THERE are not many people who would travel more than 200 miles to see the sights of Bolton.

But for Peter Kay fanatics Jojo Kilner and Kat Cushion, a weekend touring "landmarks" such as St Gregory's Social Club, Farnworth, and Asda supermarket in Crompton Way, it was their idea of paradise.

The pair, who live in Swindon, Wiltshire, organised their own "Girls on Phoenix Nights Tour," taking in all Bolton's locations featured on Peter Kay's hit Channel 4 comedy series.

First stop was the mighty Phoenix Club itself - otherwise known as St Gregory's Social Club, in Church Street, Farnworth.

The pair posed for pictures outside the club, armed with props such as posters, masks and a director's clapperboard, before being left speechless when they entered the mecca of all things Phoenix Nights.

Senior software technician Jojo, aged 32, said: "I can't believe we're actually in here! It looks just like it does on the telly!"

The pair giggled with excitement when they were allowed a sneak peek into the dressing room of Phoenix Club compere Jerry St Clair, played by Bolton comedian Dave Spikey.

The girls then travelled to Stitch-mi-Lane, Harwood, to have a picture taken under the road's name sign, in homage to one of their favourite lines in the series.

Their third destination was Asda supermarket, in Crompton Way, where staff revealed that the show's creator, Peter Kay, had just left after doing his shopping, much to the girls' excitement.

And Jerry St Clair's infamous keyboard-led songs about corned beef and black bin bags were recorded in the entrance to the Astley Bridge store.

Other stops included Bolton Magistrates Court, the Taiyabah Mosque in Draycott Street, Halliwell, and Bolton Market, which feature in the show.

The girls spent hours trawling through their DVDs of both series of the show, pausing frame by frame to spot Bolton landmarks to take in on their tour.

They then acquired props similar to items featured in the show, naturally bought "off t'internet," and had T-shirts made to advertise their mission.

Administration assistant Kat, aged 33, said: "It all started out as a joke, with us repeating all the catchphrases from the show at work. Everyone thinks we're mad."

Jojo, who is from Bolton but has lived in Swindon for ten years, added: " We decided to come here and see it all for ourselves, and everyone thought it was a superb idea.

"The show is hilarious. It captures perfectly how life in the North actually is. There's no culture like that in Swindon at all."

The pair will return in the next few months with a bus-load of colleagues from computer firm Intel, who are all eager to glimpse Bolton's famous small-screen locations.

When Peter Kay's character, Brian Potter, presents his girlfriend with a string of pearls, he tells her his mother would have liked her to have it.

She asks the hapless club licensee: "Is your mother dead?" to which he replies; "No, she lives on Stitch-Mi-Lane."