Monday (2nd October), still on the Isle of Man, went to the Calf Sound to see the seals, whilst watching the seals, a bus tour turned up and the passengers got in the queue for the cafe before us, so had a little wait for coffee and cake, but they are always well organised, so not a long wait.
Tuesday, we went out for lunch with lovely friends to The Shore, on Gansey bay, a lovely meal, ate far too much for lunch, but it was all good!
Rog went out in the evening for drinks, again catching up with friends!
Wednesday, yep, you guessed it, more lunch and drinks out catching up with a good friend. Plus a quick visit to the manx museum to fill in time before lunch! Rog’s second visit to Winedown in less than a week.
Wednesday evening, watching the weather forecast again, it looks a little bit dodgy for the Manannan (fastcraft) to Liverpool for Thursday afternoon, but Steam Packet would only say that disruption /cancellation was possible, but no final decision would be made until 12noon on Thursday! So we had to make a decision! We changed our crossing to Thursday morning to Heysham on the new Manxman ferry! And hoped the trains were working, following strike action.
Thursday, with hindsight, we made the correct call as the Mannanan was finally cancelled! The new Manxman ferry was a pleasant crossing. The trains did work down to Warrington. More welcoming friends, and lots more food and drink!
Friday, we went to Speke Hall, a national trust property just outside Liverpool, we joined two tours around the hall, a Victorian and a Tudor one. Both very interesting tours giving different insights into the different eras for the halls history by very engaging guides.
Saturday, a boozy lunch followed by the Rugby.
Sunday, more Rugby including the Fiji v Portugal match, a good game and the best result, Portugal won their first ever World Cup game, but Fiji got a losing bonus point, therefore qualifying for the quarterfinal against England, ahead of the Australians.
Travurple 