Here I am Rune
Distance 6.5 miles
Total 1144 Locks 62 Tunnels
Running total mileage 1642.8miles
And so to our last mooring before we go into Liverpool docks
tomorrow. I have to say however I'm starting to get heartily sick of this wind, it seems to have been blowing forever.
We get collected tomorrow from Bridge 9 by the CRT crew at 9.00am tomorrow
morning so at the moment we are moored with a couple of other boats going into
Liverpool by bridge 10, about a mile from the pick-up point. Since the start is
at 9.00am it will require an early start (for us!) of about 8.15am away from our
mooring. Should be an interesting day as to begin with we pass alongside
Aintree, the Grand National racecourse. I think that the CRT crew do most of the
bridge opening and lock work which will be a bonus since the forecast for
tomorrow is rain. Hopefully by tomorrow night, if nothing goes wrong, we should
be moored up in Salthouse Dock, Liverpool for a stay lasting until next
Thursday.
A tip for Liverpool, if you go to the bus station near the moorings you can get a daily saver ticket which you can use for the Mersey ferry and all buses and trains. As far north as Southport and Chester to the south. Port sunlight is worth a visit and the statues near Crosby at low tide are interesting. As you can tell we loved our time in Liverpool and hope you do too Nb Ferndale
ReplyDeleteThanks for your tips we'll be there until Thursday so we'll have a good chance to have a look around. We wont need to go to Chester though, we did that fairly comprehensively when we were on the Shroppie. Everyone we have spoken to recommends a stay at Liverpool.
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