Loveable Liverpool

 Wednesday 2nd  October 2024.               Loveable Liverpool 

It would be Seven Likely Lads that traveled to the Merseyside City today, they would be on board the 9:20 train leaving Leeds, the gang consisted of Brian, Colin, Dave, Derek, Glenn, Mark and last but not least John. Eventually they managed to get seated close to one another and discuss their plans for today’s outing etc. Mark had brought along a street plan of the city, which came in very handy and as per usual Derek and located a suitable place for us all to have breakfast. 

Our train arrived at Lime Street Station on the stroke of 11 o’clock, after a few moments collecting our thoughts it was find our way to the Metro System that operates in this city, we soon found ourselves descending the various escalators leading to the underground station here at Lime Street, moments later we were on board and travelling just 2 stops to James Street, it was now back up to street level and begin to locate the said breakfast cafe which was situated on Cook Street.

We entered the cafe about 10 minutes before midday, it was only a small establishment and at first there was some confusion about whether we would be able to get seated, at that moment a few previous customers had finished their meals and were about to leave making our situation much better. Eventually we got seated at various tables and were able to order our food etc. Well worth the initial confusion as our meals met all our requirements, well done Dirk.

A couple of plans were now considered as we split into two groups, 4 of the Lads heading for the famous Cavern Club the rest heading for the Albert Docks region and the various museums that are located there.

With pleasant sunshine in the offing it was Colin, Dave and Brian that headed for the waterfront and stroll along side the river whilst enjoying a delicious ice cream before they found a suitable spot to sit and soak up the atmosphere of this bustling city.

Before not too long a phone call was made to the other group of Lads to find out their whereabouts, they had said farewell to the Cavern Club and were outside the Liverpool Museum waiting for our arrival. Soon we were all inside the building and heading for the top floor and begin to experience its grand array of artefacts and memorabilia etc. taking in short videos of the Merseyside culture, The Beatles Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs. 

With over an hour spent in this marvellous building it was time to head back in the direction of James Street and take the return metro journey to Lime Street Station in order to catch our train back in the direction of Leeds, due to leave at 15:55. So with a little time on our hands some went in search of an ice cream others in direction of the station pub.

Eventually we all boarded our home bound train and tried to find seats close by each other, this proving a little difficult at times due to separate ticket allocation, we made do with what was on offer, hoping that no one would come along and ask us to move, so it was fingers crossed all the way home.

Upon reflection today’s adventure here in Liverpool was full of pleasant memories of previous visits and the locations we had visited back then, as we traversed the city today the odd renditions of infamous songs could be heard as we strolled along the many pathways and corridors, (Hey Jude) etc.

Cheers for a great day out Lads.

I