| Hen
Party Weekend
The outrages truth..!!
Dublin
and Amsterdam have already barred them, and Prague
may soon follow suit. Now the country's notorious
hen night revellers are set to make Blackpool - the
brashest, wildest and most vulgar destination of them
all - the unlikely choice for that last blast of freedom
on that hen party weekend.
Until now, it has been regarded as just too tacky,
too rain-lashed and absurdly difficult to get to.
The £180 standard rail journey takes four hours
on the West Coast Main Line, with an obligatory change
at Preston. By car the 248-mile journey can take just
as long, even if the M6 is clear of traffic jams.
Which is hardly ever.
But, from May, a new twice-daily flight - with a one-way
fare of £29.99 - will bring the legendary Lancashire
resort within 40 minutes of Stansted airport.
With its thriving lap-dancing industry, it’s
near limitless accommodation and future role as the
"Las Vegas of Britain", Blackpool is being
seen as the perfect hen party weekend territory.
Blackpool's tourism department, said: "It's fun,
it's unpretentious and it was built for having a good
time."
A specialist stag and hen night organiser said the
resort would have to work on its cheap and cheerful
image in order to attract large numbers of revellers
on that hen party weekend.
"If you just want to get laagered in a major
drink-athon, then it's great," he said. "But
it also has the potential to be fashionable in a sort
of retro-chic way. However, I don't think you could
explain to the locals that you are just being ironic."
At the moment Blackpool ranks 19th among the 39 destinations
offered by the firm, languishing between Southampton
and the Brecon Beacons on that hen party weekend.
Mr O'Leary hopes flights to the windswept Lancashire
town, where high culture is an evening with Keith
Harris and Orville on the north pier, will be a success.
He believes it could open up the Lake District, only
an hour away, for revellers baulking at the prospect
of a long slog up the M6.
So just enjoy your hen party weekend..!!
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