Blackpool Pleasure Beach! Pepsi Max Big One, Infusion and Bling!
So after our quiet relaxing trip to Formby, we headed on up to Blackpool - the thrill center and most famous seaside resort in the UK. The most famous part being Pleasure Beach Blackpool, with the Pepsi Max Big One, which used to be the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster of any park in the WORLD!
As we pulled into Blackpool it was dusk, the sun falling behind the horizon and the colours of a late summer sunset appeared.
There were plenty of Seagulls too as it was super windy and they were enjoying the thermal currents.
We could see all the way down the beach to the Blackpool tower and the Ferris wheel on central pier (Blackpool has 3 piers! North, South and Central).
A Trip Up North - Formby Red Squirrels & On To Blackpool!
So after being all the way down South in Minehead and Dunster we headed back home to Worcester.
Then all the way up North to Liverpool! We were heading to the Lake District - one of the most beautiful places in the world, but the weather was rather threatening so we decided it might not be a good idea. We hung around Liverpool for a couple of days, I caught up some Uni mates (I studied in Liverpool at John Moores) and we explored the city a bit (checked out the Tate etc.). I didn't really take any pictures there though as it was nasty and grey, nothing much to take pics of. There was some awesome stuff in Tate though (saw some original Andy Warhol and Picasso!).
After that we headed further up North, our destination Blackpool! An original pleasure beach with tacky shops and what was once the highest rollercoaster in the world! (Pepsi Max - Big One).
We stopped off at a National Park site on the way with a nice beach, a trail and a conservation area for Red Squirrels (which are quite rare) called Formby.
Cute little fellas they are.
With big bushy tails!
Sadly there was a noisy crowd of kids that came along, so the poor little blighters got scared and ran off. It was a nice place to walk around though.
Coming to an end..
So my trip is almost coming to an end, 3 weeks seems like an awfully short time when you are having fun!
I thought it'd seem like a longgggg break, I guess life in KL is too hectic sometimes - it's a good feeling to have nothing to do, to be away from the Internet and have nowhere to rush to.
It's so much more relaxing driving here as everyone is so civilized, thankfully the weather has been pretty nice too.
Been down to Minehead in Somerset for some seaside and awesome food cooked by my aunt, been up Malvern Hills, been up to Birmingham a couple of times (not my favourite place), been up to Liverpool and even further up to Blackpool!
Had a pretty varied trip really, seen a good portion of UK.
I'm not looking forwards to the 20 odd hour flight back...leaving here on 26th afternoon and reaching back on 27th afternoon!
Emirates service has definitely gone down, the movies are on demand though and you still have a personal screen which is bigger, the food is still pretty good but the service is gone, they hardly bring drinks around, the stewardesses seem to not want to serve you, you can press the service bell and get no response.
Will pop down to Worcester town to get some stuff this afternoon, it's weird getting used to the fact that the shops close at 5.30pm - can't imagine how I managed with that when I lived here.
Sometimes England seems so backwards.
I've had a great time though, wish I had another couple of weeks to catch a premiership match, head to the lake district, maybe over to Dublin too.
So many things I want to see still, lots of Europe I haven't seen either. Oh well plenty more years to go, just have to save up the moolah.
Back to KL soon though, back to work, back to Starbucks, back to parties, back to lots of sweating.
You can find all the posts on my UK trip:
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