Liverpool certainly lived up to expectations and we've had a ball.
We've eaten in some wonderful restaurants especially the Bistro chain of Francs, Jaques and Pierre where you can get a really good 3 course lunch for £10.50. Another place I can recommend is Miller & Carter Steakhouse in Albert Dock. We had some fantastic steaks and David (aka the Steak Monster) was a very happy man. That was a 10oz fillet on the bone and there was nothing left to take home for Chico
On Friday night Roger and I went to see Joe Bonamassa at The Echo Arena. If you haven't heard of him before he's an amazing rock/blues guitarist. He sang and played for two and a half hours solid, it's a wonder his fingers weren't bleeding!
The big wheel was still doing a roaring trade when we came out of the arena but as I don't like heights I wimped out.
The water in the dock is crystal clear and when the wind drops you can see the bottom and also the shoals of jelly fish that live here.
It was so lovely on Sunday morning that we decided to take David's boat out for a trip through the other docks so he could see the marina and the sea lock out into the Mersey. It was nice to be on a moving boat again, even if it was only for an hour.
After lunch we took the train to Crosby to see the statues at "Another Place". It was very windy and perfect kite flying weather.
The statues have changed a bit since we were here 4 years ago. Many of them are totally covered in barnacles.
It's nice to see that they are still being decorated
even if it is in NHS clothes as some sort of protest
I think I was wearing a few too many clothes to be taken on as a permanent exhibit
This morning we left Liverpool far too early (8am) but at least the sun carried on shining on us as we said our goodbyes to the Liver Birds
It was much windier than when we arrived a week ago and there were waves on the docks
We're now moored back at Litherland Visitor Moorings. The CRT guys who saw us up the locks were as cheerful and helpful as always and I can't praise them enough.
If you haven't been to Liverpool by boat yet then you MUST put it on the list of places to visit. It's amazing.
That's all for now, take care x
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