Sunday, July 23, 2006
We're in sunny Blackpool for a long weekend.Things didn't go entirely smoothly, coz when we got to our hotel, The Savoy (Believe it or not), they'd screwed up, and even after they'd phoned us just 2 days ago to confirm the booking, our room was unfortunately not available.
So, they "upgraded" us to a different hotel just up the road. Upgrade is a interesting word. We're at the Norbrech Castle Hotel, which if you ignore the style and quality of the building, and concentrate on size and facilities, is an upgrade.
This place looks for all the world like a converted hospital with added crenelations to make it look like a castle. We went for a nose around last night and found not only does it have its own indoor swimming, stage, 2 resteraunts, gymn and beauty salon, it also has its own cinema. Big place? Ho ho. I should say so.
Blackpool itself is odd.
Imagine a 1920s northern english working town where the inhabitants travelled to 2006 Las Vegas.... then went home, built the closest they could to a replica with 1920s technology, and then left it to rot. What you see today is what's left.
Very very odd.
Steve 1:38 PM [+]
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