We had a weekend in Blackpool to celebrate my mums birthday. The weather was pretty bleak but we had a great time in a nice hotel, though somewhat quieter than our usual trips there.

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A crop of the original to remove the background. I think I agree with the suggestion it makes a stronger image.

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This old landmark deserved a bit of an "old photo" treatment. Certainly there doesn't seem to be anything in the photo to suggest this couldn't have been taken 100 years ago.

It is a great place to visit and we had a really interesting and amusing tour of the windmill and its workings. Well worth it to see just how these things actually work in practice.

for the history buffs:-

Blennerville Windmill is a tower mill in Blennerville, Co. Kerry and the tallest of its kind in Europe at 21.3 metres high.

Blennerville Windmill was built by Sir Rowland Blennerhassett in 1800 whom the village of Blennerville is named after. The windmill was used for grinding corn for both the local population and for export to Britain. However, by the mid-late 19th century the windmill fell into ruins.

In 1981 Tralee Urban District Council purchased the windmill with work beginning on restoring it in June 1984 before being completed and opened in 1990. It is now impressively restored and open to the public with a visitors centre comprising a craft centre, exhibition gallery, audio-visual presentation and restaurant. There is a guided tour of the five-storey windmill detailing the grain milling process.

Blennerville Windmill is now Ireland´s only commercially operated windmill in existence.

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Mary in her ball gown, she posed like a superstar and I was too engrossed to think about getting my camera out, just grabbed the phone and got a couple shots.

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Our first holiday together was on Madeira, a place we fell in love with and have visited many times since. When I saw Mary walking towards me with two beers I just had to grab a photo

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