England Grand Tour, Leg VII ~ Liverpool

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I'll bet you thought I really did fall into a food coma! Sorry, between computer problems and having too much fun, I haven't been able to get caught up.

On Tuesday morning, my friend Shirley Bee drove down to Knutsford and off we set towards Liverpool. It was another beautiful day and a fun adventure as we went down the wrong roads because the road signs were completely grown over by vegetation. Shirley was a vision of calm as she shrugged and said, "Oh, well then, let's see where this goes," and by dead-reckoning she always made her way to where she needed to be. I just sat back and watched her, amazed!

We stopped at a village called Port Sunlight which is the model city built by William Lever to house and accommodate all the workers who worked in his soap manufacturing plant. It is beautiful! What a far-thinking and philanthropic man he was. Today the town remains much as it has always been thanks to a trust that Lord Leverhulme and Lady Lever set up. If you live anywhere near, but have never visited Port Sunlight, it is worth a visit!

In Port Sunlight we met up with bloggie friend Em Louise Fairley, who is an amateur historian for this area of the UK, so it was quite interesting to hear her knowledge of Port Sunlight. She kindly gave us a DVD of over 50 Port Sunlight photos and  a book on the village. Thank you, Em, for your thoughtfulness!

Leaving the car, we took the train into Liverpool where we met up with Ros Crawford and Monika Skinner, two more bloggie friends. Here we are enjoying a delicious lunch while getting to know each other better:

Around the table, left to right: me, Shirley, Monika, Ros, and Em

After lunch we were picked up by Ros's delightful husband Ian who had endured two flat tyres trying to meet us! Ian is an expert on Liverpool history. He educated and entertained us on a whirlwind tour through the streets of Liverpool. I learned that Liverpool is SO much more than just the home of the beloved Beetles of my youth!

We started at the Liverpool Cathedral:

The inside sandstone architecture is spectacular. I sat in the chair reserved for the Queen when she visits! (Isn't the shadow on the adjoining chair so interesting?

And here are a few of the many other sights we saw around the city and around the beautiful harbour:

Yes, that's right, the bottom right is the amount of luggage I purchased for my return trip to California! Just kidding, it's a sculpture on the street in Liverpool. 

Thank you Shirley and thank you Ian and Ros for a delightful, fun, and very interesting day!

I will leave you with this fun photo twinset of the train station in Port Sunlight.

Are we coming or going?

To be continued ...

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