Still trying to catch up with the blog, so written in haste a couple of days after the event.
Having stocked up on a fine buffet fry-up at the Premier Inn, we headed off first to find Hadrian's Wall. For those who know of my abortive previous efforts to find/touch/stand on the wall, this was a key box to tick this time round .... and I wasn't disappointed!
That there was a freezing wind blowing the increasingly heavy rain while we took these photos and luxuriated in the achievement, didn't dull my feeling of a "Rocky" moment, and I responded accordingly.
A couple of hours later and we're in Liverpool and checked into our hotel - Jury's Inn.
After checking in and dumping our bags, it was time to head off on our Magical Mystery Tour, and what a fantastic tour it was. Our driver and guide, Ray, was a mine of information and telling his story in a way that had you believing he was telling the story for the first time.
So much to tell, so here's just a snapshot (pardon the pun).
Ringo's birthplace (now a condemned building)
The Empress Pub, which appeared on the cover of Ringo's first solo album, Sentimental Journey.
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes .....
Strawberry Field Forever
John's home with Aunt Mimi.
Paul's home, with a Silver Beetle neatly parked out the front!
Ray's bus and our transport
Where else to finish up the tour but at the Cavern Club, enjoying a well-pulled pint and live Beatles' music as accompaniment.
Our walk back to the hotel included an encounter with a couple of the Harry Potter petronas
and some bloke appearing to be doing unusual things with a horse
but we made it back to the Jurys Inn by following the light of the "Big Wheel"
Having stocked up on a fine buffet fry-up at the Premier Inn, we headed off first to find Hadrian's Wall. For those who know of my abortive previous efforts to find/touch/stand on the wall, this was a key box to tick this time round .... and I wasn't disappointed!
That there was a freezing wind blowing the increasingly heavy rain while we took these photos and luxuriated in the achievement, didn't dull my feeling of a "Rocky" moment, and I responded accordingly.
A couple of hours later and we're in Liverpool and checked into our hotel - Jury's Inn.
After checking in and dumping our bags, it was time to head off on our Magical Mystery Tour, and what a fantastic tour it was. Our driver and guide, Ray, was a mine of information and telling his story in a way that had you believing he was telling the story for the first time.
So much to tell, so here's just a snapshot (pardon the pun).
Ringo's birthplace (now a condemned building)
The Empress Pub, which appeared on the cover of Ringo's first solo album, Sentimental Journey.
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes .....
Strawberry Field Forever
John's home with Aunt Mimi.
Paul's home, with a Silver Beetle neatly parked out the front!
Ray's bus and our transport
Where else to finish up the tour but at the Cavern Club, enjoying a well-pulled pint and live Beatles' music as accompaniment.
Our walk back to the hotel included an encounter with a couple of the Harry Potter petronas
and some bloke appearing to be doing unusual things with a horse
but we made it back to the Jurys Inn by following the light of the "Big Wheel"
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