Showing posts with label river mersey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label river mersey. Show all posts

Monday, October 13, 2008

Bridge over the River Mersey


After another beautiful autumn day in Liverpool, what better way to see it out than sitting on the banks of the River Mersey. I have loved doing this ever since my dearly departed grandad used to take me down to the pier head to see the big ships in port.This bridge on the runcorn widnes border is the only one that crosses the mersey, on a sad note you would think the local council would make more of a feature of it and light it up a bit more. A great end to the day however.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Wacker Quacker, the Liverpool Duckmarine

Visitors to Liverpool are able to take a "duck tour" of the Albert Dock complex and also various points of interest throughout the city. This very popular tourist attraction combines water and road as part of the experience.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

A penny for your thoughts

My youngest daughter stares into the water of the salthouse dock in liverpool, seemingly alone in a world of her own, I wonder what she is thinking about? I can remember when I was her age and we lived within a stones throw of the river mersey, my grandad worked on the big passenger ships that visited liverpool in those days and he would always take me down to see them arrive in port and I can remember that I would often stare into the river alone with my thoughts, in fact it is something that I still do to this day,I wonder if Saffron is doing the same?

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Ferry across the Mersey

The mersey ferry looks tiny compared to the Queen Elizabeth 2 as she ferry's her passengers across the mersey. It is a shame when you realise that this is the very last time that we will see the grand old ship in the river mersey. The ship takes up most of the waterfont on the princess dock side and the funnel of the QE2 is almost as high as the liver buildings. liverpool will really miss the visits of the QE2.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Moving water fountain at theSalthouse Dock


We will be here this evening at the Salthouse and albert docks to see the new water fountain that moves around the two docks. We are really looking forward to seeing it and we also have the arrival of the QE2 tomorrow so should be a really good two days.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Lost in Time


As Liverpool continues to benefit from being capital of culture 2008 and new buildings are going up everywhere, this old pier, standing on the River mersey serves as a reminder of of the past