My dislike of Blackpool

 Scarborough

Overrated

What I am about to write has nothing to do with Blackpool being in Lancashire, and Scarborough being in Yorkshire.

I have been to Blackool twice, and it does NOTHING for me, after all it is what it is, the UK's versiion of Coney Island.

The first time I recall going there, my father had a motorcycle and sidecar, coming across the Yorkshire moors, he was so wet, the dye from his scarf had bled onto his skin. A little over a decade later, I went on a trip organised by a college, it took longer to get along the seafront, than it did to get from Blackpool to Bristol.

I prefer the family atmosphere of Scarborough, to the flashy image of Blackpool. I dare say the city has something going for it, but most people go for the illuminations, as a bye-line, my late father was stationed at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool's old stadium, prior to being posted to India, in 1946. en-route, the ship got bombed in Alexandria harbour, Egypt

The book I am Reading

 Indian Mythology

India

The book I am reading is not what I expected, yet, it is a very good read on the mythology, anf beliefs of the peoples of India.

I expected a series of stories about demons, instead the book lists the demons, and entitites of the sub-continent.

This book links well with a YouTube channel I came across this week. as well as giving me "food for thought," if I write again.

Time for A Geography Lesson

 The Awakening

India

When I began my book about India, I quickly came to the decision my knowledge of the country is lacking. I am not talking about the religion of the country, I knew there are several religions in India; I was thinking of the geography. This is because I was taught from maps used in the early 20th Century, before the partition which created Pakistan in 1948, and the war which created Bangladesh from the Punjab region in the 1970's

In my story I mention Hyderabad, the city I was thinking of is now in Pakistan, I didn't realise there is a city with the same name in central India.

I have a Bible which is at least 125 years old, I think this because it is leather-bound, and mentioned the area around Syria as The Levant, a term not in use (generally) since the French left in 1924.

Another area is Yugoslavia, the country still exists, but not as I was taught, again it was split by religious wars; so the country I knew is no longer in existence.