The closely guarded details of Saturday's mystery tour were gradually revealed.
We started at the Anderton boat lift, a marvel of industrial revolution achievement:
http://www.andertonboatlift.co.uk/Then on to the Antony Gormley 3km x 1km "sculpture" at the beach at Crosby:
http://www.sefton.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=6216Then we went onto Blackpool for fish and chips, and the fabled Blackpool Illuminations.
All of which had been on my list of things to do for a while, so well done Cris and Andy. A throughly British day out...
(photos to follow, my hotel broadband connection seems to be lacking somewhat in the broad department)