Blogs from Southport, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Southport has the second longest pier in Britain. The longest one is at Southend on Sea. It was also a long time since I visited my uncle and so there I was catching a train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street (Name itself gives you a pleasant zest for life). At Liverpool, I changed train to Merseyrail (nice name) to reach the little village of Ainsdale. Ainsdale is designated as a national nature reserve for its miles and miles of sand dunes which have their unique flora of shrubs and grasses. One of the unique ones is called Helleborines. I arrived on time to enjoy their kind hospitality. It was so lovely to meet my aunt who had not changed a bit from all the years I have known her. We drank tea with scones ... read more

Hey everyone!! Ok, so we finally finished work on Monday, (although we've been into work twice since then, for some reason we seem to be drawn to ASDA like a magnet, whats that about?? We seem to have lived there the past 10 months!!) and on the 3rd July we will be flying to South America!! Yep, so neither of us have packed yet, and we're not completely sure we've bought everything we need to go with, but we've never been great at organisation!! We've got our flights, so thats the main thing!! 3 weeks ago we didnt even have them! Its alright, we've got the weekend to do any last minute shopping! And we're only going for 2 1/2 months, so hopefully we'll be able to cope for that long if we do forget anything!! ... read more