Today saw us travelling in the rain from Edinburgh to Liverpool. We have read/watched the news of terrible storms in Great Britain with flooding and electricity being knocked out. We haven’t witnessed any of the terribleness, but our roads were flooded a bit in spots today as we drove through the Lake District – the home of William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. We saw some incredible waterfalls coming off the hills. It was a hard time to take photos as the camera kept focusing on the raindrops on the window rather than the scenery passed the window. We had a wet and windy day yesterday and today was very wet.

Every morning when we leave a hotel, our leader asks us to check for the 3 Ps- passport, phone, partner. Check✅

Ideas from the bus:

• Do we want to be tourists or travellers? Tourists have lists and traveller enjoy each experience.
• Interesting to watch the interactions among our travel mates. There is a mom and daughter duo. The daughter seems to get annoyed by her mom’s reaction and need to ask questions. I can’t relate to this at all (😘Justine)
• Lunch was soup today. Mushroom and courgette. I haven’t figured out what courgette is.

Upon arriving in Liverpool, half of the bus checked in and the half that wanted to tour Liverpool and visit the highlights of the Beatles – did just that. We saw Penny Lane, Strawberry Field, John Lennon’s and Paul McCartney’s childhood homes. It was a rushed little tour, but darkness took over and we were done. A quiet night tonight as we ready ourselves for the ferry to Dublin tomorrow.

Checking into our room, we discovered a surprise for our anniversary. Wrong year as it is our 25th, but still a really nice gesture.