Merseyside Shore Line

[kebabman]

[kebabman]

[Kev]

4th April 2007 - Garston Coastal Path / Speke Shore Line
*For the Panoramas I took, Click Here*

An absolutely beautiful walk today along the Garston Coastal Path Area that joins the Speke Shore Line. This is becoming a popular area, despite annoyance of the solo motorbike razzing around:























..and along comes a bike......

[Jericho]

Great pics of a sunny afternoon. Isn't that building (2 good shots of it btw) a sailing club?

[ChrisGeorge]

Fine photographs, Kev. Thanks!

[ChrisGeorge]

4th April 2007 - Garston Coastal Path / Speke Shore Line

Hi Kev

What's the story about the flying object seen behind the biker? Something he is pulling along, a plane taking off, or just some artifact on the photograph?

Oh, .... I see (answering my own query) it must be that wind machine thing near the sailing club.

Chris

[phredd]

Chris
Could it be the Wind Turbine by the Club House ??

Phredd

[ChrisGeorge]

Chris
Could it be the Wind Turbine by the Club House ??

Phredd

Yep, thanks, phredd. I have just amended my post, realizing it is the wind turbine that Kev shows in his first photograph in the series, although it looks a bit disembodied at a distance in the heat haze, maybe because of the dust the bike rider is kicking up as well.

Chris

[Kev]

^^I see what u mean Chris^^ Thanks for the comments, that is Liverpool Sailing Club, there hasn't been much going on since my last visit (November 2006).

[OB1]

some great pics there

I grew up from about aged 9 years to 13 in the Grassendale / Cressington area and was often wandering those parts

I haven't seen them since then, 1981 - live in Australia now

thanks

[Kev]

Thanks for your comments OB1, and a warm welcome aboard

[Kev]

We’re hoping future will be plain sailing

Feb 7 2008 by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

LIVERPOOL Sailing Club plans to celebrate its golden anniversary by returning to the water – eight years after arsonists torched the club.

The Speke clubhouse was vandalised and burned down in 2000.

The attack meant supporters had to raise £1.25m to rebuild the site.

Now a new iconic and ecologically-sound clubhouse is taking shape boasting a wind turbine.

And club bosses hope, after spending £25,000 on clearing the slipway of mud, members will once again take to the water to celebrate both its 50th anniversary and Capital of Culture year. Liverpool Sailing Club is run by volunteers. President Tom Workman said: “We’ve received about £1.1m from Sport England, European money and bits and pieces of donations and fund-raising.

“We’ve got the ground floor finished now and we’re applying for another £300,000 which would mean we could get the lift in and finish the other two floors.”

Over its 50-year history the club has worked alongside the city council to launch the Mersey River Festival.

It also ran the Mersey Raft Race with Merseyside police raising more than £500,000 for charities and hosted its own Tideway and Head of the River races.

Over the past seven years the sailing club and its partner Merseyside Youth Challenge Trust used a fleet of land yachts to teach youngsters the principles of sailing, and provided sailing opportunities using the Liverpool Marina-based MYCT flagship the Liver Bird.

The initiative is now being extended under the banners of Youth Afloat for 13 to 19-year-olds, and All Aboard covering other age groups.

catherinejones@liverpoolecho.co.uk