Hi - Thanks AnnaBtG!!
Well I'm back and I never did finish LST - I realized on the plane ride home that I lost it! Ugh. I practically traumatized my printer when I made a hard copy, so I think I'll be glued to the computer screen when I finish it off
I never really got to do any proper shopping and no one would let my husband and I pay for any food or say parking for example
I did get my wish to watch a soccer/football match in a pub with a bunch of other people. I watched the England vs...oh my goodness I forgot! I think it was a Thursday match. I was in Fornby (husband's relatives). My husband really enjoyed this too. Wayne Rooney lived a few blocks away so everytime he came on the screen they'd shout Rooney and start singing...well it was hard to find a time when they were not singing.
I'm too brain-dead to tell where else I went in any detail. The rest is a blur at the moment - we got the super quick tour wherever we went. The relatives felt compelled to show us a lot in a small time frame and we were just happy seeing a few things in detail. Oh well. It was fun trying to put my memories together from my last trip I took when I was 10/11.
I am glad to be home b/c the air made me sick. I only felt good while I was in Fornby and on the beaches between there and Southport. I couldn't go for a daily jog where I stayed in Nottingham (Carlton) because the air just tasted horrible in some areas....so I gained weight!!! ACK. I could not combat it - I just loved Bird's products too much while I was there.
Now as I sit here typing I feel like I never went. I usually feel like this after a trip.
Friday - travel
Saturday - Heathrow to Nottingham
Sunday - Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent, up the M6 to Preston roughly then on to Blackpool
, Cleveleys, down a bunch of B roads back to the M6 to Nottingham.
Monday - WarHammer world in Nottingham, shopping I think....
Tuesday - Finally a day to ourselves so my husband and I went to two shopping malls downtown, the Lace Market and Nottingham Castle.
Wednesday - Nottingham to Horwich for the service. Horwich to Rainhill (Liverpool). Stayed in Rainhill for the night.
Thursday - tour of Liverpool (Liverpool Cathedral, Albert Docks). Stayed in Fornby for the night.
Friday - Back to Rainhill. Trip to North Wales (Moel Famau, Ruthin, Cerrigydrudion, Betws-y-coed, Llandudno, Colwyn Bay.
Saturday - 30 minute view of train history in Rainhill then back to Nottingham.
Sunday - Sit back on a bus back to Heathrow to home.
I wish we could have seen more of where my mum grew up and the same for my husband's dad. That was first on our list and yet we never really got to do that. We were at the whim of super nice relatives that were enthusiastic to show us elsewhere. I guess that is a reason for us to go back in about five years (cross fingers).
I'm glad to be back to read and I'm glad I didn't miss the Stanley Cup/last game. I'm glad to see Edmonton is still fighting!!!!!
Oh gee,
Cheers,
Roo
EDIT - found LST
