A typical scouser greeting as I am sure some of you know. With the arrival of October I decided that we had to get out and do more. I was getting bored after having such a great trip in September and afraid we were getting into a rut of playing computer games, watching TV and generally being lazy. So on good weather days we are getting out to walk and visit local sites.
Our first trip was to Formby, where there is a National Trust forest and beach by the Irish Sea, about a hours drive away. The tide was out as you can see from the picture on the right and we had a good walk along the beach. You can walk on up to 21 miles of trails here or as little as a 1/3 of a mile. We walked about a mile in total covering the beach, dunes and a small forest trail. The forest in Formby is an important refuge of the Red Squirrel which is an endangered species in the UK.
Our next walk was right along our own promenade. Indian Summer had finally arrived and we were continuing to enjoy the great weather. The breeze off the river was good and we saw cows flying. LOL
Actually there were a number of kites out ranging from bees, horses and just ordinary large ones.
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Our last outing on October 13th was further afield. We headed off to Wales and Holyhead on Anglesey for a full day outing. We had lunch in Holyhead, but it is basically a little port town (car ferries to Ireland). We traveled back along the coast of Anglesey, but unfortunately, we missed some of the more scenic sites according to Fred's cousin Mark who just loves this area. We will have to return to this area but in warmer weather to see if it is as good as Mark suggests.
We have also been to a couple of concerts. Well one already The John Lennon Songbook a celebration of Johns life on the anniversary of his 70th Birthday on the 9th. The man portraying John had a uncanny resemblance to him and the Philharmonic Orchestra was amazing. This Saturday we return again to the Philharmonic Hall for the Japanese Kodo Drummers.
Well that updates us for now. If you have access to my Facebook page there are additional pictures posted there.
Ta Ra,
Sandy & Fred