A nice day out.

Yesterday we went on a coach to Liverpool organised by RB from church.

My first visit, can you believe.

Liverpool exceeded expectations, a truly grand city that puts Birmingham in the shade.

I travelled on the back seat with 4 of the team who do the occasional pub crawl around Camra pubs with great architecture - we visited both cathedrals and two fine pubs, doing a fair bit of walking in between.

Lunch in the Philharmonic pub, an unspoilt Art Deco gem.

I didn't get to see the gents, the ladies were "bog standard"

Afternoon coffee for me - not into beer in the afternoon, at The Baltic, down by the dock.

The Anglican Cathedral, the largest in the UK.

Massive.

Choral Evensong at 3.00pm was well hidden in the Lady Chapel, said, with 7 in the congregation.

A church full of visitors and sound equipment but no seating available.

Could have done much better!

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The Wigwam, the RC Cathedral was brilliant.

We arrived as Mass was finishing, great music and a large, joyful congregation.