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A day trip to the 'Pool

Liverpool that is... Being a huge Beatles fan, I have visited Liverpool a few times over the years.  When I learned that China's Terracotta Warriors were going to be at the World Museum there I decided I had to go.  Bonus: I would get to see the Beatles sculpture at the Pier head that was installed shortly after I was last there in 2015.   I first saw the Terracotta Warriers at the British Museum in London in October of 2007 and they blew me away.  I knew I had to see them again. (does that make me a Terracotta Warriers groupie?)  Why not go to China to see them?  Nope.  China is one country I have absolutely no desire to visit for so many reasons that I won't get into here.   I booked my ticket from home, managed to get a day return ticket that wasn't too hard on the bank balance and on Wednesday March 14th I was off.  Virgin trains were bang on time both ways and I had no seat mate which was a bonus.   Upon arrival at Lime Street station I made my way to A

Day 9 on the Thames Path - Shepperton to Chertsey

For a long while I didn't think I would ever write that title again...but here I am.  Tired but happy. (might not be so happy tomorrow morning...time will tell!) It was a dream come true to be back on the path again and I had the biggest grin on my face for most of it - even when I was ploughing my way along muddy paths. Today was a short one - my Garmin watch tells me I walked about nine km.  Probably only about four and a half km (if that) was on the actual path as I had to walk to and from the railway stations at the beginning and the end of my walk.  However it's a start and I proved to myself that I can do it. Staying in South London has its advantages as I have easy access to the rail network that takes me to the towns along the Thames Path...and I now have a Seniors rail card so save 30% on my rail fares.  It's all good! I can't remember too much about Shepperton rail station - after all last time I had "celebrated" the end of the walk with a gla

Two months on the road - the highlights, lowlights and future plans

Today marks two months since I slunk out of my apartment at an ungodly hour of the morning to begin this adventure.  It has certainly been two months of highs and lows - luckily more of the former. Places I have been Toronto London Barcelona, Spain Durham in NE England Dubai Sri Lanka Kerala, India And now I am back in London Beds slept in.. 14!   The highlights... The best thing so far on this trip has been the elephant gathering in Kaudulla park in Sri Lanka.  To see that many elephants in one place was mind boggling and very humbling.  They are such magnificent creatures and I feel so fortunate to have witnessed the gathering. Lunch on the move... I also loved my three nights at the Peacock Villa in Mirissa after the tour had finished.  It was perfection.  Sitting on my balcony overlooking this... and seeing a wild (male) Peacock sitting on the branch of a tree was surreal.  And that was a constant every day occurrence.  Even being