AAAH .

. . Blackpool at the Fair for the Open. Great scenes, great scenes. A bracing stroll along the promenade towards The Shambles, the hotel of choice for the discerning Herald writer, increases one's cholesterol by 10%. Such is the miasma of saturated fat, laced with alcohol fumes, that one is 2lb heavier at the end of the walk but totally relaxed about it.

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