13th through to 15th of June, and absolutely no excuse for my lack of Blogging, procrastination some I guess...
Feet not touching the ground a lot maybe?
So! June 13th train to Liverpool Lime Street!
Off the train and straight to Costa for coffee and something to eat! Well needed, train journey was okay, except a hiccup where something was supposedly on the track and we were told we had to get off.. we did, only to be told we didn't have to now! So my last 3/4 of an hour was spent standing up on an overpacked train, I haven't moved out of my seat and gone on to the platform could not get back to my seat.
I had been to Liverpool once before, to the city center but only briefly back about 30 years ago, helping someone collect something which I can't even remember now what!
After my coffee and lunch I went to find the hotel so I would know where to return to at 3:00, I now had about an hour and a half to wait, so I walked down to the Albert dock I had a wander around, and saw a small boat was about to leave for and half an hour sail around the docks, I paid and boarded, no actually I boarded then paid after I'd ordered my hot chocolate with marshmallows!
I had sat down at a table for six, where a couple was sat already opposite me just leaving one table for six in case a big family came along.
We chatted here and there along around the journey, it was the first time the girl had ever been on a boat of any kind whatsoever!
After the boat trip I walked to the hotel and got there at 3:01 perfect timing, entered got my room key card and went up to my room.
Was I really lovely room it was dual aspect out onto two streets, Fenwick Street in front which was where the hotel was and the road on the side which went straight down to the docks, and forgetting the actual name no it's Brunswick Street, and also known as the A41!
Which oddly is the road throughout my lifetime of being in England I had always been very close to, not emotionally! But as in lived on lived by or worked on or worked by all of my life in England up until now.
These are various buildings in Liverpool I'm sorry I have not listed their names there was the Cunard building which is where the British music entertainment show is.
And above this beautiful building near the railway station.
Above is the Nelson dock, which is where our family shipped from back in the late 1800s.
This great upside down house in the city center, I didn't go in next time I will my ticket for the music exhibition is open all year so I will be back!
If you remember I had two friends meeting me in Liverpool for this weekend, both of which couldn't make the trip for my friend coming from Spain, and my friend here in Liverpool was working, so I did get to see her on sunday, J. Was so good to see her I waited up by the bus stop where she was getting off the bus, I knew the number, and as soon as I saw her I started leaping about I could banshee, and so was she inside the bus!
M.
At 65 everything goes downhil
So why does everything feel like uphill!
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