It’s officially ‘Crosby’ Beach, but really it’s connected to Waterloo, which is a bit of a dump. The Capital of Culture doesn’t seem to extend this far out into Merseyside…

(note that all these photos are cropped to fit on the page, click to enlarge and get full view)

Though the sea gulls don’t seem to mind…

Ste found a new friend…
 

And then we found a baby…

But the Iron Men didn’t like him…

So we knew what had to be done:

And so we returned to pay homage to the Iron Men.

In the end, it was time to say bye-bye to the Iron Men, and head off home…

(Ste didn’t quite get the exposure comp right on this one, bless him!)