Americans visit 'UK's worst seaside town' and are left astonished by three things

Jeremy and Cara decided to sojourn Blackpool aft it was voted the worst seaside municipality successful the UK past twelvemonth - but it's harmless to accidental they were near amazed by what they found

An American mates decided to sojourn the UK's "worst" seaside destination – and were stunned by what they found.

Jeremy and Cara, the globetrotting brace down The Magic Geekdom Youtube channel, scoped retired Blackpool aft it was branded 1 of the worst spots successful the UK by a brutal poll. But they uncovered not despair but delight successful the signifier of 3 unexpected gems.

Beach

Topping their surprises was the formation – which welcomes an yearly assemblage of immoderate 17 cardinal tourists. Cara couldn't fell her joy, saying: "The archetypal clip that we came to the UK we had a batch of radical archer america ‘oh you request to find a sandy formation a batch are pebbles’ and that was a word I wasn’t truly acquainted with due to the fact that I’ve lone been to possibly 1 pebble formation successful my life.

"You find a bully sandy beach, that’s a truly bully prime to person successful an English shore, you know? And truthful the information that this 1 is truthful pristine and beautiful, similar what a beauteous sandy beach. Why does Blackpool get the hatred that it does? I deliberation it is benignant of amusive here."

Despite the deficiency of summertime play during their visit, Jeremy noticed the weather playing a amended tune than expected: "The upwind present is really not bad," helium said. "It is not raining which is simply a plus. It is not ace acold but determination is simply a batch of wind."

Illuminations

During their inaugural evening successful town, Jeremy and Cara didn't miss the accidental to witnesser the section famed luminescent spectacle—an lawsuit that lights up the country for 4 months a year, drafting an awesome six cardinal guests.

In awe of the attraction, Cara exclaimed: "You cognize what’s amazing, I conjecture Blackpool illuminations really goes for thing similar astir six miles that you tin locomotion the promenade and spot each these lights. There’s implicit a cardinal lights present and it has been moving since I deliberation 1879. How tin you hatred connected thing that’s steeped successful that overmuch history?"

Food

The adventurous duo, pursuing recommendations from their Instagram followers, headed consecutive to The Yorkshire Fisheries, anxious for an authentic sensation of the section food and chips portion opting to devour indoors to spare themselves from seagull squabbles. Cara savoured her sheet of haddock, chips and a helping of gravy.

Jeremy, connected the flip side, added a twist with curry condiment arsenic his condiment of choice. Reviewing their meal, Cara enthused: "That is truthful good. The haddock is truthful flakey and tender and the batter connected it is truthful crispy and crunchy - this is 1 of the champion food and chips I deliberation we've had, astatine slightest the fish, the food is amazing."

Conclusions

Last twelvemonth wasn’t each glowing reviews for the Lancashire seaside resort. Express.co.uk saw its readers fertile it arsenic their slightest favoured vacation spot, with immoderate deeming it "depressing". But there's ever different broadside to the story. VisitBlackpool has highlighted an ambitious £1 cardinal regeneration strategy that is underway.

Cara, who besides visited the celebrated piers and the arcades, surely did not find it “depressing”. She said: “I truly similar it here. It is simply a precise antithetic ambiance than anyplace other we person been to successful England.”

Asking her hubby if the country was harshly judged, helium said: “I deliberation it is simply a mixed bag. There are a batch of truly chill things present that bash springiness america puerility memories that I deliberation a batch of the radical present do. There are immoderate bittersweet things that are tally down but determination is simply a batch of scaffolding and things that look similar they are trying to amended the country too.”

She added: “I agree, determination are immoderate gorgeous, magnificent, opulent buildings here. And you tin archer a batch of them person been truly good preserved oregon restored, but past determination are besides ones that you could conscionable archer would beryllium truthful astonishing if they could reconstruct them.

“And truthful it gives maine anticipation for the aboriginal of Blackpool. I deliberation it is simply a truly amusive and antithetic acquisition from thing we person ever done earlier – I would decidedly emotion to travel back.”

To ticker their sojourn to Blackpool, sojourn the couple's YouTube channel here.