Itinerary
Friday Night -
Pubs :
The Baltic Fleet
Eating :An
Indian (that was closing) to an Indian (that was closed) to
an Indian (that was open (just !))
Saturday Morning - Breakfast at the
Soul Cafe (fantastic) then the Maritime Museum
Saturday Afternoon – Sandwiches at the
Albert dock, a whistle-stop tour of Liverpool's
architectural heritage and then to the FACT cinema to see
"Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer”
Saturday Night –
Pubs : The
Ship and Mitre (and others)
Eating Chinatown
Highlights
Steve's idea to get a taxi driver to take us to and Indian
restaurant is a great success (apart from the restaurant being closed !)
Pete sleeps in the car (again) due to Nigel's snoring
Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer (ok - so maybe
that's a lowlight !)
The taste of dark mild is resurrected
We discover that Darts is not our strong point !
Having hung on to his umbrella all day in Liverpool, David
finally leaves it in the last pub
Pete nominates Steve for the 'quietist snorer award'
David discovers that the best way to do a circular tour of
Liverpool is to try to use his GPS to find Wetherspoons
Quotes
Steve - "Whilst we are here, I would quite like to see that
circular canal thing"
Nigel - "You mean the Falkirk wheel ?"
Steve - "That's the one !"
Nigel - "The Falkirk wheel is in Falkirk !"
Pete - (in the Baltic Fleet) "Where are the toilets ?"
Pete - (in the Maritime Museum) "Where are the toilets ?"
Pete - (in the Albert Dock) "Where are the toilets ?"
Pete - (in the FACT Cinema) "Where are the toilets ?
Pete - (Ship & Mitre) "Where are the toilets ?
Steve - "This restaurant smells of chlorine"
(In the kebab shop)
David - "A portion of chips please"
Nigel - "A portion of chips please"
Steve - "A portion of chips please"
Pete - "A luxury chicken kebab with all the trimmings please......... oh - and a
portion of chips"
(when discussing the different courses we did on the MSc)
Steve - "I am sure we did one on something to do with Microprocessors.."
All - "Yes - that was the name of the course !"
(In the Chinese restaurant)
Waiter (to Pete) - "Would you like red or white wine Sir ?"
Pete - "A cup of tea please"