Surprise Surprise

Finding a Spitfire on the town roundabout 

was not the biggest surprise of the weekend break in Blackpool

neither was the purveyor of must have souvenirs dogs not for sale the biggest surprise, no the biggest surprise of our lets celebrate Alex's  

8th birthday with a birthday tea at the Blackpool Tower ballroom as seen on strictly, was not even the look on his face when the surprise was sprung, no the biggest 

surprise was being told by the Hotel where we had booked and paid for our rooms that they had, for reasons they could not explain at all, cancelled our stay leaving 5 people stranded and very angry. 

They managed to squeeze us in for one night 

so we were able to enjoy our first day as planned 

seeing sights like The North Pier, beach, part of the Golden Mile 

with yours truly looking every inch a tourist.

The boys absolutely loved it 

and went for a quick canter on the carousel with MBAOSPW leading the way.

We saw the sea, ate candy floss and did all the good stuff 

before the highlight of the day

which didn't disappoint 

the ballroom was very special

and we saw bits you don't get to see on the TV.

The birthday tea was more than we could manage

and RRMK2 learned the finer points of the t drinking ceremony.