Michelle's friend from Portland, Vida, and her husband Jay live there on the Wirral with their cute little girl Bronwen. We spent the day walking around town before having a nice meal, some wine and a good rest.
The next morning, we did a whirl wind trip of the two impressive cathedrals in Liverpool. The Anglican Cathedral is absolutely massive with a surprisingly simple stone design inside, and the Catholic Cathedral which locals call Paddy's Wigwam from it's shape, looks like a bit of a disco inside too - lots of coloured lights and colourful stain glass windows. We then had a lovely drive through the Lake District, finishing up in Keswick. Our friends Claire and Ralf from Bangkok had recently moved back here. They were staying with Claire's Dad, Tony, who gratiously put us up in the spare room for a couple of days, even with all the construction going on. Keswick is a beautiful little town, one of Michelle's favourites, with lots of character - and great Cumberland Sausage!
The Lake District is all about walking, so that's what we did. A ramble through the farmers fields led us up to Castlerigg Stone Circle, with great views around the valleys. Passed many sheep and cows in the fields on our way up there. Would have been a surreal place up there in 'druid' days, but today, far too many tourists and kids running around. I guess we did get up here at the end of Summer holidays. Ralf joined us on a quick hike up Latrigg before dinner, which had stunning views over Derwent Water and Keswick, but was dwarfed by larger Skiddaw beside it. Had some amazing sun beams breaking through the clouds on our hike down. It was just nice to be outdoors and get some fresh air. Of course, we came back to the aforementioned Cumberland sausage that was literally 10 feet long.
Our time in the Lake District was great and loved seeing old friends. It's also Michelle's favourite place in England and she was excited to have the chance to show me this pretty part of the world. Our brief trip culminated with a visit to see Colin and Flo, friends Mush knows from Scotland, and then a stop to see her good friend from secondary school, Becky and her husband Karl and new baby Max. *Stub
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