Liverpool

We are having a fantastic time in the city of Liverpool. It really is a great city with so much to see and do.

What have you been up to I hear you ask, well Eddy has been doing his usual, looking out of the side hatches and watching whatever is going on. Eddy has made friends with a great Dane from the boat next to us. Well I say friends Eddy looks at him as if to say come any closer and see what you get!!!.

We have been on the open topped sightseeing bus which gives you a good idea how far various attractions our from the dock’s.

So on Sunday we headed to what the Liverpudlians call Paddy's Wigwam which is the Catholic cathedral.

Top Of Paddy's Wigwam

A very modern building it is.  We just so happened to walk in to the end of a  holy communion service and were ushered towards some seats. It was soon over and we had a look around the cathedral. The building is constructed mainly from concrete.

After the cathedral we went for Sunday lunch at the Philharmonic public house and had a very nice lunch indeed.

The pub has the only Grade 1 listed toilets in the country (Gents). A visit to the gents showed how luxurious the toilets are as you can see.

We concluded the necessaries at the philharmonic and caught the bus to Liverpool cathedral. This is a fantastic building and classic in its design

It ‘s construction started in 1910 and finished in 1978.
We were lucky as when we walked into the cathedral the choir  was practising for a special service in the afternoon. The sound they made was amazing and we both sat down and listened to them the acoustics were phenomenal. We then looked around the cathedral and were told off for taking photos but I had already took some.

The Lady Chapel

Vaulted Ceiling

Monday we caught the bus to the library as Sharon needed to photo copy some of the pattern for her cross stitch. The library is a mixture of old and new building and well worth a visit just to look at the old reading room’s.

We then had a walk around the World Museum which is next door to the library and 5 floors high. We spent ages in the museum looking at the exhibits and had a thoroughly good time.

Tuesday we had booked on to the Old Liverpool Dock Tour. The tour is of the very first wet dock built at Liverpool and construction started in 1715. The tour is very informative and the 2 guys who do the tour make it very interesting and amusing as well.We were taken to the sight of the docks and down some stairs, the old dock is 2.5 metres below current ground level and also under many of the surrounding buildings as the dock is about the size of 2 football pitches but only this part is visible to the public.

Bedrock and corner on Old Dock

Bedrock And Corner Of Old Dock

Bedrock and Brickwork

After the tour we had a Chinese buffet lunch  (very nice ) and had a look around the Maritime Museum. Another great museum over 4 floors with a display on the Titanic and the Lusitania two ships that sank with the loss of over 3000 lives. If you are unfamiliar with the history of the Lusitania its worth doing a google search and reading up on it.
Well that's what we have been up to and we are LOVING IT.