Wednesday 7 June
They left me in the smelly fish dock to ride the bus all the way down the coast to Lytham, a pleasant town with attractive shops, a disused but well-preserved windmill and old Lifeboat station. Skipper took the opportunity to visit a local barber (originally from South London), and they treated themselves to lunch at the excellent Lytham Kitchen at 9 Market Square. Mate was particularly impressed at their choices for and understanding of gluten free and vegetarian diets.
It turned out to be a day of contrasts: Lytham is quite posh, with many nice people around, but then my crew decided to ride the tram all the way back up Blackpool Promenade…and found their fellow passengers a different sector of the population entirely…
When they came home Skipper performed a ritual cleansing – of me, before refilling my water tanks.