Comedy Carpet Opening

I had a great day today. I went into town to watch Ken Dodd open the new Comedy Carpet on the prom. It was designed by artist Gordon Young and is amazing! Waited about 2 hours for him and I got soaked to the skin when the heavens opened. Everyone had to shelter in the tower entrance and when it stopped raining most people went back across the road but I stayed put. Eventually Ken came out and I got some great video of him walking past me. I went back across and got some photo's of him but they're not very good. There's something wrong with my camera. Not happy :( Anyway I enjoyed seeing him and managed to shake his hand. I told him I used to go to his shows when I was a child and he said " You still do don't you?" lol. Bless him. He's amazing for his age.

Ken Dodd and right behind him is the Comedy Carpet's artist Gordon Young!

After he left I went and did a bit of shopping ( for socks!) and then decided to go in the tower ballroom. I'd seen on the I Love Blackpool site that it was free to get in today between 3-5pm so thought I'd go and have a coffee and watch the couples dance for a while. There was hardly anyone in there because they hadn't really advertised it except on the site. I'm so glad I saw it ;) What a fantastic ballroom that is! The architecture is beautiful. Oh and guess who was coming down the stairs as I was going up? Ken Dodd! So I got to see him again. All in all I had a wonderful few hours. I love Blackpool!
Here is a link to my photo's if you'd like to see them ;)
https://skydrive.live.com/?sc=photos&cid=8e1722ecfdc302ad#!/?cid=8e1722ecfdc302ad&sc=photos&nl=1&uc=134&id=8E1722ECFDC302AD%211620
Links to the local news reports on the comedy carpet
http://www.itv.com/granada/blackpool-comedy-carpet92646/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-15237217
and a still photo from the ITV local news film of me taking video of the tower! It's at 1.21 on the ITV news ;)