I owe this photo which I absolutely love to my old friend Richard Worrell.
He is currently (Feb2008) on a circular bus tour of England keeping close to its borders to raise funds for charity and to publicise the fact that after April 1st us oldies will be able to use our free bus passes anywhere in England.

I joined him on the Preston to Blackpool route. As I got off at Blackpool he suggested that as I had 30 minutes before my train I pop & look at the sea which I did & got that last photo & a few more. Here he's at Preston bus station receiving encouragement from two Lancashire County Council Transport officers. For more on his bus tour click here
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the long sea wall

a general view looking towards the South Pier

the roller coaster seen from the beach

looking out to sea

late on a February afternoon

Looking north, in the distance the Central Pier *

Here's one I took a few years ago - sliding figures on a roundabout *