Category Archives: Sunday Group

More silly games with Merseytravel this morning. We needed to get the number 10 bus at 10.06 to  make a tight connection at St Helens Bus Station. As we waited, a man came and fitted a new timetable into the … Continue reading →

We took the 487 bus from Sir Thomas Street at 10.30, arriving at the Seven Stars at 11.15. Our walk today took us by fields and footpaths to Brimstage and back. It was a bright sunny day, but not quite … Continue reading →

We started the day with some fun with public transport. Since there were road works in Dale Street, the 300 bus, which usually stops in Sir Thomas Street, was meant to stop at Queen Square, but nobody had told the … Continue reading →

The sun was shining when we arrived at Moreton on the 10.35 train from Liverpool Central. The pools outside Burton’s biscuit factory were surprisingly full of fish – with red fins so they were probably Roach. There were hundreds of … Continue reading →

Despite the change of clocks, we all made it to Central Station at 10am for the 10.15 Chester train to Bromborough Rake. It was a still day with very low cloud and the woods would have been silent if it … Continue reading →

It was a cool, overcast morning, with spots of rain. We went from Lime Street station on the 10.30 Blackpool train to St Helens Central, then took the 352 bus from St Helens bus station at 5 to 11 for … Continue reading →

On a cool, dry and sunny morning we took the 47 bus to Cambridge Road and walked through Potter’s Barn Park. We found some little red apples, the size of cherries, in the water of the disused fountain, but although … Continue reading →

We walked around Liverpool City Centre today, following the “Liverpool Discovers” public art project trail.  As there was no nature or wildlife content at all, that’s all I’ll be saying!

The bad news this morning was that the Liverpool Ranger Service will soon be cutting its staff down to just two Rangers. Richie Baker has already retired and Ranger Ronnie’s last day was 28th February. We decided to support them … Continue reading →

Today was the highest tide of the year at Parkgate – 10.2 meters. The Sunday Group took the 487 from Victoria Street at 10.30 and arrived about 11.30. High Tide was due at about 12.30 and the water was high, … Continue reading →