[Busman747]

My daily run as a coach driver takes me through some beautiful scenic countryside especially when I enter the Ribble Valley

Some months back, approaching Wilpshire, I was shocked to see this monstrosity (Photo 1) as I drove down the country lanes.

It is not martians landing, or where they dumped the millenium dome, It is apparently an inflatable indoor tennis court! (let me know if I have been mis-informed!)Photos 2/3/4..

For those that have not seen it, this inflatable is in the middle of a housing estate just off Pleckgate Road. Blackburn.

There are so many instances of refused planning permission for extensions, Advertising boards, even Aerials............so why has this "blot on the landscape" escaped the avid eyes of Blackburn with Darwen council?? Is it because it is inflatable, therefore deemed as temporary? (even though it looks as if it is there to stay)...or perhaps it is sponsored by B&D Council?

For me, it has spoiled what was (perhaps)the most enjoyable route in the area.