First walk around the Marine Lake for a while (trifle damp in Wales), then off to the Banking Hub (how exciting not). Passed an escape room on the way (new to me). #WestKirby #Wirral www.westkirbyescaperoom.co.uk
Nice idea BBC News - Seaside stories sought for map to celebrate coastal gems - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/arti…
Good to see support for Heighington Station. BBC News - ‘World’s oldest’ railway station in County Durham saved - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/arti…
Walk through light drizzle in Birkenhead Park. Fencing up for weekend music festival (headliners Feeder, Example) and also spotted athletics track markings (doubtless for local school). Work on regeneration improvements in town centre much busier than on our last visit.
Fast walk/slow jog from Thurstaston to YOT via the Dungeon and Dales, about 3 miles in 50 min. Slow walk back via KC3P. Nice onshore breeze.
Sheltered from the heat in #Royden again where the heather is starting to bloom, the conkers are flourishing, the fungi are doing their stuff (early?) and the painted ladies are resolutely refusing to pose.
Pleasant walk in the shade at #Royden, coffee and raspberry scone at Benty’s then back via the Walled Garden. #Wirral
Noodling around in the Domesday Book. For example, Robert of Rhuddlan’s entry: opendomesday.org/name/robe…
Views from #WestKirby Marine Lake this morning underlining the slightly weird way the tide comes in. And a very distant view of a cormorant. #Wirral
Views of the Mersey from #NewBrighton earlier today.
Walk this morning from #Thurstaston, along the #WirralWay, up through the Dungeon, along and down through #Heswall Dales, stopping for coffee at YOT (except it’s closed Tuesdays 😕) and then back along the KC3P.
Welsh coast looking singularly picturesque this morning. #Wirral
Delightful wander around RSPB Burton this morning.
New Brighton this afternoon. A nice place to chill.
Benty’s in full-on strawberry mode today #wirral 🍓
This afternoon I finally got a photo of the very flighty heron. It does its best to appear nonchalant as it crosses the road ahead of me before taking to the air and heading back in the direction of the mere (and ducklings). Fairly #crapNaturePhotography
It’s been a while since I last visited the cemetery mere. Trapped by an unexpected downpour, I spent some quality time with the ducks. Delighted to see three ducklings have survived thus far (zero last year) though the pesky heron is still around 🦆
Up early for a meander at #Thurstaston yet again. Field of barley (?) seems to be a magnet for skylarks. Hard to do justice to the sunbeams peeping through the clouds. Coffee at Flissy’s.
Memo to self: visit Leasowe Lighthouse during an Open Day this year (assuming the old knees are up to the 130 steps). leasowelighthouse.com/wp/
Early clifftop walk to #Heswall Field via Tinker’s Dell making the most of a gentle sea breeze. Intriguing info board by #Thurstaston Visitors Centre fast becoming of largely historical interest itself.
Morning spent zipping along the M53 chortling to #hmhb’s latest and pondering the magnificence of the northbound hard shoulder. #OblongOfDreams
Kicked a ball for the first time in far too long.
A few more photos from yesterday’s walk. #Thurstaston #Heswall
Swallows were busy feeding juveniles perched on barbed wire on the perimeter of #Heswall sewage works down on the Dee estuary. Fun to watch. #Wirral