A few photos taken over the last couple of weeks.
The above photos were taken after sunset.
The October Harvest Moon, taken in the morning.
Photos from the Leasowe Lighthouse to New Brighton Walk.
Leasowe Lighthouse ahead.
The sea looks a long way off.
Oystercatchers galore.
Looking towards Liverpool at the start of our walk.
One of several Little egrets seen today.
Striding out to the groyne.
"Made it".
One of three Jellyfish seen stranded on the beach today.
The docks of north Liverpool.
Crosby beach - I think we can see the Gormley statues.
Crosby beach and the Gormley statues.
Fort Perch Rock ahead.
Fort Perch Rock Lighthouse.
Bramley Moore Dock Football Stadium
.Anfield - home of Liverpool F.C.
Goodison - home of Everton F.C.
Has the crane come too early?
In memory of a wooden driftwood pirate galleon.
The driftwood pirate ship as we saw it on 2ndFebruary 2017.
The Black Pearl Pirate Shipas seen on 14th January 2016.
Everton's new stadium at Bramley MooreDock taken from near our lunch spot in Vale Park.
The view from our lunch spot in Vale Park.
The Liverpool skyline from near our lunch spot.
An unusual boat on the Mersey heading towards Liverpool.
A sign for the Royalists amongst us!
Leasowe Lighthouse with the Clwydian Hill on the skyline, but I don't think you can see Moel Famau.
A platform out at sea, probably linked with the construction of more off shore wind turbine
Walk stats: 10.5 miles. Climb: 164’
Time: 4 hours 49 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.8 m.p.h. Overall Walk average: 2.2 m.p.h.
Temperature: Mainly around 17 Celsius throughout, although at times it felt warmer!
Beaufort Wind Force: Mainly 0-1. Mainly Calm to Light air. Max 3 - a 9.6 m.p.h. Gentle breeze as we approached the Leasowe Lifeguard Look out.
Group: Martyn and Nigel.
The weather forecast was very good, although we did get more sunshine than on the forecast.
We set off at low tide, so we were able to walk along the beach all the way to Perch Fort Rock.
We did see plenty of birds, but initially they were a good way off. Even so Oystercatchers seemed to be the dominant bird.
Distant views were excellent, we could just abort make out the Gormley statues on Crosby beach.
Lunch was taken in Vale Park, where we had a choice of several bench on which to see.
From Vale Park, we could see three football stadiums, two still in use, and one coming on stream in 2025.
Fruit cake was provided, but it was moist, it more like Christmas pudding!
Birds seen or heard included: Carrion crow, Little egret, Common buzzard, Oystercatcher, Great cormorant, Common redshank, Turnstone, Lesser black back gull, Herring gull, Common starling, Eurasian curlew and Greenshank.
Overall, a very enjoyable walk, one of the best I have experienced walking from Leasowe to New Brighton.
After walk drinks were enjoyed, sitting by the fire at Rake Hall. Brimstage Brewery’s Trappers Hat was the beer of choice, and I had my usual pot of tea.
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