Blogs from Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 18

So here it is my first, of hopefully many entrys into my online travel blog. I shall try to keep it clean and sutible for family vewing! Im intend to keep this diary reguarly updated to give everyone back home a little insight into the sights, sounds and flavours that I will be taking in during my adventure! Christmas and New Year came and went with a blur (as it always does). As usual we all ate and drank too much, and my plan to get fit and healthy before Thailand has well and truly gone out the window! But i guess thats what travelling is all about eh, flexible plans! Thankfully, for the most part, it was a really good Christmas, it has been a nice way to spend my last few weeks at home ... read more

We left Edinburgh at 8:30 that morning and headed to Liverpool. On the way we stopped at Hadrian's Wall We got to our hostel in Liverpool at about 6pm that night. ...our hostel room. (we had our own private bathroom in the room too). Yes it was quite luxurious. ... read more

Well I'm not there right now.....but am currently sitting in Liverpool Airport with Ali and Rangi. Its 12.30 am and we still have like 5 hours to go until our flight to Paris......Yup I'm bored!!!! We are of to France and Germany and like all airport internet computers, this one is just as annoying as the rest of them LOL!! Anyways I will put a proper post up later, I'm just killing time now.... Love Me Tee:-P... read more

Hard to leave after being settled for 3 days. But so long to Scotland, and hello to Liverpool. Our travel started out great . We enjoyed 2 hours of beautiful Lower Scottish and Lake District Countryside. The train ride was relaxing until we missed our connection to Liverpool. It all worked out as we caught a small connection, (somewhat like a bus, stopping in every small town) and only lost about ½ hr. on our schedule. We dropped off our bags and started our quick tour of Liverpool. We found the city much larger than we had anticipated, and in the middle of a large reconstruction. Apparently Liverpool has been designated “2008 European capital of culture”.We went through the Beatles museum on the docks. It was a bit disappointing for the price, but you do learn ... read more

Day 26 - Friday 4th August Dad dropped me off again in Gateacre (Gattica!) and I started walking along the Trans Pennine Trail through Liverpool. It runs along the route of the old Liverpool Loop Line Railway which was bombed during the war and then turned into a footpath. It is a beautiful tree lined path and despite it being very early I felt quite safe since there was a few people cycling to work or walking their dog along the path. Then I started seeing bits of blue and white “Police Line - Do not cross” tape in the undergrowth and I realized maybe it wasn’t quite as safe as I thought! Then I was faced with a mystery - I started seeing purple rings around bits of blackened tarmac on the ground. At first ... read more