White knuckle rides, seaside strolls and al fresco dining

On Sunday me and a group of friends celebrated mine and my friend’s birthday with a day trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach. I haven’t been to the Pleasure Beach for over ten years, and I didn’t particularly have fond memories of the park, but I was pleasantly surprised by the way it has been developed. We had loads of fun on the various rides – some are particularly good, others, such as the vintage “historical rides”, a bit too scary (<cough> old and rickety) for my liking. Nevertheless it was a lovely sunny day and the park was surprisingly quiet so there was very little queueing.

Following the thrills of the Pleasure Beach we enjoyed a stroll in the sunshine down the newly-developed promenade, which looks really lovely now. This lead us past the the Blackpool Comedy Carpet, a sort of “Walk of Fame” celebrating British humour where you could probably spend hours reading quotations, jokes, songs and comedy catchphrases from the best of British comedy.