Worsley

Really nice mooring spot on our way back to base

Birkenhead

We took the Dazzle Ferry to Birkenhead.

The ferry is painted in the same way ships were painted in WW1 to make them difficult for the enemy to target them

Birkenhead Town Hall

War memorial

Nice railway station!

Sightseeing tram

Looking back to Liverpool

Liverpool Docks

If the canal had not been closed at Melling, this is the Albert Dock where we should have been moored

Cat...

...and mice

Strange new pub by the waterside - wasn't there the last time we visited

Seven Terracotta Warriors

Here are all seven of the warriors on display.

I should have made a note of which is which - there's an archer and a chariot driver at least!

Terracotta Warriors

The reason for our quest to reach Liverpool was to see the Terracotta Warriors exhibition that we had bought tickets to go and see...

We knew they only had a few of the warriors (obviously!) so thought it would be a fairly small exhibition - it was HUGE

This was a funeral chariot which toured China for rather a long time. It was followed by a chariot of rotting fish to mask the smell of the corpse!

A stone suit of armour

Maghull Station

Superb planting display and all done by volunteers

Sorry about the glare from the sun, but you get the idea

No...I Didn't Believe It Either

Stella To Liverpool - Nearly There...

BBQ time moored out in the country

Another shady mooring spot - The Ship Inn

Jazz band to serenade us

It's a bit weedy as the canal is closed due to a breach just beyond here.

We are moored at Maghull and are catching the train to Liverpool tomorrow

Stockport

It's a very nice place...

Birthday Trip To Southport

Had to go on the pier!

It's a very long pier so we took the train

Huge sandy beach

Even from the end we still couldn't see the sea!

Looking back towards the town

Stella To Liverpool - 4

Moored in Wigan.

You may think it's strange to be moored 'in a tree' but it the only space left, and as it was very hot weather it turned out to be a good thing!

"The Orwell" is unfortunately closed which is a shame as it looks like it was a nice pub in an old warehouse building opposite Wigan Pier

Stella To Liverpool - 3

Moored at The King's Ransom in Sale.

There's a very good, and large, shopping centre just across the bridge