Blackpool Beach

The other day at Mt Joyce we hit a sandy section and I said something like 'all we need is a couple of donkeys & it'd be Blackpool beach'. This caused a bit of confusion so I thought I'd clear things up. All pictures scavenged off the 'net, so thanks to the providers but they may disappear without notice. 

Blackpool is one of the premier holiday destinations in the North of England - think of it as the Santa Monica of Lancashire - and with a low tide there's a lot of beach to go round. It may seem odd that such a large beach is so empty, but remember that it's probably about 10 degrees in this picture.

You have to be careful dozing off, 'cos at a high tide there's not much scope for sandcastles 

One of the traditional attractions of the beach is donkey rides - the dirty smelly creatures have been plodding on the sands for the last 200 years.

I never rode the donkeys at the beach, although I did use to ride them at Markeaton Park in Derby when we visited my grandparents. Think I can still smell them now.