Decided that we were going to have an adrenalin coaster-tastic weekend and so hopped in the car to go to Blackpool Pleasure beach and Alton towers. I wasn’t sure what to expect but Blackpool is twice as kitsch as I could possibly have hoped! Stayed in a Lurvely B&B in Blackpool which only stung us £20 pppn – with 5 of us in a tiny room! Anyway, we came for that coasters and weren’t disappointed at all.
Had a mere 11 hour stint in the park before calling it a day.
On Sunday we left super early to drive to Alton. The branches bounding off the car on the M6 and the countless fallen trees in the middle of the road should have been indicator enough that things weren’t as favorable as they might have been. Regardless, we braved the roads and ended up there to find that the park was shut for the 1st time EVER in it’s history – sods law eh?! Still worth it though - we'll be back!
Had a mere 11 hour stint in the park before calling it a day.
On Sunday we left super early to drive to Alton. The branches bounding off the car on the M6 and the countless fallen trees in the middle of the road should have been indicator enough that things weren’t as favorable as they might have been. Regardless, we braved the roads and ended up there to find that the park was shut for the 1st time EVER in it’s history – sods law eh?! Still worth it though - we'll be back!
