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Monday, February 1, 2016

England, Days 13 to 17, Manchester, Blackburn Rovers, National Football museum

11th Dec to 15th Dec

From the 11th Dec onwards I was in Manchester. I caught the train from Liverpool. The highlights were the Museum of Manchester, Chinatown, and the National Football museum.
On the 14th I did a day trip to Blackburn where I saw Blackburn play against Nottingham Forest to a dour 0-0 draw. The highlight of that game was Alan Shearer being the guest of honour. Back in 1994 when I saw them play I never would've thought I would actually visit Ewood Park one day to see them play live.

Museum of Manchester.

Alan Turing Memorial, Manchester.

Chinatown, Manchester.

Santa Claus in Manchester.

Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester.

Manchester.

Blackburn Cathedral.

Blackburn station.

Blackburn.

Blackburn Rovers FC.

Alan Shearer (centred), Blackburn Rovers FC.

Rhodes and gang. Blackburn Rovers FC.

Blackburn Rovers FC.

Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester.

National Football museum, Manchester.

Soccer wars jerseys! National Football museum, Manchester.

How football used to be played. National Football museum, Manchester.

The famous German. National Football museum, Manchester.

Anyone remember this mascot from a World Cup? National Football museum, Manchester.

Manchester Cathedral.

Friday, January 29, 2016

England, Days 10 to 12, Liverpool, Beatles Museum

Dec 8th to 10th

On the morning of the 8th I caught the train from Holyhead to Liverpool via Chester. And of course using the UK's journey planner called IPTIS (Integrated Public Transport Information System) that I personally worked on living in Australia. Now I'm literally eating my own dog food everyday.

I visited Liverpool one, Albert Dock, both Beatles museums, the Museum of Liverpool, the Liverpool Cathedral, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the main library.

The Wheel of Liverpool. Nowadays every modern city has a ferris wheel.

Beatles Museum, worth going to! There's two, the other one is closer to the ferry terminal along Albert Dock.

John Lennon's glasses.

Museum of Liverpool.

Liverpool club shop.

Near Liverpool One, the Christmas markets were going on at this time of the year.

Inside the Liverpool Cathedral. There's a bridge that you can go on.

Metropolitan Cathedral.

Cavern club where the Beatles used to perform.

Albert Dock, Liverpool.

Liverpool Library.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Wales, Days 8 to 9, Holyhead, South Stack, North Stack, Holyhead mountain

6th to 8th Dec

Following Dublin I caught a ferry to the coast of Wales. The weather was absolutely terrible on the 6th, with flooding in different parts of the country including England. My ferry was delayed by several hours. Thankfully that was all. I arrived mid afternoon on the 6th of Dec in Holyhead and spent the rest of the evening walking around town and just enjoying myself with finally getting some alone time after 2 weeks of bunking with strangers.

On the 7th I had an absolute epic hike around the coast of Holyhead, it was really beautiful. Windy but beautiful. I was the only one there, it was stunning.