{"id":2929,"date":"2019-06-24T21:20:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T20:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2019-06-24T21:21:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T20:21:33","slug":"day-44-blackpool-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=2929","title":{"rendered":"Day 44 &#8211; Blackpool Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have fond memories of visiting Blackpool as a child, and of all things eating cockles with my dad (I think you&#8217;d get done for child abuse if you did that now!)  Seeing as we&#8217;re only half an hour away, we thought we&#8217;d have a day trip out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We took the lift up the Blackpool Tower,  we had the pleasure (pleasure beach&#8230;get it?!) of the 4D cinema experience wearing 3D glasses while we waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03487.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03487.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03487.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03487-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03487-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the top, the 360 degree views were incredible, it was a shame it was such a cloudy day, on a clear day you can see out to the Isle of Man. Toby stepped out on to the 5cm thick glass viewing platform, I wasn&#8217;t so brave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03501.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2925\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2925\" class=\"wp-image-2925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03501.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03501-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03501-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03530.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03530.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2919\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2919\" class=\"wp-image-2919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03530.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03530-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03530-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03502.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2924\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2924\" class=\"wp-image-2924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03502.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03502-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03502-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03494.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03494.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2926\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2926\" class=\"wp-image-2926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03494.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03494-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03494-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then it was to level three to see the Tower Ballroom.  The wurlitzer music filled the room,  with a waltz and a tango. Sadly not quite up to Strictly standards, but then I&#8217;m guessing the average age of the dancers was probably in the 80s.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03514.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03514.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03514-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03514-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trams are a mix between old and new,  It was a shame we were too early for the Illuminations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03526.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03526.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03526.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03526-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03526-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fish and Chips at Harry Ramsdens (for those concerned about my weight loss, I stuck to the roast loin of cod and risotto)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We then took on the challenge of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedungeons.com\/blackpool\/en\/escape-rooms\/\"> Escape Room<\/a>.  It&#8217;s just like the crystal maze, with the four of us shut in a room for an hour. You have to figure out the clues to win the six orbs.  We managed five, the &#8216;executioner&#8217; played a wonderful role staying in charater the whole time.  I fear this wont be the last we&#8217;ll be doing of those, as Toby loved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03521.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2922\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2922\" class=\"wp-image-2922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03521.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03521-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03521-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03522.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03522.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2921\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=2921\" class=\"wp-image-2921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03522.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03522-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have fond memories of visiting Blackpool as a child, and of all things eating cockles with my dad (I think you&#8217;d get done for child abuse if you did that now!) Seeing as we&#8217;re only half an hour away, we thought we&#8217;d have a day trip out. We took the lift up the Blackpool &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=2929\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 44 &#8211; Blackpool Rocks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-2929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-grand-tour","tag-lancaster-canal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC03494.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PLyH-Lf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2929"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2931,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions\/2931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}