Darren Turner
XProPhotographer
I decided to spend a day around Blackpool with the camera last week......... for those who don’t know it is a costal seaside town & tourist resort in Lancashire.
Sometimes referred to as the las vegas of the north here in the UK, The town most famous landmarks are of course Blackpool tower & its 3 piers i have been going since i was a kid and its fun place to be, plenty to do, loads of places to stay, eat & some cracking summer season shows. The area is very popular also for stag & hen weekends and has plenty of late night clubs & bars.
For around 2 months at the end of each summer season they have the famous illuminations which are quite spectacular & very popular, they stretch for approx 3 miles down the promenade
After my recent trip i am getting the feeling that this place is getting to a stage where it needs some major investment to cheer the place up ALOT
When i arrived i drove around for hours and i struggled to find a car parking space, as they were pretty full and i couldn’t find “Mushroom”
After a lot of searching i found one thank goodness
The parking attendants were to busy chatting to bother taking my money, but i guessed the car would be pretty safe.
By this time i got parked up i was dying for a drink ahhhhhhhhhh 25p sounds good............i
It was closed, I walked around the corner looking for another cafe, I found one.............it didn’t look to bad i suppose...............
This was also closed, so went & grabbed a few shots with the camera
I noticed loads of seagulls, i tried to grab a close ups shot of them.........
But i could only find a big one
Now i was feeling a little peckish so i had to find somewhere to eat that was at least open. I ended up with just a snack
By the time i had come back outside, i walked onto the prom; the sun was just setting behind the north pier
It was almost dark by now and the famous illuminations had been switched on
I took hundreds of photos & i enjoyed the day & i was Loving it.
The day didn’t turn out to bad in the end really did it.
(i have edited some of the pic's to try & make them look a little washed out and in desperate need of some repairs)
Daz
Sometimes referred to as the las vegas of the north here in the UK, The town most famous landmarks are of course Blackpool tower & its 3 piers i have been going since i was a kid and its fun place to be, plenty to do, loads of places to stay, eat & some cracking summer season shows. The area is very popular also for stag & hen weekends and has plenty of late night clubs & bars.
For around 2 months at the end of each summer season they have the famous illuminations which are quite spectacular & very popular, they stretch for approx 3 miles down the promenade
After my recent trip i am getting the feeling that this place is getting to a stage where it needs some major investment to cheer the place up ALOT
When i arrived i drove around for hours and i struggled to find a car parking space, as they were pretty full and i couldn’t find “Mushroom”
After a lot of searching i found one thank goodness
The parking attendants were to busy chatting to bother taking my money, but i guessed the car would be pretty safe.
By this time i got parked up i was dying for a drink ahhhhhhhhhh 25p sounds good............i
It was closed, I walked around the corner looking for another cafe, I found one.............it didn’t look to bad i suppose...............
This was also closed, so went & grabbed a few shots with the camera
I noticed loads of seagulls, i tried to grab a close ups shot of them.........
But i could only find a big one
Now i was feeling a little peckish so i had to find somewhere to eat that was at least open. I ended up with just a snack
By the time i had come back outside, i walked onto the prom; the sun was just setting behind the north pier
It was almost dark by now and the famous illuminations had been switched on
I took hundreds of photos & i enjoyed the day & i was Loving it.
The day didn’t turn out to bad in the end really did it.
(i have edited some of the pic's to try & make them look a little washed out and in desperate need of some repairs)
Daz
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