Howells in a Castle

Monday 3^rd October 2016

The good weather is staying with us. A very pleasant 16° with clear blue sky and a light breeze.

Breakfast at 8:30am on the top floor looking out over the river and docks.

WE caught the hop-on-hop-off bus and did the one-hour tour round Liverpool, stopping off to visit Liverpool Cathedral (the biggest in Britain) which whilst quite plain is nonetheless very beautiful. It was commenced in 1904 and not completed until the mid 1960’s. After a lovely morning tea at the Cathedral we re-boarded the bus for the last part of the trip, which finished at Albert Dock.

Next was a visit to the Beetles Museum. Understandably Liverpool is al about their most famous sons “The Beetles”. The museum was very interesting and informative. We had a light lunch at the museum and then set off to do a bit of shopping before returning to the Albert Dock to see the Mersey Side Maritime Museum. The Museum had to excellent displays, one on the Lusitania and the other of course was the Titanic. Both were very interesting. This now completes our Titanic journey as we have seen where she was built, launched, sailed from and now the White Star Line Headquarters.

Next was a short walk further along the dock to go on dockside Ferris wheel that provided us with some excellent views over Liverpool, the Mersey River and docks.

WE had dinner at the Smuggler Cove pub then returned to the Hotel. We took our remaining bottle of Champagne up to the top floor and drank it overlooking the lights of Albert Dock before returning to our room to pack ready for our trip to Manchester tomorrow morning.