Every year we go to a rugby dinner and it’s comfortingly familiar. The menu (fruit juice or soup, roast chicken or roast beef, gateau with cream or ice cream), the itinery (grace, meal, stand up bingo, speaker, raffle, disco, bed), the disco itself (with a DJ who looks like he’s on day release and plays Swing Low Sweet Chariot, despite the fact that it’s a rugby league do and we don’t really care). And also the date – it’s always in February. Except this year when it falls on day 29 of Janathon.
This year, instead of heading straight to the bar, I was thrown out of the car near Bloomfield Road and ran 3 miles down the prom to our hotel. Think of it as the three piers challenge. The only difficulty was the lack of pedestrian access in front of the tower which resulted in a mini diversion into the town centre down the side of Primark. It’s fair to say that I felt slightly out of place on a Saturday morning.
Normally I struggle to function the day after this do, but I refuse to have a fail on day 30. This could prove interesting.
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Travelling Hopefully 
Wow, looks like a glorious day in Blackpool. Good luck for tomorrow – rather you than me!
Good luck with tomorrow. Beautiful pictures too.
Ah, the rugby dinner, takes me right back to the days of Chorley Panthers vs Runcorn Ramraiders, ( or whatever they were called) .
go easy on the Gateau and pints of mild….
Sun out clear blue skies you sure thats Blackpool. Just do a little one tomorrow, enjoy your evening
Hope you have a good evening! Just do a small one tomorrow. Looks like it was a beautiful day up there.
I loved visiting my grandparents in blackpool when I was a kid. Hope the sea air sorts you out in the morning for a run on day 30 after your big night.
You cannot know the nostalgia I feel at the phrase “fruit juice or soup”. I haven’t seen that as a menu choice since my family owned a B&B in Bournemouth over 20 years ago.
Ah, the joys of Blackpool… a place I promised myself I would never subject myself to again, and promptly broke when I ran a 10k there in the summer and signed up to the half marathon at the end of this Feb! Still, at least it was a nice day!
Hope today isn’t too hard for you! đŸ™‚
wow, dedication! hats off to you