sacred Heart Church

The Winter Gardens

Birley Street

Grand Theatre

pedestrian zone (don't know which street tbh)

Blackpool Tower

view across the Promenade ("left side"/north) from the Central Pier

view across the Promenade ("right side"/south) from the Central Pier

on Central Pier

War Memorial and Metropole hotel

North Pier

walking down the Promenade from north to south...

inside the amusement arcades (all "Coral Island", except the last pic)

"The Pirate Flyer" at Coral Island. Yep, we actually took the ride. *lol* It was fun. :D

Central Pier

South Pier

Pepsi Max Big One roller coaster

flying!TARDIS !!! Well, kinda. :p *lol*

Pepsi Max Big One and some Doctor Who decorations \o/

The Doctor Who Exhibition closed a bit later that year, by the way. Pity I didn't know then, otherwise I would have gone to see it after all... :-( (Didn't now, because I had just been to the one in Cardiff a couple of days earlier.)

And finally, here's a bonus pic of me. Sorry about that! ;-) *lol*