Waterfront Penthouse Liverpool

... the lady at emirates phoned me back(nice) to see if all was well.Not reallyI need to phone the bank,my phone has no credit left on it and I can not top it up because my card has been blocked,and I really want this flight.After this date the cost of flights has jumped by over £200.
This is a lot of money to not have when you are planning a 4 month trip overseas.
Now get this,emirates tell me that this flight is practically sold out but ...

Afetr and early start thanks to a wake up call from 'Freinds', we headed off to Beeston. We visited Beeston Castle courtesy of the Poyntons.
Spectacular veiws from the hill top and castle site.
Later we drove to theShady Oak pub for a pint and food (in the ...

... rides, all kind of fairground style.

Meanwhile, Mark took a visit to the casino. He is not a fan at all of Blackpool! Apparently too many "lower socio-economic" people around. Admittedly, there were a few skanks, but hey, if we were all the same then life would be very boring, right!? Anyway, he managed to win back the money we lost over the wrong accommodation booking (Marky factor).

Of course we had to have fish and chips with mushy ...

... boss,Ive gone pee pee miss."
its a constant battle to keep the poor guy awake or stop him using the floor as a toilet but its one the nursing staff enjoy.Particularly as Albert is worth £ 5 million,the owner of a huge biscuit empire before going crackers,"i love a custard creme ya know" he constantly tells us as he jumps up and down on the spot,naked.

Bubba is a sad story,found rummaging around the bins at the local subway fast ...

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Liverpool, England, United Kingdom deacnightowl88

... amount for the parcels to get back to Australia, and commented to him that the English didn't take that long to send shiploads of convicts to Australia - for nothing!!! He laughed - but it was worthwhile not having extra luggage to carry for the rest of our trip. After that I set off to see the "Beatles Story" which is on Albert Dock and was an extremely well presented display of all the life and times of the Beatles. I would have liked more time ...

... Liverpool has the best cappacino. Liverpool is a fun place, it has some main streets that go on for a while that are full of shops and squares, but it is different from france where it doesnt have a lot of outdoor seating or a coffee culture, the people that drink coffee are mostly the artists in the creative cafes. She also took me to the older area where there were huge government buildings and a lot of different kinds of museums ...

... the kids got enormous bags of chips (crisps) . Yeah whoopee yi adhi ohh, it was good fun watching the lassoing, buckaroos, and what ever else you call people insane enough to ride a wild bull! One guy got bucked off and as he ran away the bull caught up with him and tossed him about 4 meters into the air! It wasn't so much the flick - but the fall from 4 meters that stunned the crowd - and the cowboy - he was slightly winded but got up and walked, with a ...

After being well looked after in Bristol {cheers Sutto}, is was time to take the ford focus for beetle up through Wales to see Vickie in Liverpool {an old collegue of Sim's}. The plan was to see Cardiff castle in the morning then make our way north, but like all well planned schedules after a big night out beforehand, things started out a little sluggish. We made it to Cardiff by early afternoon, but got stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway. In the end it was a close but no cigar ...