Premier Inn Liverpool (West Derby)

Hey Everyone... if you're reading this then it means we remembered to hand out the log on details for our blog and you're missing us already, enough to have bothered to log on before we're even left Manchester! ; )<br><br>As most of you are aware today, Tuesday 1st December, at 6:45pm Paul and I will embark on our 'BIG ADEVENTURE' with a BA flight to Heathrow, London!<br ...

After 3 years of saving we are finally set to go travelling to Eastern and Southern Africa. We will arrive in Uganda and head to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Victoria Falls and possible Madagascar before flying back in June 2010.

... and Blackburn game at a local pub called, The Ladybrook. It was a excellent time, and we decided to finish off the weekend by going to the renowned Trafford Centre- one of England&#8217;s only shopping malls that they deem to be absolutely incredible. To be honest- it was decorated similar to Partridge Creek, and it was probably the same amount of people you would see at the Macy&#8217;s Day parade in a place a 3rd the size of ...

Well I am happy to report that despite postal strikes I have my passport back and a multiple entry visa stamp inside.<br>I was so relieved to have the passport back.I really do not like to be parted from it.<br>All I have to do now is get through the next 4 weeks at work.Oh well I am sure I will manage.<br>Bye for now.

... they decided the Manchester flight would go from gate 7, which wasn't really a gate but a cunning set of stairs disguised as a gate. This lead to a bus that drove all the way round the airport to an Airbus 320 with 'Star Alliance' seemingly crudely stenciled on the side (they really do need to hire a graphics designer). We had to climb up steps in the rain to the aircaft too - no civilised departure fingers for us BMI monkeys. We were ...

... so that is where I went to. The museum was pretty much what you would expect of a museum. It started in their younger years and worked its way up. Along with pictures and Beatles memorabilia. I didn't know too much about them other than the basics. I learned that the drummer(Ringo Starr) wasn't the original drummer at first but was later inserted when they were about to be big. What a lucky guy! Learned that they got into the drug scene ...

... and just say I was in character. Niiiice. So along with my friends Marilyn Monroe, Aladin (along with Abu the monkey), Edward Scissorhands, Amy Whinehouse and Twiggy, I made myself across town to a venue called Nation for the Bestival Reunion Tour, containing the likes of Kissy Sell-Out, Rob Da Bank and some band called the Presets (it was Liverpool Music Week fyi). Double Niiiice. So we hung out there for a bit, got swalled, made my way to the front of the ...

... to discover Penny Lane. Which for the record is a run down street with only one sign that isn't graffiti. This tired us out which meant we needed a beer. So we thought why have a beer when we can have the whole brewery....tour. I.E. we did a tour of Cains brewery with a Willy Wonka ish tour guide but instead of candy we got beer....Cheers!

... of the day was the National Railway Museum. What a great place, for kids, young and old; I took notice of lots of older men eager to explore the museum. Les and I headed off to see the Royal carriages, which are on display in the Royal hall. Here were train carriages used by Queen Victoria, King George &amp; the Queen Mom, and carriages that were used up until 1972 to transport Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh across Britain. Queen Victoria's ...

... of antibacterial hand gel (thanks for the tip Luisa) oh, and a shed load of small packets of aloe vera handy pack tissues, as from my indepth (ha!) research I get the feeling that there are no toilet facilities, eg no sanny bins, no running water, no paper, just simply a toilet and quite possibly a door (if i'm lucky). Anyhoo...looking forward to my night out a week Saturday - will be great fun - I'll be the one with the large compass on my head singing "She ...