I got up at half past eight, checked out, and wandered towards the station for my train to Liverpool.

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Fruit market.
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It was a cold morning, around −1°C. I had time to take it slowly and watch the street and the morning fruit market 🥭 
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The ticket details in the app.

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The train tracker and its stops.
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Liverpool Lime Street station
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I bought the bus ticket in the app and activated it when the bus arrived.
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I took the bus over to Albert Dock. It didn’t make much of an impression on me :D
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I walked back to the station to go on to Manchester.
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Old Trafford was still a little way away and by then it was dark, so I decided to skip it. I lay down for a rest before the New Year’s Eve fireworks and slept until one or two in the morning on 1 January 2026.