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Mike and Ellen's Travel Adventures

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  • Blackpool to The Lakes: two different worlds

    Blackpool to The Lakes: two different worlds

    19 September 2025 After a lack luster Travelodge breakfast with terrible coffee we went seeking a decent cup. A two-floor coffee shop looked promising. We thought to enjoy it with a nice view. But the upper floor was closed, we were the only people in the place and the coffee unimpressive. To The Prom where the tide had come in so far it was splashing up the wall onto those octagonal tidal pools. Had we not seen it yesterday, we’d have never believed you could ever see the sand. A woman who we had seen at breakfast was with her… Read more

  • Glossop to Blackpool: rumination of The Illuminations

    Glossop to Blackpool: rumination of The Illuminations

    18 September 2025 Today we would fulfill one of Mike’s childhood wishes: to see The Blackpool Illuminations. As a child his grandmother brought he and his siblings here in the summertime. They walked on The Prom (promenade), played on the beach and ate Rock (candy sticks with the letters “BLACKPOOL” running through it). He’d heard about The Illuminations which, since 1879, have beckoned visitors to this seaside city during the off season. Now he finally had the opportunity to see them for himself. It is not the first time for me in Blackpool. When Emi and Ben were little, Mike’s… Read more