As we were travelling out of Liverpool on Wednesday a friend text us
to see if we were aware Coxhead’s Swing Bridge had been vandalised.
We had planned to go past that bridge so just carried on. The degree
of damage was shocking, the control panel for the bridge was intact,
but the actual hydraulics box with the bridge mechanism in had been
almost knocked down and a Canal & River Trust welfare unit had
been pushed into the canal. A local farmer had had is JCB stolen
over night, which had been used to do the damage. There were still
police on the scene when we got there. The bridge contractors were
able to open the bridge and let us and the other 4 boats through.
However, they are now waiting for a temporary piece of equipment and
will only be able to open the bridge twice a week. They think if
could take a couple of months to get the repairs done.
We spotted a turtle sun bathing as we were cruising along and saw our
first goslings in the docks as we were leaving.
We are thanking our lucky stars we had such a lovely week in
Liverpool it’s pouring down today.
While in Liverpool we visited the Philharmonic pub, we had been there
on a previous visit to Liverpool but it was too busy to take photos.
It used to be a gentleman’s club and is famous for it’s beautiful
marble gents loo. The lady’s loo has a picture on the wall of no
doubt the sorts of ladies that frequented the club in it’s day.
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