Blackpoolcam – Digital Pictures

Busy in Blackpool this weekend but calm on the beach after theKite boarding Championships.

The arena is being set up for the Beach Volleyball Championships.

(see pictures from last year here)

Billys successful season at the North Pier Blackpool goes from strength to strenght. Last nights performance was a full house and they were having to turn people away!!

Billy Pearce Laughter Show – Variety at It’s Best
Blackpool North Pier Shows
Tuesday 14th July – Tuesday 13th October 2009
plus – Tues 20th & 27th Oct @ Blackpool Opera House
Every Tuesday @ 7.30pm

One Child Free With One Adult (Buy Pairs)

The Red Arrows doing what they do best.

There are two planes in there somewhere. You can just see the headlight of one of them in the smoke.

Big crowds on the beaches, prom and the piers.

Memmorial flight - wellington, hurricane & Spitfire

The last flying Volcan Bomber

Red Arrows close Encounter

More to follow.

The Brilliance Scheme in Birley Street Blackpool moved another step nearer to completion. Six stainless steel arches have been erected across the street with sound and light projectors built into them. this is part of a £3.5m regeneration by light scheme for the town centre. Below is viodeo of the latest trial with all the light and sound working.

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Team Halfords Bikehut’s Ed Clancy took an impressive victory over rivals Dean Downing and Malcolm Elliott in the Elite Criterium at the Blackpool Nocturne. More than 4,000 spectators saw some of the UK’s premier riders take on the course, with the star riders introduced by Eurosport’s David Harmon before getting underway for the one hour of racing. Click here for more details.

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Elite riders at the start

The top riders are called up to the start line to bhe introduced to the crowds. The eventual winner Ed. Clancy (olympic gold medalist) is on the left.

The winners

The winners presentation with the Mayor. Ed Clancy took an impressive victory over rivals Dean Downing and Malcolm Elliott.

Hoteliers race winner.

The young lad on the right won the Hoteliers race. he beat me by 0.6 of a second but he is nearly forty years younger than me. the lad on the left who does triathlons was beaten out of sight. It was just a bit of fun tho. really.