December 2, 2025 • 29 mins
In Episode 178 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy and Doug take you to Liverpool, the vibrant northern city famous for music, football and maritime history.
Discover must-see Beatles landmarks, the Royal Albert Dock, St George’s Hall and more, with insider tips on where to stay, eat and explore. You will hear practical advice on getting there by train, getting around on foot and Merseyrail, and how to book unmissable Beatles experiences such as the Magical Mystery Tour. Football fans will love Doug’s Anfield stadium insights. Tune in for expert recommendations and inspiration to add Liverpool to your UK itinerary.
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SPEAKER_02 (00:00):
Love music, history or football?
Then you'll love Liverpool.
In this episode, we're sharingeverything you need to know to
plan a visit to this livelynorthern city, from musty
beetles, sites, and waterfrontlandmarks to our favourite local
spots to eat, stay and explore.
SPEAKER_00 (00:13):
Let's head to Liverpool.
Welcome to the UK TravelPlanning Podcast.
Your host is the founder of theUK travel planning website,
Tracy Collins.
Each week, Tracy sharesdestination guides, travel tips
and itinerary ideas, as well asinterviews with a variety of
guests who share their knowledgeand experience of UK travel to
help you plan your perfect UKvacation.
(00:35):
Join us as we explore the UKfrom cosmopolitan cities to
quaint villages, from historiccastles to beautiful islands,
and from the picturesquecountryside to seaside towns.
SPEAKER_02 (00:50):
Hi everyone, and welcome to this week's episode
of the UK Travel Planel Podcast.
Now, this week we are heading toLiverpool, a northern city
famous for music, of course, theBeatles, maritime history,
football, and of course, it'svery friendly northern people.
I'm a northerner and I canattest to that.
SPEAKER_01 (01:06):
And the best football team in the world.
SPEAKER_02 (01:09):
Yeah, Doug is here as well because we can't do an
episode about Liverpool withoutDoug being here to talk all
about his favourite footballteam.
SPEAKER_01 (01:17):
Not just my favourite, the most successful
British football team ever.
SPEAKER_02 (01:22):
Right.
Well, if you're still listeningafter that, we're gonna chat all
about Liverpool, look at the topsites.
Uh obviously, we're gonna talkabout the Beatles, we're gonna
talk about where to stay, someof the places to eat, um,
basically how to get there.
SPEAKER_01 (01:36):
How to get there.
There's a lot more to Liverpoolthan just football, I have to
say.
SPEAKER_02 (01:40):
Yeah, absolutely.
And we do really want toencourage you to include it in
um if you're doing a uh traintrip around the UK.
In fact, my best of Britaintwo-week itinerary by train,
Liverpool is included in that aswell.
Yeah, um, and it's a greatdestination if you're doing a
road trip around the UK as well.
SPEAKER_01 (01:57):
It is.
It's also a gateway if you wantto go across to Ireland as well.
SPEAKER_02 (02:01):
Yeah.
And also um it's great, it'sactually doable as a day trip
from London, but we will talkabout that in a bit as well.
But as you can hear, Doug'shere.
Hello.
And Doug was actually inLiverpool not very long ago.
SPEAKER_01 (02:12):
I was uh a few weeks ago, actually.
Yes.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (02:17):
Yeah, so he's got some very recent uh stay in uh
time in Liverpool.
Uh it's a destination that we'veboth visited numerous times.
Um I do enjoy Beatles' music anduh music's music.
I do enjoy Beatles' music, um,and we've had some really good
stays and some really fun timesin Liverpool, haven't we?
SPEAKER_01 (02:37):
I have and I enjoy visiting there.
The the people are lovely.
SPEAKER_02 (02:40):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (02:40):
People are great.
SPEAKER_02 (02:41):
Okay, so let's talk a little bit about um getting
around.
First of all, when you arrive inLiverpool, like Liverpool is a
very it's a walkable city.
SPEAKER_01 (02:49):
Yeah, it is the main train station, Liverpool Lime
Street, which is in the middleof the city.
SPEAKER_02 (02:54):
Yeah, and uh but it's walkable from the from the
train stations.
SPEAKER_01 (02:57):
Oh yes, very easy.
SPEAKER_02 (02:58):
Uh there are ferries, so yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (03:00):
The famous River Mersey runs through the middle
of Liverpool.
On one side you've gotLiverpool, on the other side
we've got Birkin Ed.
So it's very regular ferriesacross the Mersey as well.
SPEAKER_02 (03:10):
Yeah, well, there's a famous song there.
I'm not gonna sing it becauseferry across the Mersey.
I'm sure most of you can JerryMorton and Placemakers.
Yeah, you'll you'll know thatsong.
Um, there's also hop and hot hopon and hop off buses that you
can catch to get around, andthere's our favourite magical
mystery to it, but I'm gonnatalk a bit more about it.
SPEAKER_01 (03:27):
Yeah, so also we're getting around Liverpool.
The Mersey rail, which is thelocal um rail network, is has
great coverage as well.
SPEAKER_02 (03:35):
Okay, brilliant.
So it's an easy city to getaround, basically.
It is, um, especially thecentre.
We tend to stay in the verycentre of Liverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (03:42):
I didn't on my last visit.
SPEAKER_02 (03:44):
Oh, well, we I said we so where did you stay in your
last visit?
SPEAKER_01 (03:48):
I managed to catch the bus away from Liverpool uh
Lime Street Station.
I went to Anfield for a stadiumtour.
Oh, Liverpool Football Club.
SPEAKER_02 (03:57):
But you didn't stay at Anfield, did you?
SPEAKER_01 (03:58):
No, no, no, no.
I was staying in London.
SPEAKER_02 (04:01):
Yeah, exactly.
So you did on a day trip.
But when we stay in London, uhwhen we stay in Liverpool, we
usually stay in the centre.
SPEAKER_01 (04:06):
Yeah, we do.
SPEAKER_02 (04:07):
Yeah.
Okay, so let's talk a little bitabout uh the top sites and
things to do in Liverpool.
Now I will mention that on thewebsite I have got numerous
guides to Liverpool.
I've got a Liverpool travelguide, I've got a guide to the
top things to do and see inLiverpool.
I've also got two Beatles uharticles as well, an itinerary
(04:27):
and top uh top things to do inLiverpool for Beatles fans.
I've got an article about whereto stay in Liverpool, so there's
lots of stuff on the website,and I would ask you please,
please, please, if you enjoythis podcast, just to go on over
and have a look on the website,have a look at a bit more in
depth at some of those articles.
It does help us to keep thepodcast going, supporting us
looking at the website.
And there's a host there's justa massive amount of information
(04:49):
on the website.
SPEAKER_01 (04:50):
There is, yeah.
It's very in depth.
SPEAKER_02 (04:51):
Yeah, so we really appreciate your support with
that.
Definitely.
Um, right.
So should we start with musicand the beatles?
SPEAKER_01 (04:56):
Because we could, or I could start with how to get to
Liverpool if you're coming in bytrain.
SPEAKER_02 (05:00):
Okay, well, if you want to do that, go for it.
SPEAKER_01 (05:02):
It seems logical order, really.
SPEAKER_02 (05:04):
That's all right, you do that.
SPEAKER_01 (05:05):
Okay, so I what I did probably a good way to to
talk about this is I took theday trip from London.
I travelled upon the West Coastmain line from London, Houston.
I travelled with the Avanti WestCoast train service.
I took the fastest train, whichis two hours twenty minutes, and
what a lovely journey it wastoo.
I really, really enjoyed that.
(05:25):
The day was bright, lovely.
So when you arrive intoLiverpool, that main train
station is Liverpool LimeStreet, and from there, as I
said, you can take the MerseyRail.
Great coverage, you can walkinto the city.
There's also a left luggage atLiverpool Lime Street, should
you need it.
If you're just spending the daythere, I'll just have a small
backpack, so I didn't need it,but it's you can't miss it.
(05:46):
It's a terminal station, it'sright in front of you.
Um, from Liverpool itself,you've got um direct train
services from London,Manchester, Birmingham, across
the other side of the country aswell.
You've got Norwich andNottingham, and just below
Liverpool you've got Chester aswell.
So from where Liverpool issituated, and in Lancashire on
(06:08):
the left hand side of the UK, umyou've got easy access to North
Wales in two hours, two and ahalf hours, you can be in the
Lake District, and then justover three and a half hours you
can be in Edinburgh itself.
So that's just a an overview ofLiverpool.
SPEAKER_02 (06:27):
I honestly didn't know you could get from Norwich
to Liverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (06:29):
Yes, you could say direct train service across the
country.
I have done that.
I've done that when I've doneit.
SPEAKER_02 (06:34):
Okay, well, I didn't know that.
See, I learned things as well.
SPEAKER_01 (06:36):
Yes, yes.
SPEAKER_02 (06:37):
Um, so it's easy to get to Liverpool, and we
actually have got an articleabout how to get from London to
Liverpool on a day trip if youwant to do it on a day trip.
We do encourage you to leaveLondon and not just stay in
London if you're gonna bevisiting the UK and have maybe
you know a week or or ten daysto at least do a couple of day
trips and certainly considerLiverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (06:54):
That is actually you mentioned that train journey
from Norwich to uh Liverpool,you come straight across the
Hope Valley, it's absolutelylovely.
I really enjoyed that.
SPEAKER_02 (07:02):
Oh well, I might have to add that into uh an
itinerary in the future, butanyway, let's go back to
Liverpool the Beatles.
Um, because uh we know we'veI've done so many trip reports
with uh with many podcastlisteners who absolutely have to
go to Liverpool because they'reBeatles fans.
And we the first time that wewent with kind of Beatles focus
(07:24):
was probably maybe about fiveyears ago, I think.
Um and we wanted to kind of doexperience kind of the just to
learn a bit more about the thehistory of Beatles in Liverpool,
because obviously that's wherethey're from, John Lennon,
George Harrison, and the storybehind some of the songs, yeah.
Paul McCartney, yes, and a lotof the places that that uh you
know mentioned Wingro Star aswell.
(07:45):
So obviously they're all fromthat area, they grew up together
and they practiced in eachother's homes.
Yeah, so that was something Iwas really interested to see
about as well.
Um, so let's talk about some ofthe Beatles things that you can
do.
The first thing on my list isthe magical mystery tour, yes,
and we thoroughly enjoy that.
SPEAKER_01 (08:01):
It's fun, isn't it?
SPEAKER_02 (08:02):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (08:03):
Whether even uh if you're only a sort of half a
Beatles fan, if such a thingthat exists, it's actually great
fun.
SPEAKER_02 (08:09):
Oh, it's fantastic fun.
So the magical mystery is a bustour, it's a coach tour.
Um, you it's not a hop on or hopoff.
You go on the coach and you'retaken around by a tour guide,
you do get off and have a lookat the different places, and you
can have your photoopportunities at you know at
Strawberry Fields at um atdifferent homes as well.
You can get off and have a look.
So you do all that and you kindof learn the history of like
(08:30):
where they met and how they youknow where they used to
practice, and just like thingslike Eleanor Rigby, like the
Penny Lane, all the you justkind of learn all that, but it's
so much fun.
And it was actually um my secondcousin that had gone on, Kevin
Apollin, who came on and talkedabout the Portsmouth, they did
the Portsmouth episode becausethey lived down that way, and
they had done it and they saidit was so much fun.
Um, and I don't particularlylike singing in public, I'm not
(08:53):
the best singer in the world,but honestly, it was in
everybody singing the songs andthe music was going in the bus.
Um, only thing I'd say is if youwant to do that, and I really
would recommend it, is that youdo book ahead for that um
because it but it we boththoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed
it.
SPEAKER_01 (09:08):
We really did, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (09:08):
Um, and other terms, and other Beatles uh things to
do, you've got the Beatlesstory, which is a bit of like a
museum all about the Beatles.
You can go and get your pictureat the Beatles Statue, um, which
is I mean, we have so manyphotos there.
Um, there's obviously the CavernClub, yeah, yeah, that's right
on Matthew Street.
SPEAKER_01 (09:26):
Yeah, the the Liver Building, these the Beetle
statues right in front of that,the famous live building with
the uh live mythical live birdson top.
SPEAKER_02 (09:37):
Yeah, yeah, they've got names, haven't they?
You just found that out thismorning.
SPEAKER_01 (09:40):
I did.
SPEAKER_02 (09:41):
I can't remember what they were.
SPEAKER_01 (09:42):
No, Bertie was one of the things.
Oh, right, okay.
SPEAKER_02 (09:44):
Well, anyway, the live birds have got names.
SPEAKER_01 (09:45):
Bertie and Brend or something.
SPEAKER_02 (09:47):
Which Doug was amazed to find out about as
well.
SPEAKER_01 (09:48):
I didn't know that.
SPEAKER_02 (09:50):
Um, so yeah, go and have your photo.
Uh it's obviously free to gettake a picture taking the
Beatles statue, go at theBeatles story, um, take the
magical mystery tour, go and seethe home.
So you can go and see Mendipswhere uh John Lennon uh grew up,
which is his Aunt Mimi's home.
You can go to 24thland Road,which is where uh Paul McCartney
(10:10):
grew up.
They both belong to the NationalTrust now, so if you want to get
tickets for that, you'll have togo through the National Trust.
I will put a link in the shownotes, but to buy the tickets
for that, but you can spend anentire day, an entire day kind
of playing homage to theBeatles.
SPEAKER_01 (10:24):
You really can.
You really can.
I mean uh that Matthew MatthewStreet where the cabin club is.
I spent hours walking up anddown that street because every
time I walked up and down, theyseen it from a different
perspective.
I just kept missing things.
This was a few weeks ago.
SPEAKER_02 (10:37):
Oh, yes, yes.
SPEAKER_01 (10:38):
So I walked up and I got my photo with with Silla
Black and then John Lennon.
Yeah, the statues, by the way,not yeah, not the real people.
Um, then you find another shopthat you missed.
How many times if anybody's beenwatching me walking up and down
that street how many times?
I don't know what they wouldhave thought.
SPEAKER_02 (10:54):
Well, you took lots of video and lots of photos,
that's useful for YouTube.
Um, but uh we actually went toLiverpool.
Uh the last time we wenttogether was a couple of years
ago when we actually went to awedding, uh, which is at the
beginning of January, and wewent to the Cavern Club, so we
stayed around the corner in theHard Nights uh Hard Nights Hard
Days Night Hard Days NightHotel, which is literally around
(11:15):
the corner, which is where westay, and it's that's again lots
of Beatles memorabilia.
Yeah, it's a fabulous place tostay.
Literally around the corner atthe Cabin Club.
We had a fantastic night in theCavern Club, didn't we?
SPEAKER_01 (11:25):
And that's one of the perfect examples.
What I said every time I walkedup, because above the um Hard
Days Night, on the corners,you've got Ringer, then you've
got Paul, and he's corner tinylittle statues, but it's way off
street level.
I had to cross the road becauseit was the old I'm walking up
the street, and I see somebodyelse looking up, and then
somebody else stopped to look atwhat they were looking at.
(11:47):
And so everybody's taking photosof these little statues on the
wall in the corners.
SPEAKER_02 (11:52):
Oh, I don't know.
That's that's really cool aswell.
Um, and before that, I thinkwere there at Christmas because
there's lots of Christmasdecorations as well.
So um, and then in the summer,we so we've been definitely been
at Liverpool plenty of timesnow.
Um also Royal Albert Doc wassomewhere that we used to when
we lived in the UK.
Um, we used to go a lot.
Uh nice cafes there, nicerestaurants, and have a walk
(12:13):
around.
Um, now that whole area used tobe a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Unfortunately, it it was it lostthat status in 2021, um, which
has been quite controversial.
Lots of developments in thearea, which is what they said it
had impacted the historicalcultural.
SPEAKER_01 (12:29):
That's right.
But there's still there's stillplenty of uh statues and plaques
to sort of celebrate Liverpool'slong history.
SPEAKER_02 (12:37):
Yeah, the maritime history.
So there's a lot of history,maritime history around that
area, obviously Liverpool.
So um there's some museums youcan go to.
There's a maritime museum,there's a museum of Liverpool,
there's the Tate Liverpool whichwent into that you weren't as
keen on.
SPEAKER_01 (12:53):
No, no, I was not um not particularly a big fan of
that, but it's not my scene.
Yeah, art, yeah.
So that's just ranked them intothe Tate Liverpool.
In all honesty, it's wasted onme because I don't see what
others see.
I think.
SPEAKER_02 (13:07):
Yeah, so uh anyway, so there's plenty of museums
that you can learn about thehistory.
Obviously, the Maritime Museum,say the Museum of Liverpool, you
can go in and explore.
SPEAKER_01 (13:14):
Yeah, and more recent history.
I went with your brother, wewent to the Western Approaches
uh museum, which was absolutelyfascinating.
The Western Approaches is allabout the Second World War, the
Atlantic convoys.
SPEAKER_02 (13:26):
Yeah, yeah.
I remember when you went acouple of years ago that you did
that.
You you guys went to see that.
So there's plenty of if you'reinterested in museums, there's
plenty of museums.
Interested in the Beatles,plenty of Beatles history,
certainly lots of Beatleshistory at sea.
Terms of um history andarchitecture.
Um, there's Liverpool Cathedral,which is the largest Anglican
cathedral in Britain.
SPEAKER_01 (13:45):
Yeah, I believe it is.
SPEAKER_02 (13:45):
Um you've been in that?
SPEAKER_01 (13:47):
I have.
SPEAKER_02 (13:47):
Yeah.
Um, the St George's Hall, whichis, I think, where our friends
got married.
SPEAKER_01 (13:51):
That's right.
And that's literally across theroad from Liverpool Lion Street
and the gardens behind it arelovely as well.
SPEAKER_02 (13:56):
So, yeah, there's some you know great
neighbourhoods to visit, likewas mentioned, Albert Dock,
there's a Baltic Triangle whereyou'll find street art, bars,
and lots of um, you know, uhfood um and restaurants places
to eat there, markets, that's apopular area.
SPEAKER_01 (14:11):
Yeah, yeah, and the uh again back to the transport
links across between St.
George's Hall and the LiverpoolArnold Street, there's a bus
station there as well.
So if you don't want to use theum um train network, you've got
a good bus network as well.
It could take you out direct tothe airport from there as well,
the John Lennon Airport, namedafter John Lennon.
SPEAKER_02 (14:31):
Obviously.
SPEAKER_01 (14:32):
Um so yeah, the transport links around Liverpool
are actually pretty good, to befair.
SPEAKER_02 (14:36):
Yeah, and um, I know that we've we've got friends
that have been in taking lots ofpictures of the different street
art.
We've taken lots of pictures ofthe different there's lots of
statues around.
Uh I say we mentioned SillaBlack, John Lennon.
There's lots of statues that youcan get your pictures with.
SPEAKER_01 (14:48):
Around the Albert Dock area and all that front
area there, there's quite a fewdifferent statues.
SPEAKER_02 (14:53):
Yeah, absolutely.
So it's a lovely area to go andvisit.
Lovely to go and sit in a cafeand enjoy a you know a drink and
just in in enjoying the kind ofuh atmosphere.
I think Liverpool's also got agreat atmosphere.
SPEAKER_01 (15:05):
I did find somewhere that did a very nice Victoria's
Sponge.
Of course.
So that's me.
SPEAKER_02 (15:09):
Now let's talk about a little bit about so when we go
to Liverpool, there's we alwaysgo but for two things.
I guess we kind of go just thehistory and the Beatles stuff
and all that sort of stuff.
But Doug is a massive Liverpoolperhaps.
SPEAKER_01 (15:20):
Oh, I've a mentioned that.
SPEAKER_02 (15:21):
Yeah, I haven't mentioned that.
Oh, right.
So we always end up in theLiverpool shop.
SPEAKER_01 (15:24):
Yeah, yeah, there's multiple ones, there's quite a
few of them.
SPEAKER_02 (15:27):
Okay, I just think of that very big one in that
square.
SPEAKER_01 (15:29):
Yeah, yeah.
That's the one that was.
Near the radio tower, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (15:31):
Right, okay.
So talk a little bit about yourlast trip because you
specifically went for thefootball.
SPEAKER_01 (15:38):
Yes, I did I booked myself a stadium tour because,
as much as a Liverpool fan, Ihave been for many, many, many,
many years, 50 years or more.
I had never been on a groundtour to Anfield.
So I rectified that and I hadthe most fantastic day.
I caught the bus from like Isaid, the bus station across the
road from the station takesabout 20 minutes.
(15:59):
Walk to the ground, book thetour in advance.
Marvellous takes two hours, thenobviously lots of sta uh photos
and videos, and then did youcry?
SPEAKER_02 (16:09):
Did you cry when you walked onto the pitch?
SPEAKER_01 (16:12):
You're not allowed to walk on the pitch.
All right, that is hallowedground.
SPEAKER_02 (16:15):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (16:16):
I did get a bit emotional when they uh I'm
getting emotional now.
SPEAKER_02 (16:19):
You're getting emotional now, it's really
strange.
SPEAKER_01 (16:23):
When the play you'll never walk alone.
SPEAKER_02 (16:25):
Right, okay.
It's getting a bit teary.
You can't see this, but it'sactually a bit teary, so there
it shows you.
So if you're a football fan,passionate fan.
Um, well, and obviously go intobook to see the the state any
stadium trail.
There are other stadium choresthat you hear different
stadiums.
SPEAKER_01 (16:39):
There is, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (16:40):
Book it through Yeah, well, we we will put links
into um some of the stadiumchairs that you can book.
Obviously, Doug tends to notwant to go to other places.
SPEAKER_01 (16:48):
No, I am I am told the Emirates Stadium Faster
Football Club in London isparticularly one of the good
ones to visit.
Um, also in Liverpool, I shouldalso mention I have to because
there is another football teamin Liverpool.
There's more than two,obviously, there's other ones,
but the big other big team isEverton, who have a new football
ground.
And I did see the ground, itlooks very impressive.
It's called the Hill DickinsonStadium, named after a Liverpool
(17:11):
law firm, but that looks veryimpressive as well.
I know there's plenty ofpassionate Everton fans as well.
SPEAKER_02 (17:16):
So there's lots of potential things that you can
include in a visit to Liverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (17:20):
Yes.
SPEAKER_02 (17:21):
Um, so if you're gonna go out, you can as I
mentioned you can do it on a daytrip from London.
But if you want to stay there,and I would recommend if you're
gonna go to the Cavern Club thatyou need to stay.
Yeah, um, and our favouriteplace to stay in the centre of
Everpool is the Hard Days Night.
Get it right, this time HardDays Night Hotel.
SPEAKER_01 (17:37):
I did actually have a walk in there as well because
you walk in and it justcontinues that massive, massive
Beatles tone.
They're playing music as youwalk through.
There's memorabilia all aroundthe lobby area.
When we stay there, it's eachroom's different.
SPEAKER_02 (17:52):
Yes, yes, they all had different uh, I think
different themes and different,yeah, different um photos, and
obviously different, yeah,different themes in them, which
is which is really good.
SPEAKER_01 (18:01):
It's worse stepping into the lobby just as a
Beatles.
SPEAKER_02 (18:03):
Yeah, and it's literally around the corner from
the Cavern Club as well.
So you can stay at the CavernClub early hours and then kind
of go back to your hotel.
And um, so if you're a Beatlesfan, I would recommend that.
The other option actually is umif you listen to episode 29 of
the podcast to um Ken Lambert,Ken Lambert actually purchased
the childhood childhood home ofGeorge Harrison and Upton Green.
(18:25):
And we've had a number of,again, number of people actually
who've sent me emails and comeon the podcast and said that
they have actually booked tostay at Upton Green because they
are the husbands or familymember as a massive fan of the
Beatles, and they said howmagical it is to actually stay
in and know.
And and I know that um Kenshares photos of the Beatles in
the rooms, um, downstairspracticing.
(18:48):
Uh, you know, it must beabsolutely magical to imagine
that the Beatles were in thatroom practice, and I know he's
decorated it kind of insympathetic to exactly how it
was when George grew up there.
Um, and we can we've got abooked uh a link to book that as
well.
So I'd really appreciate it ifyou do go into the show notes um
because you can email um Ken andorganise to to reserve a stay in
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their Airbnb.
It's slightly out of the centreof Liverpool.
Um, but honestly, if you're aBeatles fan, what better way to
kind of pay homage to the to thefan for by staying in one of
their childhood homes and beingable to imagine what it was like
when those guys were coming upwith their fabulous songs?
SPEAKER_01 (19:27):
It'd be a must-say if you're an avid fan, you
really would want to see that,wouldn't you?
SPEAKER_02 (19:31):
Absolutely.
So, I mean, there's just so muchto do and see in Liverpool.
There's lots of fantasticrestaurants.
We have friends that go and lovethe Mowgli restaurant.
We actually haven't tried it inLiverpool, but uh, we have
friends that go up to Liverpoolto enjoy it, and that's like
Indian street food, and that'svery, very popular.
Um, but again, you've got lotsof options for cafes,
restaurants, there's some youknow, really excellent choices
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in Liverpool.
Um, I'm trying to think ofanything else that we need
because I really want to giveyou a taste in this episode.
I really would like to go have alook at the articles where
you've got more details aboutthe things to do and see, but
you can easily spend a couple ofdays in Liverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (20:06):
You really can.
And I mentioned it already.
I love the people fromLiverpool, I love the accent, I
love the characters because theyare such passionate people.
SPEAKER_02 (20:15):
I have to say as well, it's really funny.
So when I was at school, um, soI I grew up in Southern Africa,
or part between the northeast,Northumberland, and Southern
Africa, and I had a my bestfriend was actually from
Liverpool, and we we when wefinished school, we flew back
and she went to stay with herfamily.
I went to stay with my family inthe northeast.
So she came up to stay with mefor a few days, had no
understanding whatsoever, noclue what my grandfather was
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saying.
He had a very, very strongGeordie accent.
It was really funny, and then Iwent to stay with her in
Liverpool and we went intoBirkenhead for the day.
And I remember this cafe, and umnot having a clue, not having a
clue when I was asked if Iwanted a coke.
Do you want a coke?
I can't even pronounce itproperly, so so I shall
apologize to any anybody fromLiverpool, but I just couldn't
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understand.
So she was asking if I wanted acoke.
So it just shows you, even evenus Brits going from one region
to the other can't necessarilyunderstand the accent.
SPEAKER_01 (21:06):
Oh, because there's so many regional accents.
SPEAKER_02 (21:08):
Yeah, absolutely.
But it always sticks in mymemory because it was so funny.
My friend couldn't understand mygranddad, and I was really
struggling struggling tounderstand in this cafe what
this this poor waitress wasasking if I wanted to order.
Um, but it's really funny.
So, yes, you will hear theaccent is very different.
It is, it's strong if you'regonna be yeah, in in Liverpool,
you'll hear a defin definite ifyou're going from London up to
Liverpool, you're gonna hear avery different accent.
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Um, so bear that in mind, andthat's all part of the I don't
know, the magic of visiting.
SPEAKER_01 (21:34):
I think so.
I think it's a magical part tovisiting the UK full style.
SPEAKER_02 (21:37):
Absolutely, and going to the north, go and go
and visit the north as well.
Um, so that's good.
We actually have also, if you'regonna be in London and you're a
Beatles fan, we actually do alsohave an article all about um
things to do in London forBeatles fans as well.
That's a very popular articlebecause there's some uh some
good uh walks that you can do,some great sites that you can
visit.
Actually, you just went to theBeatles shop in London.
SPEAKER_01 (21:56):
I went to the Beatles Shop uh near Maryland.
SPEAKER_02 (21:59):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (21:59):
Uh Marlebone and right next door to the Sherlock
Holmes Museum.
Which you always go to anyway.
Big fan of Sherlock Holmes isdug.
SPEAKER_02 (22:06):
But yeah, so there's so much to do in a sea in
Liverpool, so definitely worthuh visiting.
So I'm just thinking of tipsthat we could kind of share with
you if you're considering avisit.
So the first thing I would sayis be careful when you visit if
you're gonna go and there's afootball match on, because it'll
be busy.
SPEAKER_01 (22:23):
Yeah, as I've already said, that there's
multiple sports and footballteams and other sports, rugby
league teams as well nearby.
Um, they are avid sports fans.
So when the sports fixtures areon, yes, it will be busy.
SPEAKER_02 (22:36):
Yeah, it does get busy, and the trains can get
busy until the time.
So that's worth thinking aboutas well, and also booking
accommodation will be moredifficult.
So it is worth planning not togo on a Saturday or Sunday or
checking in case there's amidweek fixture.
SPEAKER_01 (22:49):
That's right.
It's also um uh LiverpoolUniversity as well.
So at certain times of year andcertain days, accommodation can
be uh in short supply as well,so it can get very busy then.
SPEAKER_02 (22:59):
Yeah, and I do I always kind of stress this with
the trains as well, because I doI know we had feedback from a
few people who visit this summerand travelled on Saturdays, and
they didn't realise that notthere was any trouble on the
trains, I should just say noproblem was just fans on the
trains, but it was very, very,very busy.
So again, it kind of underlinesthe need to book a seat.
SPEAKER_01 (23:15):
Yeah, book a seat, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (23:17):
Um so the other thing, I guess, and also just
mention what we're talking abouttrain stations, and there's more
than the one, isn't there?
Because you get into LiverpoolLime Street, yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (23:24):
That's the main station.
As I say, Mersey Rail havemultiple stations, but Liverpool
Central as well, if you go intoum you know other uh locations
as well, it's not just LiverpoolLine Street, that's just that's
just the main station.
But uh James Street, forexample, for the Western
approaches, and that's closer tothe Elbert Docks as well.
SPEAKER_02 (23:42):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (23:43):
But the you know, there's good maps out there,
they use National Rail Inquiriesbecause Merserville comes under
that as well.
So all the information will beon the website, National Rail
Inquiries.
SPEAKER_02 (23:52):
And also just in Liverpool is a great, also great
destination that you can get toother places easily from.
So it's very easy if you want togo to Chester, to North Wales,
the Lake District.
SPEAKER_01 (24:02):
Yeah, yeah, just two and a half hours.
You can be up uh towards thelake district, it's not direct
service because obviously you'vegot to change it.
Wigan or Ox and Home uh forWindermere, but yeah, it it's
that gateway.
I mean, you you're not far fromheading across you know the into
um towards Manchester as well,you know.
Then you've got obviously linksacross towards the Penn Islands
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as well.
SPEAKER_02 (24:24):
So, and I know we've done we've actually helped lots
of people with uh trainitinerary.
So we have got a best of Britainby uh by by rail, two-week
itinerary, which we wrote a fewyears ago, which is incredibly
popular, and we've had a lot ofpeople who've actually done that
itinerary, yeah.
Um, and you've got somedifferent options with that.
We've we've put kind of eitheror you can do either or um, and
that kind of will take you on akind of circuit around, and you
(24:46):
in that itinerary you get to goto England, Wales, and Scotland
to start in London, end back inLondon.
But also, you've been helping alot of people through the
itinerary consults, particularlywith train itineries.
SPEAKER_01 (24:56):
That's right, yeah.
The people think, oh, it's astaff question, I don't know how
to do this.
And I explain and simplifythings on consults, and the
feedback we've had is you'vemade that so much easier.
More you put it in perspective,you told us what is achievable,
what's not achievable.
I've explained tickets, I'veexplained passes.
So, yes, we simplify it and I doa specific uh train itinerary uh
(25:19):
train consult as well.
SPEAKER_02 (25:20):
Don't do other options, specific just for
trains, yeah, if that's what youwant.
SPEAKER_01 (25:24):
Which is the feedback again, it makes a big
difference.
SPEAKER_02 (25:27):
Absolutely, and also if you actually want a bespoke
itinerary, as in Doug willdesign the train itinerary for
you.
Um, you can actually fromJanuary as well chat to Doug
about designing uh an itineraryaround the UK by rail as well.
SPEAKER_01 (25:41):
Yeah, because that's right, you see, train travel in
the UK is not cheap.
So the last thing you want to bedoing is having unnecessary
journeys backwards and forwardsacross the country when I can
streamline it and make it workin a more logical um circular
route.
Because most people you knowlike a circular journey, don't
they, instead of backwards andforwards backtracking.
SPEAKER_02 (26:00):
Yeah, so that's all available, and you can check on
the website as well for links tothat.
And we've had some, we've justhad we've had some wonderful,
wonderful times helping peopleplan their trip and go through
itinerary consults, and ofcourse, we do a video consult as
well.
So if you want to send us youritinerary, you've done the
itinerary yourself, but you wantus to you know you do a bit of a
QA, you want to ask uh us tohave a look at it and maybe
(26:21):
tweak it, then we do that as avideo consult.
So you've got three differentoptions if you want us to help
you with your uh itineraryaround the UK.
Now, also, I will just I'm gonnaactually go back to one of my
favourite subjects when I'mwalking in a particular city is
to make sure that you havecomfortable footwear because
they mentioned that Liverpool isa walkable city, so I'm gonna
take us back into Liverpool.
Uh, make sure that you you areprepared for the day, you've got
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your comfortable shoes on, youplan your itinerary for the day,
you make sure that you book yourtickets for things in advance.
For example, for the the magicalmystery tour does get booked up.
SPEAKER_01 (26:53):
Yeah, so does the Anfield tour.
SPEAKER_02 (26:54):
Yeah, so you need to make sure that you book them in
advance, don't leave it untilthe last minute.
And I know this very popular, wewe hear this quite often about I
just want to go and kind of wingit and book things at the last
minute.
Sometimes you can book thingskind of last minute, it depends
on the season.
Like if you're going inFebruary, you'd probably get
away with it.
But when it comes to lots ofdifferent places and popular
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places, you can't wait until thelast minute.
SPEAKER_01 (27:18):
That's right, because yeah, Liverpool is a
popular city with British peopleto visit as well.
SPEAKER_02 (27:23):
Yeah, absolutely, because the history, culture,
and obviously the Billsconnection.
Um, yeah, so I think that's justabout everything that I can
think of to share in a kind ofquick podcast episode.
SPEAKER_01 (27:34):
Yeah, I was just going to add there.
I mentioned you can catch aferry from um Liverpool to
Belfast.
SPEAKER_02 (27:41):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (27:42):
And also you can catch a ferry from Birkenhead to
the Isle of Man.
SPEAKER_02 (27:46):
Isle of Man.
Well, I you know, we have had afew people in the Facebook group
who have mentioned on the Isleof Man.
Now, the last time I was at theIsle of Man, I was 11.
So it's a few years ago, but itcertainly would be somewhere I'd
be interested to go back to.
SPEAKER_01 (27:57):
Most certainly.
I've never been.
SPEAKER_02 (27:58):
No, you haven't been there at all.
Uh and I know another talk aboutislands actually, because we
have got a podcast all about theIsle of White that you did.
We haven't got anything on theIsle of Man yet, and we've been
requested actually um to do apodcast about visiting the
Channel Islands, which I knowyou're really keen to do.
SPEAKER_01 (28:13):
Yeah, the other end of the UK, yeah.
I had an English channel, uh,Guernsey.
I've visited many, many, many,many, many, many times, up to a
certain age, and then I've notbeen for the last 20 years.
SPEAKER_02 (28:23):
Yeah, and I was in Jersey last year, so I think we
will do.
So um, we love it when we getrequests.
So do jump on a speak pipe.
Leave us a message, leave us aquestion, say there's something
in particular you'd love to hearabout in the podcast, and uh,
you never know, next year, 2026,you could hear your name
mentioned.
You could also hear the episodethat you requested.
SPEAKER_01 (28:43):
Most definitely, yes.
SPEAKER_02 (28:44):
So, as always, you can find links to the different
things that we talked about inthe show notes, which will be at
uktravelplanner.com forwardslash episode 178.
It's nearly Christmas, which isunbelievable.
Can't believe it, nearly end ofanother year.
So we got we have got anotherfew episodes left for this year.
We've got our Christmas message,which we always do every year
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from ourselves and our and ourpartners, and then we just have
a wrap-up of 2025 at the veryend of the year, the end of this
month.
Um, and then we're heading 2026.
So I say if there's anything inparticular on here at the
podcast 2026, let us know.
But I guess that just leaves usto say for this week, Doug.
Happy UK travel planning! Thankyou for tuning in to this week's
(29:27):
episode of the UK TravelPlanning Podcast.
As always, show notes can befound at uktravelplanning.com.
If you've enjoyed the show, whynot leave us feedback via text
or a review on your favouritepodcast app?
We love to hear from you, andyou never know, you may receive
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But as always, that just leavesme to say until next week, happy
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UK travel planning.
Love music, history or football?
Then you'll love Liverpool.
In this episode, we're sharingeverything you need to know to
plan a visit to this livelynorthern city, from musty
beetles, sites, and waterfrontlandmarks to our favourite local
spots to eat, stay and explore.
SPEAKER_00 (00:13):
Let's head to Liverpool.
Welcome to the UK TravelPlanning Podcast.
Your host is the founder of theUK travel planning website,
Tracy Collins.
Each week, Tracy sharesdestination guides, travel tips
and itinerary ideas, as well asinterviews with a variety of
guests who share their knowledgeand experience of UK travel to
help you plan your perfect UKvacation.
(00:35):
Join us as we explore the UKfrom cosmopolitan cities to
quaint villages, from historiccastles to beautiful islands,
and from the picturesquecountryside to seaside towns.
SPEAKER_02 (00:50):
Hi everyone, and welcome to this week's episode
of the UK Travel Planel Podcast.
Now, this week we are heading toLiverpool, a northern city
famous for music, of course, theBeatles, maritime history,
football, and of course, it'svery friendly northern people.
I'm a northerner and I canattest to that.
SPEAKER_01 (01:06):
And the best football team in the world.
SPEAKER_02 (01:09):
Yeah, Doug is here as well because we can't do an
episode about Liverpool withoutDoug being here to talk all
about his favourite footballteam.
SPEAKER_01 (01:17):
Not just my favourite, the most successful
British football team ever.
SPEAKER_02 (01:22):
Right.
Well, if you're still listeningafter that, we're gonna chat all
about Liverpool, look at the topsites.
Uh obviously, we're gonna talkabout the Beatles, we're gonna
talk about where to stay, someof the places to eat, um,
basically how to get there.
SPEAKER_01 (01:36):
How to get there.
There's a lot more to Liverpoolthan just football, I have to
say.
SPEAKER_02 (01:40):
Yeah, absolutely.
And we do really want toencourage you to include it in
um if you're doing a uh traintrip around the UK.
In fact, my best of Britaintwo-week itinerary by train,
Liverpool is included in that aswell.
Yeah, um, and it's a greatdestination if you're doing a
road trip around the UK as well.
SPEAKER_01 (01:57):
It is.
It's also a gateway if you wantto go across to Ireland as well.
SPEAKER_02 (02:01):
Yeah.
And also um it's great, it'sactually doable as a day trip
from London, but we will talkabout that in a bit as well.
But as you can hear, Doug'shere.
Hello.
And Doug was actually inLiverpool not very long ago.
SPEAKER_01 (02:12):
I was uh a few weeks ago, actually.
Yes.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (02:17):
Yeah, so he's got some very recent uh stay in uh
time in Liverpool.
Uh it's a destination that we'veboth visited numerous times.
Um I do enjoy Beatles' music anduh music's music.
I do enjoy Beatles' music, um,and we've had some really good
stays and some really fun timesin Liverpool, haven't we?
SPEAKER_01 (02:37):
I have and I enjoy visiting there.
The the people are lovely.
SPEAKER_02 (02:40):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (02:40):
People are great.
SPEAKER_02 (02:41):
Okay, so let's talk a little bit about um getting
around.
First of all, when you arrive inLiverpool, like Liverpool is a
very it's a walkable city.
SPEAKER_01 (02:49):
Yeah, it is the main train station, Liverpool Lime
Street, which is in the middleof the city.
SPEAKER_02 (02:54):
Yeah, and uh but it's walkable from the from the
train stations.
SPEAKER_01 (02:57):
Oh yes, very easy.
SPEAKER_02 (02:58):
Uh there are ferries, so yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (03:00):
The famous River Mersey runs through the middle
of Liverpool.
On one side you've gotLiverpool, on the other side
we've got Birkin Ed.
So it's very regular ferriesacross the Mersey as well.
SPEAKER_02 (03:10):
Yeah, well, there's a famous song there.
I'm not gonna sing it becauseferry across the Mersey.
I'm sure most of you can JerryMorton and Placemakers.
Yeah, you'll you'll know thatsong.
Um, there's also hop and hot hopon and hop off buses that you
can catch to get around, andthere's our favourite magical
mystery to it, but I'm gonnatalk a bit more about it.
SPEAKER_01 (03:27):
Yeah, so also we're getting around Liverpool.
The Mersey rail, which is thelocal um rail network, is has
great coverage as well.
SPEAKER_02 (03:35):
Okay, brilliant.
So it's an easy city to getaround, basically.
It is, um, especially thecentre.
We tend to stay in the verycentre of Liverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (03:42):
I didn't on my last visit.
SPEAKER_02 (03:44):
Oh, well, we I said we so where did you stay in your
last visit?
SPEAKER_01 (03:48):
I managed to catch the bus away from Liverpool uh
Lime Street Station.
I went to Anfield for a stadiumtour.
Oh, Liverpool Football Club.
SPEAKER_02 (03:57):
But you didn't stay at Anfield, did you?
SPEAKER_01 (03:58):
No, no, no, no.
I was staying in London.
SPEAKER_02 (04:01):
Yeah, exactly.
So you did on a day trip.
But when we stay in London, uhwhen we stay in Liverpool, we
usually stay in the centre.
SPEAKER_01 (04:06):
Yeah, we do.
SPEAKER_02 (04:07):
Yeah.
Okay, so let's talk a little bitabout uh the top sites and
things to do in Liverpool.
Now I will mention that on thewebsite I have got numerous
guides to Liverpool.
I've got a Liverpool travelguide, I've got a guide to the
top things to do and see inLiverpool.
I've also got two Beatles uharticles as well, an itinerary
(04:27):
and top uh top things to do inLiverpool for Beatles fans.
I've got an article about whereto stay in Liverpool, so there's
lots of stuff on the website,and I would ask you please,
please, please, if you enjoythis podcast, just to go on over
and have a look on the website,have a look at a bit more in
depth at some of those articles.
It does help us to keep thepodcast going, supporting us
looking at the website.
And there's a host there's justa massive amount of information
(04:49):
on the website.
SPEAKER_01 (04:50):
There is, yeah.
It's very in depth.
SPEAKER_02 (04:51):
Yeah, so we really appreciate your support with
that.
Definitely.
Um, right.
So should we start with musicand the beatles?
SPEAKER_01 (04:56):
Because we could, or I could start with how to get to
Liverpool if you're coming in bytrain.
SPEAKER_02 (05:00):
Okay, well, if you want to do that, go for it.
SPEAKER_01 (05:02):
It seems logical order, really.
SPEAKER_02 (05:04):
That's all right, you do that.
SPEAKER_01 (05:05):
Okay, so I what I did probably a good way to to
talk about this is I took theday trip from London.
I travelled upon the West Coastmain line from London, Houston.
I travelled with the Avanti WestCoast train service.
I took the fastest train, whichis two hours twenty minutes, and
what a lovely journey it wastoo.
I really, really enjoyed that.
(05:25):
The day was bright, lovely.
So when you arrive intoLiverpool, that main train
station is Liverpool LimeStreet, and from there, as I
said, you can take the MerseyRail.
Great coverage, you can walkinto the city.
There's also a left luggage atLiverpool Lime Street, should
you need it.
If you're just spending the daythere, I'll just have a small
backpack, so I didn't need it,but it's you can't miss it.
(05:46):
It's a terminal station, it'sright in front of you.
Um, from Liverpool itself,you've got um direct train
services from London,Manchester, Birmingham, across
the other side of the country aswell.
You've got Norwich andNottingham, and just below
Liverpool you've got Chester aswell.
So from where Liverpool issituated, and in Lancashire on
(06:08):
the left hand side of the UK, umyou've got easy access to North
Wales in two hours, two and ahalf hours, you can be in the
Lake District, and then justover three and a half hours you
can be in Edinburgh itself.
So that's just a an overview ofLiverpool.
SPEAKER_02 (06:27):
I honestly didn't know you could get from Norwich
to Liverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (06:29):
Yes, you could say direct train service across the
country.
I have done that.
I've done that when I've doneit.
SPEAKER_02 (06:34):
Okay, well, I didn't know that.
See, I learned things as well.
SPEAKER_01 (06:36):
Yes, yes.
SPEAKER_02 (06:37):
Um, so it's easy to get to Liverpool, and we
actually have got an articleabout how to get from London to
Liverpool on a day trip if youwant to do it on a day trip.
We do encourage you to leaveLondon and not just stay in
London if you're gonna bevisiting the UK and have maybe
you know a week or or ten daysto at least do a couple of day
trips and certainly considerLiverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (06:54):
That is actually you mentioned that train journey
from Norwich to uh Liverpool,you come straight across the
Hope Valley, it's absolutelylovely.
I really enjoyed that.
SPEAKER_02 (07:02):
Oh well, I might have to add that into uh an
itinerary in the future, butanyway, let's go back to
Liverpool the Beatles.
Um, because uh we know we'veI've done so many trip reports
with uh with many podcastlisteners who absolutely have to
go to Liverpool because they'reBeatles fans.
And we the first time that wewent with kind of Beatles focus
(07:24):
was probably maybe about fiveyears ago, I think.
Um and we wanted to kind of doexperience kind of the just to
learn a bit more about the thehistory of Beatles in Liverpool,
because obviously that's wherethey're from, John Lennon,
George Harrison, and the storybehind some of the songs, yeah.
Paul McCartney, yes, and a lotof the places that that uh you
know mentioned Wingro Star aswell.
(07:45):
So obviously they're all fromthat area, they grew up together
and they practiced in eachother's homes.
Yeah, so that was something Iwas really interested to see
about as well.
Um, so let's talk about some ofthe Beatles things that you can
do.
The first thing on my list isthe magical mystery tour, yes,
and we thoroughly enjoy that.
SPEAKER_01 (08:01):
It's fun, isn't it?
SPEAKER_02 (08:02):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (08:03):
Whether even uh if you're only a sort of half a
Beatles fan, if such a thingthat exists, it's actually great
fun.
SPEAKER_02 (08:09):
Oh, it's fantastic fun.
So the magical mystery is a bustour, it's a coach tour.
Um, you it's not a hop on or hopoff.
You go on the coach and you'retaken around by a tour guide,
you do get off and have a lookat the different places, and you
can have your photoopportunities at you know at
Strawberry Fields at um atdifferent homes as well.
You can get off and have a look.
So you do all that and you kindof learn the history of like
(08:30):
where they met and how they youknow where they used to
practice, and just like thingslike Eleanor Rigby, like the
Penny Lane, all the you justkind of learn all that, but it's
so much fun.
And it was actually um my secondcousin that had gone on, Kevin
Apollin, who came on and talkedabout the Portsmouth, they did
the Portsmouth episode becausethey lived down that way, and
they had done it and they saidit was so much fun.
Um, and I don't particularlylike singing in public, I'm not
(08:53):
the best singer in the world,but honestly, it was in
everybody singing the songs andthe music was going in the bus.
Um, only thing I'd say is if youwant to do that, and I really
would recommend it, is that youdo book ahead for that um
because it but it we boththoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed
it.
SPEAKER_01 (09:08):
We really did, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (09:08):
Um, and other terms, and other Beatles uh things to
do, you've got the Beatlesstory, which is a bit of like a
museum all about the Beatles.
You can go and get your pictureat the Beatles Statue, um, which
is I mean, we have so manyphotos there.
Um, there's obviously the CavernClub, yeah, yeah, that's right
on Matthew Street.
SPEAKER_01 (09:26):
Yeah, the the Liver Building, these the Beetle
statues right in front of that,the famous live building with
the uh live mythical live birdson top.
SPEAKER_02 (09:37):
Yeah, yeah, they've got names, haven't they?
You just found that out thismorning.
SPEAKER_01 (09:40):
I did.
SPEAKER_02 (09:41):
I can't remember what they were.
SPEAKER_01 (09:42):
No, Bertie was one of the things.
Oh, right, okay.
SPEAKER_02 (09:44):
Well, anyway, the live birds have got names.
SPEAKER_01 (09:45):
Bertie and Brend or something.
SPEAKER_02 (09:47):
Which Doug was amazed to find out about as
well.
SPEAKER_01 (09:48):
I didn't know that.
SPEAKER_02 (09:50):
Um, so yeah, go and have your photo.
Uh it's obviously free to gettake a picture taking the
Beatles statue, go at theBeatles story, um, take the
magical mystery tour, go and seethe home.
So you can go and see Mendipswhere uh John Lennon uh grew up,
which is his Aunt Mimi's home.
You can go to 24thland Road,which is where uh Paul McCartney
(10:10):
grew up.
They both belong to the NationalTrust now, so if you want to get
tickets for that, you'll have togo through the National Trust.
I will put a link in the shownotes, but to buy the tickets
for that, but you can spend anentire day, an entire day kind
of playing homage to theBeatles.
SPEAKER_01 (10:24):
You really can.
You really can.
I mean uh that Matthew MatthewStreet where the cabin club is.
I spent hours walking up anddown that street because every
time I walked up and down, theyseen it from a different
perspective.
I just kept missing things.
This was a few weeks ago.
SPEAKER_02 (10:37):
Oh, yes, yes.
SPEAKER_01 (10:38):
So I walked up and I got my photo with with Silla
Black and then John Lennon.
Yeah, the statues, by the way,not yeah, not the real people.
Um, then you find another shopthat you missed.
How many times if anybody's beenwatching me walking up and down
that street how many times?
I don't know what they wouldhave thought.
SPEAKER_02 (10:54):
Well, you took lots of video and lots of photos,
that's useful for YouTube.
Um, but uh we actually went toLiverpool.
Uh the last time we wenttogether was a couple of years
ago when we actually went to awedding, uh, which is at the
beginning of January, and wewent to the Cavern Club, so we
stayed around the corner in theHard Nights uh Hard Nights Hard
Days Night Hard Days NightHotel, which is literally around
(11:15):
the corner, which is where westay, and it's that's again lots
of Beatles memorabilia.
Yeah, it's a fabulous place tostay.
Literally around the corner atthe Cabin Club.
We had a fantastic night in theCavern Club, didn't we?
SPEAKER_01 (11:25):
And that's one of the perfect examples.
What I said every time I walkedup, because above the um Hard
Days Night, on the corners,you've got Ringer, then you've
got Paul, and he's corner tinylittle statues, but it's way off
street level.
I had to cross the road becauseit was the old I'm walking up
the street, and I see somebodyelse looking up, and then
somebody else stopped to look atwhat they were looking at.
(11:47):
And so everybody's taking photosof these little statues on the
wall in the corners.
SPEAKER_02 (11:52):
Oh, I don't know.
That's that's really cool aswell.
Um, and before that, I thinkwere there at Christmas because
there's lots of Christmasdecorations as well.
So um, and then in the summer,we so we've been definitely been
at Liverpool plenty of timesnow.
Um also Royal Albert Doc wassomewhere that we used to when
we lived in the UK.
Um, we used to go a lot.
Uh nice cafes there, nicerestaurants, and have a walk
(12:13):
around.
Um, now that whole area used tobe a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Unfortunately, it it was it lostthat status in 2021, um, which
has been quite controversial.
Lots of developments in thearea, which is what they said it
had impacted the historicalcultural.
SPEAKER_01 (12:29):
That's right.
But there's still there's stillplenty of uh statues and plaques
to sort of celebrate Liverpool'slong history.
SPEAKER_02 (12:37):
Yeah, the maritime history.
So there's a lot of history,maritime history around that
area, obviously Liverpool.
So um there's some museums youcan go to.
There's a maritime museum,there's a museum of Liverpool,
there's the Tate Liverpool whichwent into that you weren't as
keen on.
SPEAKER_01 (12:53):
No, no, I was not um not particularly a big fan of
that, but it's not my scene.
Yeah, art, yeah.
So that's just ranked them intothe Tate Liverpool.
In all honesty, it's wasted onme because I don't see what
others see.
I think.
SPEAKER_02 (13:07):
Yeah, so uh anyway, so there's plenty of museums
that you can learn about thehistory.
Obviously, the Maritime Museum,say the Museum of Liverpool, you
can go in and explore.
SPEAKER_01 (13:14):
Yeah, and more recent history.
I went with your brother, wewent to the Western Approaches
uh museum, which was absolutelyfascinating.
The Western Approaches is allabout the Second World War, the
Atlantic convoys.
SPEAKER_02 (13:26):
Yeah, yeah.
I remember when you went acouple of years ago that you did
that.
You you guys went to see that.
So there's plenty of if you'reinterested in museums, there's
plenty of museums.
Interested in the Beatles,plenty of Beatles history,
certainly lots of Beatleshistory at sea.
Terms of um history andarchitecture.
Um, there's Liverpool Cathedral,which is the largest Anglican
cathedral in Britain.
SPEAKER_01 (13:45):
Yeah, I believe it is.
SPEAKER_02 (13:45):
Um you've been in that?
SPEAKER_01 (13:47):
I have.
SPEAKER_02 (13:47):
Yeah.
Um, the St George's Hall, whichis, I think, where our friends
got married.
SPEAKER_01 (13:51):
That's right.
And that's literally across theroad from Liverpool Lion Street
and the gardens behind it arelovely as well.
SPEAKER_02 (13:56):
So, yeah, there's some you know great
neighbourhoods to visit, likewas mentioned, Albert Dock,
there's a Baltic Triangle whereyou'll find street art, bars,
and lots of um, you know, uhfood um and restaurants places
to eat there, markets, that's apopular area.
SPEAKER_01 (14:11):
Yeah, yeah, and the uh again back to the transport
links across between St.
George's Hall and the LiverpoolArnold Street, there's a bus
station there as well.
So if you don't want to use theum um train network, you've got
a good bus network as well.
It could take you out direct tothe airport from there as well,
the John Lennon Airport, namedafter John Lennon.
SPEAKER_02 (14:31):
Obviously.
SPEAKER_01 (14:32):
Um so yeah, the transport links around Liverpool
are actually pretty good, to befair.
SPEAKER_02 (14:36):
Yeah, and um, I know that we've we've got friends
that have been in taking lots ofpictures of the different street
art.
We've taken lots of pictures ofthe different there's lots of
statues around.
Uh I say we mentioned SillaBlack, John Lennon.
There's lots of statues that youcan get your pictures with.
SPEAKER_01 (14:48):
Around the Albert Dock area and all that front
area there, there's quite a fewdifferent statues.
SPEAKER_02 (14:53):
Yeah, absolutely.
So it's a lovely area to go andvisit.
Lovely to go and sit in a cafeand enjoy a you know a drink and
just in in enjoying the kind ofuh atmosphere.
I think Liverpool's also got agreat atmosphere.
SPEAKER_01 (15:05):
I did find somewhere that did a very nice Victoria's
Sponge.
Of course.
So that's me.
SPEAKER_02 (15:09):
Now let's talk about a little bit about so when we go
to Liverpool, there's we alwaysgo but for two things.
I guess we kind of go just thehistory and the Beatles stuff
and all that sort of stuff.
But Doug is a massive Liverpoolperhaps.
SPEAKER_01 (15:20):
Oh, I've a mentioned that.
SPEAKER_02 (15:21):
Yeah, I haven't mentioned that.
Oh, right.
So we always end up in theLiverpool shop.
SPEAKER_01 (15:24):
Yeah, yeah, there's multiple ones, there's quite a
few of them.
SPEAKER_02 (15:27):
Okay, I just think of that very big one in that
square.
SPEAKER_01 (15:29):
Yeah, yeah.
That's the one that was.
Near the radio tower, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (15:31):
Right, okay.
So talk a little bit about yourlast trip because you
specifically went for thefootball.
SPEAKER_01 (15:38):
Yes, I did I booked myself a stadium tour because,
as much as a Liverpool fan, Ihave been for many, many, many,
many years, 50 years or more.
I had never been on a groundtour to Anfield.
So I rectified that and I hadthe most fantastic day.
I caught the bus from like Isaid, the bus station across the
road from the station takesabout 20 minutes.
(15:59):
Walk to the ground, book thetour in advance.
Marvellous takes two hours, thenobviously lots of sta uh photos
and videos, and then did youcry?
SPEAKER_02 (16:09):
Did you cry when you walked onto the pitch?
SPEAKER_01 (16:12):
You're not allowed to walk on the pitch.
All right, that is hallowedground.
SPEAKER_02 (16:15):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (16:16):
I did get a bit emotional when they uh I'm
getting emotional now.
SPEAKER_02 (16:19):
You're getting emotional now, it's really
strange.
SPEAKER_01 (16:23):
When the play you'll never walk alone.
SPEAKER_02 (16:25):
Right, okay.
It's getting a bit teary.
You can't see this, but it'sactually a bit teary, so there
it shows you.
So if you're a football fan,passionate fan.
Um, well, and obviously go intobook to see the the state any
stadium trail.
There are other stadium choresthat you hear different
stadiums.
SPEAKER_01 (16:39):
There is, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (16:40):
Book it through Yeah, well, we we will put links
into um some of the stadiumchairs that you can book.
Obviously, Doug tends to notwant to go to other places.
SPEAKER_01 (16:48):
No, I am I am told the Emirates Stadium Faster
Football Club in London isparticularly one of the good
ones to visit.
Um, also in Liverpool, I shouldalso mention I have to because
there is another football teamin Liverpool.
There's more than two,obviously, there's other ones,
but the big other big team isEverton, who have a new football
ground.
And I did see the ground, itlooks very impressive.
It's called the Hill DickinsonStadium, named after a Liverpool
(17:11):
law firm, but that looks veryimpressive as well.
I know there's plenty ofpassionate Everton fans as well.
SPEAKER_02 (17:16):
So there's lots of potential things that you can
include in a visit to Liverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (17:20):
Yes.
SPEAKER_02 (17:21):
Um, so if you're gonna go out, you can as I
mentioned you can do it on a daytrip from London.
But if you want to stay there,and I would recommend if you're
gonna go to the Cavern Club thatyou need to stay.
Yeah, um, and our favouriteplace to stay in the centre of
Everpool is the Hard Days Night.
Get it right, this time HardDays Night Hotel.
SPEAKER_01 (17:37):
I did actually have a walk in there as well because
you walk in and it justcontinues that massive, massive
Beatles tone.
They're playing music as youwalk through.
There's memorabilia all aroundthe lobby area.
When we stay there, it's eachroom's different.
SPEAKER_02 (17:52):
Yes, yes, they all had different uh, I think
different themes and different,yeah, different um photos, and
obviously different, yeah,different themes in them, which
is which is really good.
SPEAKER_01 (18:01):
It's worse stepping into the lobby just as a
Beatles.
SPEAKER_02 (18:03):
Yeah, and it's literally around the corner from
the Cavern Club as well.
So you can stay at the CavernClub early hours and then kind
of go back to your hotel.
And um, so if you're a Beatlesfan, I would recommend that.
The other option actually is umif you listen to episode 29 of
the podcast to um Ken Lambert,Ken Lambert actually purchased
the childhood childhood home ofGeorge Harrison and Upton Green.
(18:25):
And we've had a number of,again, number of people actually
who've sent me emails and comeon the podcast and said that
they have actually booked tostay at Upton Green because they
are the husbands or familymember as a massive fan of the
Beatles, and they said howmagical it is to actually stay
in and know.
And and I know that um Kenshares photos of the Beatles in
the rooms, um, downstairspracticing.
(18:48):
Uh, you know, it must beabsolutely magical to imagine
that the Beatles were in thatroom practice, and I know he's
decorated it kind of insympathetic to exactly how it
was when George grew up there.
Um, and we can we've got abooked uh a link to book that as
well.
So I'd really appreciate it ifyou do go into the show notes um
because you can email um Ken andorganise to to reserve a stay in
(19:09):
their Airbnb.
It's slightly out of the centreof Liverpool.
Um, but honestly, if you're aBeatles fan, what better way to
kind of pay homage to the to thefan for by staying in one of
their childhood homes and beingable to imagine what it was like
when those guys were coming upwith their fabulous songs?
SPEAKER_01 (19:27):
It'd be a must-say if you're an avid fan, you
really would want to see that,wouldn't you?
SPEAKER_02 (19:31):
Absolutely.
So, I mean, there's just so muchto do and see in Liverpool.
There's lots of fantasticrestaurants.
We have friends that go and lovethe Mowgli restaurant.
We actually haven't tried it inLiverpool, but uh, we have
friends that go up to Liverpoolto enjoy it, and that's like
Indian street food, and that'svery, very popular.
Um, but again, you've got lotsof options for cafes,
restaurants, there's some youknow, really excellent choices
(19:53):
in Liverpool.
Um, I'm trying to think ofanything else that we need
because I really want to giveyou a taste in this episode.
I really would like to go have alook at the articles where
you've got more details aboutthe things to do and see, but
you can easily spend a couple ofdays in Liverpool.
SPEAKER_01 (20:06):
You really can.
And I mentioned it already.
I love the people fromLiverpool, I love the accent, I
love the characters because theyare such passionate people.
SPEAKER_02 (20:15):
I have to say as well, it's really funny.
So when I was at school, um, soI I grew up in Southern Africa,
or part between the northeast,Northumberland, and Southern
Africa, and I had a my bestfriend was actually from
Liverpool, and we we when wefinished school, we flew back
and she went to stay with herfamily.
I went to stay with my family inthe northeast.
So she came up to stay with mefor a few days, had no
understanding whatsoever, noclue what my grandfather was
(20:37):
saying.
He had a very, very strongGeordie accent.
It was really funny, and then Iwent to stay with her in
Liverpool and we went intoBirkenhead for the day.
And I remember this cafe, and umnot having a clue, not having a
clue when I was asked if Iwanted a coke.
Do you want a coke?
I can't even pronounce itproperly, so so I shall
apologize to any anybody fromLiverpool, but I just couldn't
(20:58):
understand.
So she was asking if I wanted acoke.
So it just shows you, even evenus Brits going from one region
to the other can't necessarilyunderstand the accent.
SPEAKER_01 (21:06):
Oh, because there's so many regional accents.
SPEAKER_02 (21:08):
Yeah, absolutely.
But it always sticks in mymemory because it was so funny.
My friend couldn't understand mygranddad, and I was really
struggling struggling tounderstand in this cafe what
this this poor waitress wasasking if I wanted to order.
Um, but it's really funny.
So, yes, you will hear theaccent is very different.
It is, it's strong if you'regonna be yeah, in in Liverpool,
you'll hear a defin definite ifyou're going from London up to
Liverpool, you're gonna hear avery different accent.
(21:29):
Um, so bear that in mind, andthat's all part of the I don't
know, the magic of visiting.
SPEAKER_01 (21:34):
I think so.
I think it's a magical part tovisiting the UK full style.
SPEAKER_02 (21:37):
Absolutely, and going to the north, go and go
and visit the north as well.
Um, so that's good.
We actually have also, if you'regonna be in London and you're a
Beatles fan, we actually do alsohave an article all about um
things to do in London forBeatles fans as well.
That's a very popular articlebecause there's some uh some
good uh walks that you can do,some great sites that you can
visit.
Actually, you just went to theBeatles shop in London.
SPEAKER_01 (21:56):
I went to the Beatles Shop uh near Maryland.
SPEAKER_02 (21:59):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (21:59):
Uh Marlebone and right next door to the Sherlock
Holmes Museum.
Which you always go to anyway.
Big fan of Sherlock Holmes isdug.
SPEAKER_02 (22:06):
But yeah, so there's so much to do in a sea in
Liverpool, so definitely worthuh visiting.
So I'm just thinking of tipsthat we could kind of share with
you if you're considering avisit.
So the first thing I would sayis be careful when you visit if
you're gonna go and there's afootball match on, because it'll
be busy.
SPEAKER_01 (22:23):
Yeah, as I've already said, that there's
multiple sports and footballteams and other sports, rugby
league teams as well nearby.
Um, they are avid sports fans.
So when the sports fixtures areon, yes, it will be busy.
SPEAKER_02 (22:36):
Yeah, it does get busy, and the trains can get
busy until the time.
So that's worth thinking aboutas well, and also booking
accommodation will be moredifficult.
So it is worth planning not togo on a Saturday or Sunday or
checking in case there's amidweek fixture.
SPEAKER_01 (22:49):
That's right.
It's also um uh LiverpoolUniversity as well.
So at certain times of year andcertain days, accommodation can
be uh in short supply as well,so it can get very busy then.
SPEAKER_02 (22:59):
Yeah, and I do I always kind of stress this with
the trains as well, because I doI know we had feedback from a
few people who visit this summerand travelled on Saturdays, and
they didn't realise that notthere was any trouble on the
trains, I should just say noproblem was just fans on the
trains, but it was very, very,very busy.
So again, it kind of underlinesthe need to book a seat.
SPEAKER_01 (23:15):
Yeah, book a seat, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (23:17):
Um so the other thing, I guess, and also just
mention what we're talking abouttrain stations, and there's more
than the one, isn't there?
Because you get into LiverpoolLime Street, yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (23:24):
That's the main station.
As I say, Mersey Rail havemultiple stations, but Liverpool
Central as well, if you go intoum you know other uh locations
as well, it's not just LiverpoolLine Street, that's just that's
just the main station.
But uh James Street, forexample, for the Western
approaches, and that's closer tothe Elbert Docks as well.
SPEAKER_02 (23:42):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (23:43):
But the you know, there's good maps out there,
they use National Rail Inquiriesbecause Merserville comes under
that as well.
So all the information will beon the website, National Rail
Inquiries.
SPEAKER_02 (23:52):
And also just in Liverpool is a great, also great
destination that you can get toother places easily from.
So it's very easy if you want togo to Chester, to North Wales,
the Lake District.
SPEAKER_01 (24:02):
Yeah, yeah, just two and a half hours.
You can be up uh towards thelake district, it's not direct
service because obviously you'vegot to change it.
Wigan or Ox and Home uh forWindermere, but yeah, it it's
that gateway.
I mean, you you're not far fromheading across you know the into
um towards Manchester as well,you know.
Then you've got obviously linksacross towards the Penn Islands
(24:23):
as well.
SPEAKER_02 (24:24):
So, and I know we've done we've actually helped lots
of people with uh trainitinerary.
So we have got a best of Britainby uh by by rail, two-week
itinerary, which we wrote a fewyears ago, which is incredibly
popular, and we've had a lot ofpeople who've actually done that
itinerary, yeah.
Um, and you've got somedifferent options with that.
We've we've put kind of eitheror you can do either or um, and
that kind of will take you on akind of circuit around, and you
(24:46):
in that itinerary you get to goto England, Wales, and Scotland
to start in London, end back inLondon.
But also, you've been helping alot of people through the
itinerary consults, particularlywith train itineries.
SPEAKER_01 (24:56):
That's right, yeah.
The people think, oh, it's astaff question, I don't know how
to do this.
And I explain and simplifythings on consults, and the
feedback we've had is you'vemade that so much easier.
More you put it in perspective,you told us what is achievable,
what's not achievable.
I've explained tickets, I'veexplained passes.
So, yes, we simplify it and I doa specific uh train itinerary uh
(25:19):
train consult as well.
SPEAKER_02 (25:20):
Don't do other options, specific just for
trains, yeah, if that's what youwant.
SPEAKER_01 (25:24):
Which is the feedback again, it makes a big
difference.
SPEAKER_02 (25:27):
Absolutely, and also if you actually want a bespoke
itinerary, as in Doug willdesign the train itinerary for
you.
Um, you can actually fromJanuary as well chat to Doug
about designing uh an itineraryaround the UK by rail as well.
SPEAKER_01 (25:41):
Yeah, because that's right, you see, train travel in
the UK is not cheap.
So the last thing you want to bedoing is having unnecessary
journeys backwards and forwardsacross the country when I can
streamline it and make it workin a more logical um circular
route.
Because most people you knowlike a circular journey, don't
they, instead of backwards andforwards backtracking.
SPEAKER_02 (26:00):
Yeah, so that's all available, and you can check on
the website as well for links tothat.
And we've had some, we've justhad we've had some wonderful,
wonderful times helping peopleplan their trip and go through
itinerary consults, and ofcourse, we do a video consult as
well.
So if you want to send us youritinerary, you've done the
itinerary yourself, but you wantus to you know you do a bit of a
QA, you want to ask uh us tohave a look at it and maybe
(26:21):
tweak it, then we do that as avideo consult.
So you've got three differentoptions if you want us to help
you with your uh itineraryaround the UK.
Now, also, I will just I'm gonnaactually go back to one of my
favourite subjects when I'mwalking in a particular city is
to make sure that you havecomfortable footwear because
they mentioned that Liverpool isa walkable city, so I'm gonna
take us back into Liverpool.
Uh, make sure that you you areprepared for the day, you've got
(26:43):
your comfortable shoes on, youplan your itinerary for the day,
you make sure that you book yourtickets for things in advance.
For example, for the the magicalmystery tour does get booked up.
SPEAKER_01 (26:53):
Yeah, so does the Anfield tour.
SPEAKER_02 (26:54):
Yeah, so you need to make sure that you book them in
advance, don't leave it untilthe last minute.
And I know this very popular, wewe hear this quite often about I
just want to go and kind of wingit and book things at the last
minute.
Sometimes you can book thingskind of last minute, it depends
on the season.
Like if you're going inFebruary, you'd probably get
away with it.
But when it comes to lots ofdifferent places and popular
(27:16):
places, you can't wait until thelast minute.
SPEAKER_01 (27:18):
That's right, because yeah, Liverpool is a
popular city with British peopleto visit as well.
SPEAKER_02 (27:23):
Yeah, absolutely, because the history, culture,
and obviously the Billsconnection.
Um, yeah, so I think that's justabout everything that I can
think of to share in a kind ofquick podcast episode.
SPEAKER_01 (27:34):
Yeah, I was just going to add there.
I mentioned you can catch aferry from um Liverpool to
Belfast.
SPEAKER_02 (27:41):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (27:42):
And also you can catch a ferry from Birkenhead to
the Isle of Man.
SPEAKER_02 (27:46):
Isle of Man.
Well, I you know, we have had afew people in the Facebook group
who have mentioned on the Isleof Man.
Now, the last time I was at theIsle of Man, I was 11.
So it's a few years ago, but itcertainly would be somewhere I'd
be interested to go back to.
SPEAKER_01 (27:57):
Most certainly.
I've never been.
SPEAKER_02 (27:58):
No, you haven't been there at all.
Uh and I know another talk aboutislands actually, because we
have got a podcast all about theIsle of White that you did.
We haven't got anything on theIsle of Man yet, and we've been
requested actually um to do apodcast about visiting the
Channel Islands, which I knowyou're really keen to do.
SPEAKER_01 (28:13):
Yeah, the other end of the UK, yeah.
I had an English channel, uh,Guernsey.
I've visited many, many, many,many, many, many times, up to a
certain age, and then I've notbeen for the last 20 years.
SPEAKER_02 (28:23):
Yeah, and I was in Jersey last year, so I think we
will do.
So um, we love it when we getrequests.
So do jump on a speak pipe.
Leave us a message, leave us aquestion, say there's something
in particular you'd love to hearabout in the podcast, and uh,
you never know, next year, 2026,you could hear your name
mentioned.
You could also hear the episodethat you requested.
SPEAKER_01 (28:43):
Most definitely, yes.
SPEAKER_02 (28:44):
So, as always, you can find links to the different
things that we talked about inthe show notes, which will be at
uktravelplanner.com forwardslash episode 178.
It's nearly Christmas, which isunbelievable.
Can't believe it, nearly end ofanother year.
So we got we have got anotherfew episodes left for this year.
We've got our Christmas message,which we always do every year
(29:05):
from ourselves and our and ourpartners, and then we just have
a wrap-up of 2025 at the veryend of the year, the end of this
month.
Um, and then we're heading 2026.
So I say if there's anything inparticular on here at the
podcast 2026, let us know.
But I guess that just leaves usto say for this week, Doug.
Happy UK travel planning! Thankyou for tuning in to this week's
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