East is East

Given its relative location, I have no idea why this place in Ohio is called "East Liverpool" (surely it should be "West Liverpool") but I am not complaining because today....bless 'em....they had a big street bash and English car show in honour of the 800th birthday of OUR Liverpool. Yes folks....it might be a shit-hole but it's OUR shit-hole eh?

So we pootled off in convoy with me and one or other of the kids in the Spitty and Shaz in the van. East Liverpool is West of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River and I am pretty sure it is a bastion of Republican Bushites with some good honest Christian Fundamentalism thrown in for good measure. So as you can imagine I donned my best Socialist Worker T shirt, my Charles Darwin beard and my "Stuff the System" badge that I nicked from Grandpa Derek back in the 2nd year at NewHeys. Despite all this, we were welcomed as honoured guests and even paraded to the crowd at one point as being "true scousers". I hadn't realized how difficult it is to wave to a crowd whilst simultaneously trying to duck out of sight.

Our route home took us right past Raccoon Creek State Park and so we went for a dip in the lake. Poor Adam had some vaccinations yesterday, ready for school which starts this week, and so he has been a bit drowsy and under the weather. Apart from that we are all fighting fit and ready for another week Stateside.