Liverpool Day One…
So here we are in Liverpool at last. As this post is being written the children are all washed, brushed and in bed reading a book. Easy.
Our journey up North was no more eventful than Mr Bowers having to step-up and rid the bus of an interloper in the form of a bumble bee. He heroically caught the little creature before humanely letting it out of the window on the motorway. Hopefully it could still fly!
The kids were incredibly well behaved for the whole five hours and there was not one single incident of travel sickness. Wonderful.
Once safely arrived at the youth hostel we had a quick turn around before hitting the bowling alley, where the Melody Makers of Bath Abbey showed the kids of Liverpool how to smash those pins. Intricate team tactics were in evidence, as were celebrations and a few commiserations A spell in the amusements followed, where two-penny fortunes were made and lost, cuddly toys went ‘a beggin’ and some nail-biting air hockey contests were undertaken.
Dinner back the hostel consisted of gourmet chicken burgers, pasta and cheese cake (and salad), followed by an awesome piece of birthday cake in celebration of Annie’s birthday. The children had the chance to run off the day’s travelling in the hostel garden with games of tag, gymnastics contests and running an import dance school.
There were some other points of interest seen during the day including a pink fire engine, one and half cathedrals; crazy articulated lorry racing; the gate to China Town; plus a pair of vans driving around and around in circles in a futile attempt to bump-start one of them.
Finally, we rounded the day off with yet more cake as we helped Katy Garner celebrate what is the second birthday of the trip. Good times.
(Photos to follow)
Melody Makers 