BIRKENHEAD. Over The Water.

Woodside landing stage and the Pier Head facing one another across the Mersey.

Woodside landing stage and the Pier Head facing one another across the Mersey.

A jewel in the Peak District, Buxton sits high in the Pennine range of hills that reach down through England from the Scottish Border. A Spa town it attracted the titled, the famous and is still today a magnet for tourists.

I have a branch of the Aldi discount store nearby where I live at Vulcan Village on the outskirts of Earlestown and Newton le Willows. This store is unusual as it is run by a cat, or at least the cat thinks it’s in charge and what a cat thinks becomes a fact. It seems that at some point the determined feline decided he would be in charge and he […]
Well after yesterdays travelling excitements I thought a quieter day was called for so I settled on lunch, by the sea in Lytham, favourite sport of mine on the Fylde coast and in a favourite eaterie of mine, the Lytham Kitchen. That’s what I did and here’s some photos to prove it. The sun was high and the winds were cold so the post lunch walk was brisk to say […]

Rivington on the West Pennine Moors is an area I like to visit ( I direct you to previous blog posts for evidence of this ) . It’s criss crossed by a spidery web of twisting roads and lanes that attract riders of the motorized and unmotorized variety. Weekends are popular for these meet ups, the Top Barn especially, a three B’s kind of thing, a Bike, a Burger and […]

So you’re traveling to meet up with a friend in Liverpool, so you check the train times and make your plans. But when you get to the station the train you wanted has mysteriously vanished off the arrivals. The next one is in 45mins. It’s cold so do you A. Wait freezing on the station? Or B. Go somewhere warm and have a coffee? Guess which one I picked……… I […]