Our impromptu trip to London was at an end and it was time to head back to Heswall. We caught the tube to London Euston and then got the train to Stafford where we waited for about half an hour to catch the next train to Liverpool Lime Street station. It was a lot cheaper than our train ticket to London costing us only £17 each! Fiona picked us up from the station and drove around rainy Liverpool to look at the old grand building before parking at John Lewis...

Fiona, Calvin and Kate headed into Liverpool today. Barnaby had the day off today though - he got to stay home with Val. It was fairly late by the time we got into Liverpool - around noon. It was very cold today - there was snow forecasted. We stepped out onto the streets of Liverpool to rain and hail while we walked (quickly) to the Albert Dock to the Maritime Museum and the International Slavery Museum.  We spent a couple of hours in these museums which we...

Christmas eve in England! After finally making it to Heswall from Budapest, we woke up refreshed in the most comfortable bed and cosiest room in Auntie Fiona and Uncle Ric*********derful house. Weather in Heswall is much warmer than Budapest – it's in the positives! Calvin even went for a run this morning around Heswall! On the agenda for the day was some last minute Christmas gift shopping at the local Tesco before we all headed off in the cars to Liverpoo...