Blackpool – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
23 Aug
The Good
Big thanks to Martin and all the guys at Rapha. Had a great 60 mile ride with the Rapha guys. Stopped for lunch after about 40 miles and got back into Blackpool at 4pm. Great bunch of people. A top start to the day.
Then Watched Dean Downing win the elite nocturne race from the Rapha
enclosure while consuming nice cold bottles of organic larger.
The Bad
After the racing finished the five of us strolled into the underbelly
of the Blackpool nightlife. There’s no fancy dress shops any more in
Blackpool. There just not needed. Either that or we just happened to
be in Blackpool the same weekend as the scary monsters annual ball.
We all came to the conclusion that the nightlife must be some form of
secret government medical experiment.
The Ugly
Nick 'wheres my car' Cotton
So slightly worse for wear after getting swept up into a binge
drinking frenzy and compounded by a full english breakfast we
dismantled the bikes and made our way to the car. Cars been nicked.
Nice. It turns out that in Blackpool people take your car but you
call a number and they bring it back for £275. What really summed up
the chaos that is Blackpool was the guy who towed away Nicks car was a
child actor in Brookside. You can’t make this stuff up!
All in 24 hours!
Thanks for the reminder! What made it worse was when the dude from Brookside started asking me what i did for a living, and after me telling him it was in “IT” asked if i could advise on how to fix his wireless broadband router. In hindsight i should have told him my firm had gone bust very recently and we were about to loose the house. “The kids are ok” i should have said, “but my wife’s having to go on the game as a result of all this.” I hate hindsight!!
This is the level of drunkeness we experienced from some of the choice Blackpool locals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yg7KL4v1w0