Hornsey Cycle - 23rd May 2015

Hornsey Cycle Sat 23rd May 2015

Trans-Pennine Trail (16 Miles)

A sunny Saturday we decided on a cycle ride from Hornsey and along the Trans-Pennine trail towards Hull. The full distance to Hull along the trail from Hornsey is around 17 Miles (then return), so we elected to cycle about half-way and back.

Its a good hour and fifteen mins or so drive from Cleethorpes to Hornsey, and we parked up in a large car park near the leisure centre and sea front. Then to get to the start of the trail you head back through the town and a very prominent (start, or end) to the Trail which runs around 200 miles west to the other side of the country at Southport.





The trail, in the most part was pretty good, if not a little narrow in places, and was initially fairly busy with dog walkers.... it was the weekend after all.

Very soon we were out into open countryside, and vivid yellow rapeseed cropped fields and very flat terrain.



A nice day, and an easy cycle.

We headed back after cycling sbout 8 miles, stopped for a drink at some picnic benches where there was a car park and even more dog walkers. The middle section was largely dog walker free though, and just a few other cyclists.

A nice afternoon and a pleasant cycle, nothing more to be said, we headed home happy.

Our Cycle Ccore: 7/10

Liverpool 13th May 2015 - Knowsley Safari Park

Knowsley Safari Park


Wednesday 13th May 2015


After breakfast at the Premier Inn we set off out of Liverpool heading for North Wales, via Knowsley Safari Park.

We arrived at the park with a roof box on, but we were told that it would not be possible to go through the monkey enclosure with the roof box on. The staff kindly agreed to store the roof box at the entrance building and 15 mins later we were in the park.

There are quite a few walk around areas and the peacock was particularly on form giving us a good display.

Also meerkats...

No, it's not dead, just soaking up the Sun!

The main feature of the Safari Park is the drive around, which covers quite a large area, and was not very busy at this time of the year.

Lioness in the road!

The best bit, in my opinion, is the monkey enclosure, enter at your own risk as they like car aerials and wipers in particular!

We got off lightly though, with no real damage only various pieces of rock left on top of the car and some seriously smeary marks (we did need new wiper blades though)

We enjoyed it so much, that after a short break at the cafe, we drove around again.

Excellent day. We drove on to North Wales, but the weather was terrible and so no pictures!

Liverpool 12th May 2015 St John's Beacon

Liverpool- St.John's Beacon (Radio City) Tour

Tuesday 12th May 2015

We stayed overnight at the Premier Inn near Liverpool Airport, and after hearty breakfast caught the bus into Liverpool City Centre.

Tickets had been booked via Travelzoo to go up the St.John's Beacon for views of the Liverpool skyline.

The tower was built in 1969 and is 452ft in height. It did originally operate as a revolving restaurant, but was redeveloped in 1999 as Radio City (local radio station), and open to the public as an observatory.

The lift took 30 seconds to reach the top and a narrow viewing platform allows views through very large sloping windows virtually unobstructed.

We spent around 30-45 mins at the top before alighting at the lift for the short journey down and spent the remainder of the day perusing shops around Liverpool One, before catching the bus back to the Airport Premier Inn.