Day 2: Liverpool, Blundellsands to Southport

Starting near Antony Gormley's intriguing statues this is a lovely day's walk with no hills, pleasant time along the beach past sand dunes, woods and smart residential areas. We pass several nature reserves including one for red squirrels. Royal Birkdale Golf Course is on our route and is divided by a narrow band of land from another impressive golf course. The second was built by footballers as the Royal Birkdale would not admit them. From here we take a short route through a more built up area to the hall.

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Fran Gamble: St Michaels Blundellsands before the walking begins. Gathered for a local press photographPilgrimage 2012 Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet

Pilgrimage 2012 It's not grim up north - near Formby John Chenery Original Tweet

So it seems we may have been driving an illegally overloaded van for years. But we have a plan to make us legal now. Pilgrimage 2012 Pilgrimage 2012 Original Tweet

Pilgrimage 2012 Weather today: light rain until 12 then dry until lunch. Rained during lunch then stopped. Only 5 miles to go! John Chenery Original Tweet

I am front marking today so not many tweets Pilgrimage 2012 John Chenery Original Tweet

Pilgrimage 2012 in my previous written weather report "rained at lunch" was from the perspective of the front markers! ;-) John Chenery Original Tweet

Pilgrimage 2012 After lunch the wind began to pick up but it was mostly sunny until ex-hurricane Bertha struck at Royal Birkdale Clubhouse. John Chenery Original Tweet

Pilgrimage 2012 Then things got very wet and windy for a while but we survived and most pilgrims weren't too cold or wet John Chenery Original Tweet