Rossdene Hotel Blackpool

... back with us.

So with many a phone call, lots of emails and around a dozen documents to print out - the case is on it's way. We now just have to hope it gets there in one piece - what are the odds of it getting there before us, and even more important before the ship sails.

So just two cases and some hand luggage left to pack, better find those socks!

Well, as I will no doubt be running round like a mad woman tomorrow I thought it best to start this today! My last full day at home for some time. I am packed and ready to go!!

I am very nervous and cant really think of anything beyond tonight at the ...

... finest art pieces such as the Salvador Dali masterpiece Christ of St John of the Cross, which has been at the museum/art gallery since June 1952. There was also plenty of minerals/rocks/crystals on display... particularly huge green and pink fluorite crystals (im talking 20cmX30cm!), as well as a collection of early hominid skulls and bones which took me back to my sweet uni days with the geology crew... Immiss you guys alot!! So... I was totally in my element ...

... stuff is planned.

Now we are starting to get an idea of which are the 'must not be missed' places along the way - we can't possibly see everywhere and experience everything but shortlisting is going to be tricky!
The current plan is....
India - Sri Lanka - Singapore - Australia - New Zealand - Fiji - Argentina - Uruguay
Can't wait!

We headed back into Liverpool today and to an enormous park. It is called Sefton Park. In Sefton Park there is a boating lake, a Victorian glass house (The Palm House), a bronzed statue of Peter Pan, a ...

John

Sue came across the four nations rugby league tournament on the internet so we decided to head across to the west for a weekend of sport. The match we picked was England v's Australia at Wigan. It was about a 3 hour drive and we just got to the game at kick off.

The game was a bit disappointing from an atmosphere perspective because the Kangaroos carved the Poms up and led 26 nil at half time which resulted in ...

Tow truck 2, turns up at 15:29 and we are off again for the next leg of the journey, Stirling Services to Lancaster Services. This journey takes around 4 hours and I have a nice chat with the driver, Jim all the way. We phone ahead and arrange the next tow truck to meet us at Lancaster at 19:15, guess what? Yes, it wasn't there and I am told it won't be there until 20:15 and it finally arrives at 20:30

... enjoy early beers to get ready before the game. We then joined Anfield Road two hours before the game, to get some impressions of the pre-match athmosphere. Well except the wrong team choice (at least for me), everything was great, loud and nice athmosphere in all the crowded pubs around the stadium, plenty to cheers for (Liverpool was playing Reading), and great beer available everywhere.

The stadium itself is amazingly situated, its ...

... 3 course dinner was so filling that for the 1st time in my life, I couldn't finish my dessert... a chocolate fudge cake! Damn!! The bill for the dinner was a whooping 130 quid! Bloody expensive & cut throat if you'd asked me! After dinner, we headed back home to have a good night's sleep... my last night in Merseyside... "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that." -Bill Shankly

John took me to Blackpool. He may have wanted to show me a UK beach resort. The street along the beach was full of decorations. I took a picture of his profile in the car. It was just a memory of Blackpool. We were on the way from Preston, where we met his old friend, and John talked about the word "love", because people there used "love" meaning "you" very often, when they talk to someone, like "Good morning, love!". That sounded awkward to him.