Wednesday 24th June

Chorley to Adlington

Short hop this morning as far as Adlington where we moored opposite the White Bear marina. Went to catch the 11.56 train to Blackpool North for a day out. In Blackpool we went to eat in the Pump and Truncheon then we caught a double decker tram to Fleetwood. There we arrived just as a ferry from Larne was coming into port. Tried to get a drink in The Steamer but they only had one beer on, so we went to the Thomas Drummond instead. After a long wait for a tram back we eventually walked back to the terminus where a tram replacement bus appeared. Apparently there had been an accident. Stayed on that bus as far as he took us, south of Pleasure Beach then had a look at the front. By this time trams were running again but they were turning them round near there to avoid the south section of the line. Then we saw one tram run through so we caught the next one south and stayed on it until we were thrown off at Riley road where it went out of service to go back to the depot. They take all the double deckers out of service in the evening, and we followed the tracks to the depot which is not far.

Then we walked down to the Blackpool South station to catch the 18.44 to Lytham. There we went to we eat in Hastings. This used to be a club with lots of beers and food, but is now not a club, has fewer beers but very good food. They had one of the Lytham brewery beers on, which we tried and I had two excellent courses of food. After that we had a quick look at the front and then popped into Taps before catching a train to Preston. We had a half hour change there to catch a train back to Adlington.

Went to the Spinners Arms which unfortunately was having a Bingo night, but this soon finished and we were able to get a seat and enjoy a pint in peace.