The Blackpool Tower Tour 2018

This years Tower Tour in 4K with some of the best weather I have ever had on my holiday, it was about 30 C all week ! I thought it would be the clearest view I have ever captured, on the whole it was. The incredibly hot weather this summer with no rain for weeks had led to many fires.The view towards the Pleasure Beach looks like it has low cloud or mist, in fact it was the Saddleworth Moors fire which had been burning for weeks.The wind was blowing the cloud of smoke from Greater Manchester over Blackpool towards the sea.So the whole southern view was obscured by this. While we were up the tower another fire started ! The Dunes just past the Pleasure Beach went up very quickly it was a grass fire on Clifton Drive in Lytham St Anne's.We could smell all of this smoke at the top of the Tower ! https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/ne... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england... https://www.armedforcesday.org.uk/