It was very nice day for our run to Blundell Sands sailing club for the RNLI open day. 8 members set off from the Travellers Rest and we bimbled our way down all the small lanes through Lathom, Bickerstaffe etc until we reached Hightown. We were warmly welcomed to ‘Steve’s Motorcycle museum’ and Deirdre brought us tea and biscuits while Steve showed us into the ‘inner sanctum’. Steve then led us around the corner to the sailing club, shunning the usual LE in favour of the recently acquired Velo Mac.
The club is situated on the River Alt, overlooking Liverpool Bay, with great views across the water to the Wirral Peninsula, the Welsh Hills and along the coast to Formby Point. It was a good day for the event, the sun was shining, there was a pleasant sea breeze and the tide was in! The RNLI were doing some off-shore exercises in an inflatable and the bring and buy stalls were in full swing inside. The local brew was very good (Carousel from Southport Brewery) and the bar-b-q yielded the usual burgers and hot dogs. Local band ‘The Vice Presidents’ played a selection of 60’s – 80’s ‘rock n pop’ and it was a great way to spend a few hours on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The RNLI hovercraft was launched from the beach and did a few demo turns to show how versatile it is, before leaving for Birkenhead.
More ‘bimbling’ down country lanes followed as we headed for ‘Ashcroft Towers’ for Rose’s cakes. Steve had said he couldn’t make it and stayed for extra burgers and a few more hotdogs. After we had settled down to tea, cakes, coffee, cakes, shandy, and more cakes, Steve arrived (couldn’t resist the cakes!) John and Hazel had arrived at the sailing club by car and we pursuaded them to join us, as well as Hilda. More cake followed and there were suggestions of Welsh cake, but we found the translation too confusing!
Dave.