Graveyard Tunnel

This was taken last week in the graveyard of the Anglican Cathedral in the city centre. It is a really peaceful place right in the middle of the busy city.

Beeston Castle

I went to Beeston Castle just outside of Liverpool near the town of Chester. Despite being on my doorstep I had never been before. It was lovely.

The Hills Have Holes

Today I went up to see the sculpture THE DREAM but unfortunately because of the sky and the colour of the sculpture clashing somewhat, not a lot of the photos I took of it came out well at all. This is a view over St Helens/Runcorn taken through a metal loop on a bench!

Train Lady.

Taken from a moving train on a wet day at Formby train station outside of Liverpool.

Busker

This guy was playing outside the Cavern this afternoon. There was a load of tourists about and I think he was cleaning up. 

Went to Southport. It rained.

I went to Southport today. Southport is a seaside town about 25 miles from Liverpool. I had planned to go to the fun fair to take some pictures as it is still closed this time of year. But it rained. Again. So I went home. This is the pier. It is very long. So long it has it's own tram. These are the tracks.

Helpful sign.

It was actually sunny-ish today so I got to take the new camera out for a walk around the city centre. Took this one on my way home. A very helpful sign indeed.

Bird Boxes

In the city centre today and noticed these colourful bird boxes outside the Bluecoat. Never noticed them before.

I actually went out today.

Even though the rain persists, I had to go outside today. I had errands to run in the city centre, including the purchase of a tripod for my new camera. This photo is of the now closed Lewis' department store. You can read more about it HERE. It is a fabulous building and every Christmas one entire floor would be given over to Santa's Grotto. You knew it was Christmas when your mother would take you to the 5th floor of Lewis'!

Lazy Post. Apologies, its rained a lot these last few days.

This was taken a few days ago. More contemporary photos will hopefully follow when the weather brightens up at the end of the week. I want to start using the SLR but I do not want to take it out in the rain. This is one of the houses I grew up in. Its been pretty much left to rot now which is a shame. This is again in Bootle.

Look hard for the man on the bike!

There is a man on a bike underneath the railway bridge, honest :) This was taken a couple of days ago as it has rained all day today and I did not want to go outside! Taken in Bootle, behind the Strand shopping centre. When the man rode past he gave me a wave!

Back to the waterfront.

I went back down to the waterfront today to test my new camera. Kept it on auto as it still scares me a little bit. The outward facing Liver Bird. My favourite building in the city centre.

Street Photography Experiments

Today I was out and about with a very talented photographer friend of mine (www.amyart.co.uk). While she was taking some photos for her portfolio I was busy trying my hand at street photography. 

Another of my favourites from today. When I see a tunnel I can't help myself. This had the added bonus of someone having a crafty cigarette :)

Discount Lennon.

The discount part of today's double feature was taken this morning. I had gone to visit my grandfather and do some food shopping for him. The nearest supermarket to where he lives is called Netto, it is one of those discount places. This is in a suburb of the city called Netherton, taken on the approach to the entrance. I edited it slightly using Photoshop Elements 9 (amazing software) to take the upper ends of the two posts off to see more of the trees.

The second of today's photos is of course, the statue of John Lennon that we have leaning on the wall outside where the Cavern club used to be on Mathew Street. Since starting this blog I have been determined not to include anything Beatles related as the city has so much more to offer but today I couldn't resist.

Self indulgent second post of the day :)

As you can tell, this is certainly not from Liverpool :) I got some software called Lightroom today as I was told it is good for beginners to mess around with their photos. This is one of my first experiments with it. Taken from the Champ du Mars.