If you “parked” your boat at #Heswall Shore and meant to come back to it sometime, the clock is well and truly ticking.
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Gentle walk around #Royden again, fortuitously dodging a brief downpour while in Benty’s where the apple and fudge scones were sampled (rude not to).
Managed to dodge the rain at #PortSunlight. Pleasant stroll, coffee at Hulme Hall, Jim Moir’s Birds at the Lady Lever, quick visit to the garden centre and then home for lunch.
A little damp this morning after a passing shower but quickly dried out in the warm breeze.

Early morning wander around #Royden.
Cormorant a bit of a fixture lately #crapNaturePhotography
Only flag I saw this morning was Everton’s. Is there a game on?
View from Grange Hill #WestKirby looking towards #NewBrighton. Hadn’t noticed the tree planting previously. Orchard or part of council initiative?

Glimpse of the #Beluga heading up the #WirralWay this morning #crapAirplanePhotography

I have been to the podiatrist. I think this is some kind of milestone. All the other clients there were basically different versions of me.
Fascinating and in a more parochial sense reminiscent of the rise of Liverpool with the silting up of the Dee estuary blocking access to Chester. When Tides Built Cities: How Shifting Waters Shaped the Birth of Sumer www.anthropology.net/p/when-ti…
Small orchard by Gilroy Nature Reserve looking promising this year. #WestKirby #Wirral
Interesting project Features - How to Build a Medieval Castle - Archaeology Magazine - September/October 2025 archaeology.org/issues/se…
Early morning walk from car park at Riverbank Road to Banks Road (and yes, YOT) and back. Curious about the official-looking building adjacent to the car park. Apparently built post-war as the Margaret Beavan Memorial Childrens Home. Now flats I assume. www.instagram.com/p/DHmG4Sv…
Thor’s Stone or Rock at #Thurstaston this morning. Returned to Royden hoping for some shelter in the event of rain (which largely failed to materialize). The supposed Viking association apparently dates to Liverpool architect and historian JA Picton in Victorian times.
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Early morning wander around #Royden, coffee and a blackcurrant scone at Benty’s, then a quick peek into the walled garden where, yes, we found a couple of errant gnomes.
Walk along #Hoylake prom this morning. A little murky post-shower but clearing by the time we finished prior to the heat kicking in. Don’t know Hoylake that well but possible sand accretion in places albeit presumably some (most?) only temporary.
The Marine Lake #WestKirby this morning. Post #StormFloris there is erosion of the external sandbank and the internal sand has formed a bar underwater.
What a difference a day makes, plus #Heswall Field still resolutely purple.
Coffee at the courtyard cafe in #Royden this morning. Quiet generally apart from the occasional dog-walker. #Wirral
Sand movements post #StormFloris at Marine Lake #WestKirby
Hmm, pretty sure Church Farm at #Thurstaston has closed.
Interesting walk from Banks Road #Heswall to #Parkgate and back via #KC3P. #Wirral #FingerpostFriday
From this morning’s walk to Heswall Field which is predominantly covered in purple wild flowers at present.
Summertime and the corn is high and hence pretty much blocking the view.
