Today we needed to check out of the airbnb so our first task was to have breakfast and pack our bags. The youngsters had been out until the early hours of the morning so took a bit of encouragement to get up and out.
We were attending the victory parade before heading home. The plan was to park up near to Queens Drive near the end of the M62. Thus we could have an easy get away. In the end we parked at Broad Green railway station. Which fulfilled our criteria although it took a while to get out of it later.
We had a lot of time to spend and the weather was not looking great so we spent a couple of hours in a nearby Wetherspoons “The Navigator”.
The crowd outside got bigger and bigger. Eventually we heard that the bus had set off, carrying our heroes, and about an hour later it arrived with us. Here was my view….
I was glad to have done it but one victory parade is enough for me. I will watch on the tv next year
And so ended our celebration weekend. We had one final group photo.
And then went our separate ways.
By the time we got home the parade was coming to an end, when news started to come through of an awful car collision at the parade. Our group had all got home safely thank goodness, but others may not have been so lucky. A sad end to what had otherwise been a marvellous weekend full of friendship and happiness.
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