Home by plane and train

No sunshine on Merseyside

We collected our bike bags which the hotel had kept safely for us and left at 07:40 to cycle along the Promenade des Anglais towards the airport, using the pavement when the shared use path ended. The pavement was uncomfortably narrow for my wide load as I was also carrying all three bulky bike bags strapped to my pannier rack. We finished up at terminal 1 and took quite a while working out how to get to terminal 2. We got there two hours before the flight time but didn't have much time in hand over the 40 minute check in time after preparing the bikes. We'd been hoping we'd have time for a drink before boarding but had to wait for the trolley on the plane.

The flight was uneventful and soon we were in drizzly Liverpool and riding back to Hunts Cross station. This being school half-term week, the trains were much busier and the final one was very uncomfortable - standing room only from Chester to Bangor but somehow we contrived to squeeze our bikes on. Then we spilled out onto the platform and rode home through the warm early evening sunshine.