Hi All wow what a weekend but not joking it rained and rained all friday and saturday Shame really got very wet Anyway despite the miserable wet weather still had lovely time. Julia husband picked me up at 9am Friday morning. Julia already had her case in boot they came in for mine put in car we got dropped of at manchester train station for 9.15am We managed to get the 9.45am train to Blackpool north On train at table carer sorted me out with my walkman and headphones put magazine on it. About 10.30am on train carer put me ham sandwiches out in lunch box packet of crisp blue ribbon bar she got me hot choclate of the drinks tray that comes round on trains so I was happy eating and drinking listening to my magazine great julia listened to her eye pod music on hers then when arrived at around 12.15am we got sorted got off train still raining hard went for black cab to hotel nice to get inside cosy hotel chatted to receptionest paid the money asked for the menue sheets went up to sort our bedroom out nice room cosy in their Julia unpacked the case showed me around two single beds en suite got good large shower cubical then we wnt down stairs chatted in bar then went to saint annes we got number 11 bus on saint chads street outside saint peters church took us to saint annes square took over 20 minutes Guess what used my bus pass over their oh not joking so wet and miserable outside good job took my waterproof jacket well nice shops in saint annes got devenhams bon marsh marks and spencers lots of bakerys shopes shoe shopt indoor market so we went in backery oh wow freshly made pies in their we had one each pot of tea then went in some shops for look around went back on bus to hotel Went in bar for chat enjoyed meeting others in their oh good we had drink then went up for shower got ready as take that look alike group were on but they saang all the take that songs wow i wore nice black trousers black and white top with poka dots on julia wore black trousers cream top we went down enjoyed the artiest clapped and joined in oh it was brilliant night Saturday morning got up at 8am showered oh not joking rained none stop well had cooked breakfast pot of tea then decided to go out not far though too wet we went on the peir in arcade spent lot of money in their hahahahahahahahaha oops spent £12 on machines yes,I know then we went in cafe on pier had nice pot of tea fresh scone with jam on you couldn't really walk about for the heavy rain then went in few shops bought myself black leather shoulder bag with out line of jack russel dog on it in white stiches got purse to match. carer got new tan shoes then went back to hotel Nice and cosy in their receptionest told us elton john was on saturday night on built stage near the north pier but all trams were not going no traffic as it was diverted in back roads and streets but it turned out elton john went home after couple of hours too windy on the north heavy rain the public standing out in the pouring rain anyway for evening meal saturday we had tomato soup steamed white fish hadock fish boiled potatoes mixed vegetables for afters i had vanilla cheese cake pot of tea nice oh forgot to say on friday night i had soup mini roll had chicken fillet mixed vegetables roast potatoes julia had lamb shanks same vegetables roast potatoes we had trifle forgot to mention that Anyway on saturday after tea i was wearing black dress got orange on it carer wore nice cream trousers nice top we had Neal diamond look alike on that night before the artiest came on we did bingo sighted bingo raffles no luck though when artiest finished at mignight disco was on wow noisey in their Sunday mornin got up at 8am showered had cooked breakfast at 9am packed our case checked room went to say our good byes to friends we met in their then said good bye to staff then got black cab to town centre went in resturant we had roast beef yorkshire puddings vegetables gravy roast potatoes glass of passion fruit didn't get served till gone 11.30am wehn finished we got taxi to station we got the 12.45pm train only five minutes away from resturant so arrived home in to manchester for 2.15pm bobby came to pick us up at 3pm so wow busy busy weekend shattered got home chilled out Hope you all enjoyed my weekend in Blackpool account Love Carol xxxxxx