The Racquet Club, Liverpool - our 39th walk for a Wednesday Pub Lunch

Our 2.6151 Mile (4.2086 km) route (shorter than normal) has been saved and is available at... 

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6760116

Today, we started from Moorfield Station, Liverpool, and left via the Old Hall Street Exit.
We headed past Melanie's work, past our final destination, The Racquet Club, and headed down to the River Mersey.
The route taken can be clearly seen on the map provided.
The "Three Graces" are always worth a visit, if you go to Liverpool, as this photograph shows...

 Heading in-land (Turned left), we past the Museum of Liverpool, complete with some of the "Lamb-Bananas" - http://www.superlambanana.eu/history.html...

 Then on towards the Albert Dock with views of the old Pump-house, the Maritime Museum and some old sailing vessels...

 The "Love Locks"  were all along this section of the walk, plus the occasional gull...

 Throughout the walk there are so many things to see, celebrating Liverpool's past and present...

 The River Mersey itself is becoming increasingly busy and you're never sure what you will see...

 On our walk today, it was windy, the tide was coming in and, we're pleased to say, no rain.

 The views are quite stunning...

 and you're never sure what you will see! A crocodile...

 ...no just some netting.
We soon reached Brunswick Station...

 ...where we caught a train back to Moorfields...

 The plan was to meet our elder daughter, when she finished work at 12:30. as we were a little early, we popped into Costa...

 ...where Chris had enough points for us to have FREE DRINKS...

 We then completed our Meander, picking Melanie up on the way to our Lunch destination...

You can see how we rated our 39th Wednesday Pub Lunch at...

http://maghullfoodie.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/the-racquet-club-liverpool-our-39th.html

Another enjoyable Wednesday Walk in a beautiful City.
P.S. I went home while Chris and Melanie went Christmas Shopping.

Rimrose Valley Revisited

I'm not sure how long it has been since we walked through the valley park but it has matured considerably. The valley was always subject to flooding; in the 20th century it has been used for tipping, allotments and playing fields and it is only in recent times that Sefton MBC began its transformation. Larger areas, in particular the southern end, feel really natural and its success as a nature reserve is undoubted - even water rail has been heard here. The walk is very flat and took us around the fringes of the park, with occasional detours along boardwalks into the reedbeds.

It is known that reed warbler, whitethroat, reed bunting and sedge warbler have bred here; fleeting sightings and constant bird song provided visual and audible evidence.
The final stretch of the walk took us along the Leeds Liverpool Canal from Buckley Corner towards Seaforth; here we saw lost of fish, including a small (6" long) pike, coots, moorhens, swans...

...a heron...

and, unusual for this stretch of canal, a narrowboat!

I'm sure that once the link through to the Albert Dock is completed, this will become a regular sight again. How nice!
As you can see by the pictures we had fine weather! Sorry I tried not to mention it but, like the walk, it was very nice! You can view the 5.0493mile route of this walk at http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2073667.

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