I went to see this fabulous 26-foot high (8m) sculpture made out of knives and intended as a tribute to victims of knife crime which is being exhibited outside the Liverpool Anglican cathedral. The 100,000 weapons forming the Knife Angel have either been confiscated or … Continue readingKnife Angel – Cathedral
An eventful day saw us visit three gems of Merseyside.. The every inspiring Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight (to visit the Quentin Blake exhibition), my first ever visit to Birkenhead Park and a well-deserved grapefruit Shofferhofer in the expertly lit mezzanine of the … Continue readingLady lever, Birkenhead Park and the H1780
Some really excellent exhibitions at this year’s Liverpool’s Biennial. We only just touched on some for this visit so plenty of time to explore them all! One was This is Shanghai displayed in the Cunard building was well worth a look. It explores and celebrates … Continue readingLiverpool Biennial and Graffiti
A fine day so we thought we’d pop along to the Speke/Garston coastal reserve. Some fascinating views across the rivers can be had.. and you get to see the planes coming in at the end of the airport’s runway. Afterwards we thought we try out … Continue readingMersey Coastal Reserve – Higson’s Brewery
Always nice to take a walk along the Mersey from Otterspool into the City.. There is always something of interest happening on the way. And of course once you are there lots of interesting building to take photos of!
Despite the fact it was one of the busiest times of the year, we set off to visit Jodrell Bank, mainly to take some photos whilst the sun was out. We thought we’d get some good shots and hopefully you’ll enjoy what we took.. the … Continue readingJodrell Bank
‘Whilst gathering winter fuel’ in the National Trsut reserve, Formby I thought I would take along my camera to see if I could get a few shots of the Red Squirrles. Here are the results:
A sunny day so we thought we’d do a spot of Links pitch n putt. The Wallasey Beach Mini Golf course is a truly great course to play a fine mixture of long and short fairways and the greens were in tip top condition, especially … Continue readingWallasey Beach Mini Golf – A Poor Score Day
A friend of ours recommended that we pay a visit to Birkenhead Priory which is on the Wirral (or as we scousers call it “over the water”). Aways keen to see new places we parked in New Brighton and set off along the prom enjoying … Continue readingOver the Water – New Brighton to Birkenhead Priory
Since we photographed the Catholic Cathedral we thought it only right to do the same with the Anglican Cathedral. We had a stunning day again so lots of sunshine to work with. Amazing to think that the building was actually only completed in 1978 taking 74 … Continue readingLiverpool Anglican Cathedral – Grass n Glass