Today's 4.3193 miles (6.9513 km) route to the Blue Anchor in Aintree, has been saved and can be seen at...
Starting in the car park, behind Costa, in Maghull, we headed towards the Leeds Liverpool Canal, via our usual short cut...
Once we joined the Canal at Shop Lane Swing Bridge...
we headed towards Liverpool along the tow-path...
The next swing bridge, at Hall Lane...
...is where the boatyard is, that at one time we were hoping to buy...
We continued along the canal enjoying a wide range of plants...
...including waterlilies...
...and the waterfowl (ducks, moorhens, coots, etc.,)...
In the distance we could see Liverpool's two Cathedrals and Liverpool F.C.'s New Stand being built...
We were also lucky to see two herons, one that flew away before I could take a photograph...
...and another, further on, after the next swing bridge...
...that I did capture...
One thing that Chris pointed out, was how well camouflaged the ducks were...
...and how a photograph of them would make a difficult Jigsaw.
There may be one later this week at...
Not long after passing under the M57 we crossed the River Alt...
...and we were soon at Canal Turn at Aintree Race Course...
After that it wasn't long before we reached "Melling Road" bridge...
...the road that crosses Aintree Race Course, and, as you can see from the map, this was very close to our destination, The Blue Anchor
You can find out about our experience at the Blue Anchor, via my Maghull Foodie blog...
After lunch, we caught the 159 bus, just outside the pub, to Old Roan Station...
Here we caught the Train back to Maghull...
...and a bus back to the start...
In spite of the weather, very fine rain every now and then, this was another enjoyable Wednesday Meander!
You can take a look at the slide show of the photographs I took at...
or via the embedded version below...
