"Short stories and travel reports from my life adventures around the globe".
Greenwich Park, London. April 2017. I’m all about the parks whenever I return to the English capital. After all, they’re incredibly beautiful, not to mention merciful on the old wallet. Typically, I return home after another long spell in Asia. Thus I cannot get enough of that fresh English air, even if it’s often a tad […]
Read MoreHatters Hostel, Liverpool. May 2019. I’ve stayed in some incredible hotels and guesthouses during my travels over the past twenty years. But unfortunately, it can’t always be glitz, glamour and sweeping balcony views. After an amazing couple of nights at The Hard Days Night Hotel, I decided a cheap and cheerful downgrade was in order […]
Read MoreDouble Fantasy – John & Yoko Exhibition, Liverpool. May 2019. No matter what time of year you come to Liverpool there’s virtually always a Beatles exhibition or three to compliment the city’s established Fab Four sites. During my stay in the city, The Museum of Liverpool was hosting the outstanding Double Fantasy – John and […]
Read MoreMad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour, Liverpool. Before reading you might want to start with my article: Mad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour (Part I). May 2019. What an incredible morning we’d had driving around Liverpool with Ian Doyle and his Mad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour. We’d seen Ringo Starr’s childhood home in Admiral […]
Read MoreMad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour, Liverpool. May 2019. Coming to Liverpool and seeing all The Beatles sites was a dream come true for me. Having toured The Beatles Story, visited the Double Fantasy Exhibition and caught some live music at both The Cavern Club and The Cavern Pub, it was finally time for the prospect […]
Read MoreHard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool. May 2019. As a diehard Beatles fan who’d come to Liverpool to conduct as much Beatlesy business as I could, there really was only one place to stay. It just had to be the world’s only Beatles inspired hotel. When I was planning my trip to Liverpool, I simply couldn’t see past […]
Read MoreThe Cavern Pub, Liverpool. May 2019. It was early evening when Steppers and I mooched onto Mathew street, the beating heart of Liverpool’s world famous Cavern Quarter. We had of course come to see The Cavern Club, the legendary music venue where The Beatles cut their teeth in the early 1960s. However, while The Cavern […]
Read MoreThe Cavern Club, Liverpool. May 2019. It was early evening on Mathew Street and I was about to tick off another holy grail sight in Liverpool. Finally, over thirty four years since I heard my first Beatles record (I think it was Rubber Soul), I was heading into the Cavern Club for a night of history, […]
Read MoreThe Beatles Story, Liverpool. May 2019. The whole idea of making Liverpool the centerpiece of my 2019 travels around England was to fulfil a lifelong desire to see the city’s legendary Beatles spots. If you’re into The Fab Four, there’s a serious amount of stuff to check out. So much so, it’s actually a good idea […]
Read MoreCrosby Beach & the Statues in the Sand. May 2019. With so much to see and do in the English city of Liverpool, you can certainly forgive visitors for concentrating their efforts strictly on the sights in the city centre. However, if you find yourself in need of some fresh sea air, I highly recommend […]
Read MorePaddy’s Wigwam (Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral). May 2019. So this was one of CNN’s ugliest cathedrals in the world? This was the “hideous eyesore” that stands only as a personal insult to those who have to pray in it? This was the building that thousands of TripAdvisor moaners had ranted about to the point of near self-combustion? […]
Read MoreSt Luke’s Bombed Out Church, Liverpool. May 2019. Head onto my search bar here at Leighton Travels, type in church, and you’ll get a bunch of articles zipping up from across 40+ countries. But few can compare to the unusual backstory and indeed sight of St. Luke’s Bombed out Church in Liverpool. Better known to visitors as […]
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