Liverpool, Blackpool
and the Lake District
February 2004

Our friends, Clare and Matt, were going up to see her parents in Liverpool. We both wanted to go to Blackpool (Paul's birthplace) and they kindly offered to drive us up and give the guided tour.

Blackpool beach with the infamous Tower in the distance.


Clare and Matt: The couple who kindly offered us the chance for this trip in their car.


Paul and Tina outside the Lytham hospital that Paul 'thought' he was born in.


Paul and Tina in the Lake District.


Matt and Clare resting on the way up Helm's Crag.


The view from half way up Helm's Crag.


More views from further up the mountain.


The Adelphi: The best hotel in Liverpool. The subject of a fly-on-the-wall TV series, and where we spent a night.


The Yellow Submarine.


View of the mersy in Liverpool


Matt, Clare and Tina at Mersyside


Paul and Tina with the Liverbirds in the background.