Tag: #beatles

Today I met up with 2 cruise friends, Peter from Preston and Lynford from York. A day in Liverpool means looking up all possible to do with the Beatles as this is where they grew up and were they started their ride to fame. I took the train from Preston to Liverpool. Cost was 15GBP return and a comfy 1 hour trip. Liverpool station is huge! Not quite like the Liverpool station in Sydney.

We walked down to the Cavern Precinct looking for the John Lennon statue. Found the Cavern Club, Cilla Black, The Beatles Shop.

John Lennon’s statue was nowhere to be seen and then we realised it was under cover

Of course I asked a nearby worker if we could have a reveal of John Lennon as I had come all the way from Australia. He was so excited to hear my accent, Barney did more than remove the protective cover.

Before the City Sights Liverpool City and Beatles Hop On Hop off Off tour we had a look around town

Liverpool has a harbour and cruise terminal with lovely areas similar to Darling Harbour and Barangaroo. You can see today there is sunshine and it was glorious sitting outside without freezing.

The bus stopped off at the Penny Lane sign, Strawberry Fields, although the gates are not the original gates, John’s childhood home and travelled through areas including a street of churches. One of the fun things of this open bus was how many people wave at everyone and particularly when the bus passes by high up office windows and the workers wait for the bus to come by for everyone to wave.