'Let's go on an adventure, dad!' - Blackpool's Charlotte Dawson takes trip to London with dad Les Dawson

“We’re going on an adventure dad, are you ready?”

Blackpool-born reality star, actor, and businesswoman Charlotte Dawson has been spotted taking her dad Les Dawson on a trip to London.

Posting on Instagram, the 33-year-old daughter of late comedian Les Dawson wrote: “Come with me & my dad to London what a fabulous fun adventure we had!!” The video showed her travelling down to the capital with a cardboard cut-out of her father in tow.

In the video, Charlotte says: “My dad is coming to London with me - we’re going to go on an adventure, dad. Are you ready?” Charlotte and her cut-out dad Les are then seen travelling in a taxi, at Preston Railway Station, and on the train.

Charlotte Dawson with a cardboard cut-out of her late dad Les Dawson (Credit: Charlotte Dawson Instagram)placeholder image
Charlotte Dawson with a cardboard cut-out of her late dad Les Dawson (Credit: Charlotte Dawson Instagram) | Charlotte Dawson (Instagram)

At one point a member of the train staff stops Charlotte to tell her how much he enjoyed her father’s work, in particular the mother-in-law jokes and piano-playing gags, saying: “They don’t make comedians like that now!”

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The pair are then seen at London Euston, in another cab, and then at their hotel, where Charlotte places Les on the bed for ‘a well-deserved lie down’. Later heading past the London Eye, Charlotte says they’re ‘sightseeing’ before they meet her mother Tracy and sister Sam.

“People might think I’m crazy or strange but I love having him with me!!” posted Charlotte, before the big reveal as to what the trip was actually for. “We will soon be on @ainsleyfoods cooking show coming to @itv in May!!”

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