PP3 part 6

Paddy's Wigwam - aka Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Fascinating seeing Coventry at the start of the week and this at the end. Oddly enough, whether because of being in the round, or the darkness and richness of the glass, it has a far more spiritual feel to it. We both loved the space, the light, the feeling of enclosure. BUT much more difficult to film and photograph. Staff tremendously helpful and chatty, and a visitor I chatted to turned out to be Piper's taxi driver at Fawley Bottom! Libby as usual was chief bag carrier (see image) but still smiling!

In the afternoon we gave ourselves a break and visited the fabulous Klimt exhibition at Liverpool Tate which showed so many works I'd never seen previously plus those of Hoffman and Schiele and the inevitable Mackintosh. But why do they have to make the notes of each work so small and place them so low down - even I was having to stoop but my long legged colleague was bent double reading them and in agonies by the end.
This was followed by the inevitable 'ferry cross the Mersey' - how could one avoid such a trip and it afforded great views of the Liverpool skyline - plus I spotted a Mick Jagger look-alike having a Super8 session?! In the evening we chanced upon the Olive Press where the Maitre D was wonderfully friendly and helpful and even gave Charles a free Peroni glass with which he is highly delighted.