Cruise from Southampton around UK in June 2023
Cruise around the UK by P&O in June 2023. I went with Keith for 14 days. We had single cabins and it cost just over £700 The P&O ship Britannia from the Isle of Wight ferry at the Ocean Terminal. The Titanic sailed from the Ocean terminal in 1912 prior to her sinking. The building with Liver birds on top in Liverpool. The building is in the pocession of the local authority The first stop was Liverpool where we went ashore. Britannia was moored on the Royal Albert Docks for two days. The docks extend for 7 miles and have been a gateway to the world since the 1800s whence hundreds of Irish immigrants went to the USA. We went ashore and saw the Liver Birds on top of the building above in stone. One faces the sea and the other inland. It is said that Liverpool will collapse if they disappear. The Liver birds are 18 feet in high and are secured to the building with metal stays. They are in appearance a cross between a cormorant and an eagle. The Cavern Club in Liver...