Thursday: an interesting little outing, taking advantage of London Midland’s “Great Escape” offer within a fairly limited time scale. There was time to get from Lime Street station to the Pierhead, visit the museum, have a bite of lunch, and wander beside the Mersey. The grey skies were clearing rapidly, but we needed to head for home.

More photos (mostly rail-related) on Geoff’s Rail Diaries – visit http://geoffspages.co.uk/raildiary/greatescape.htm to see Lion and the Liverpool Overhead Railway…