Our Most Epic Trip To Liverpool

Our Most Epic Trip to Liverpool – Year 11 Full Course GCSE

The trip began with expensive cans of coke and sandwiches at the train shop. We then shuffled to a train and stole the last table, which we then proceeded to cover in laptops, artwork and newspapers. We spent over an hour laughing the time away and arrived at the busy station. We took a taxi first to the Church of England; we travelled over old tombs and burials and arrived outside the church front, a flat faced monster of a doorway. Our initial idea of a modern-ish building was shattered by the weathered dark red stone. The term cathedral does not prepare you for the towering side of the church, with windows bigger than all our houses combined we marched up to the 20 metre high with high expectations, but were ushered though a small door to the left. We liked the first church more than the second; we felt it looked more like a church, the convoluted brickwork and immense stained glass window left us understandably awestruck for a couple of minutes. The size was numinous and the sense of God’s power against our insignificance was bountiful. The light work and the modern installation were a nice accent to the gothic masonry. As a group we lit prayer candles and spent our time in the shop pawing over mortgage worthy animal statues. One of us noticed a feature we missed and we collectively slunk over to a burial casket, to find the small mouse that was carved into it.

Once we’d left the Cathedral, we attempted to direct ourselves towards the Catholic Cathedral. After much debating Ms Lambie intervened and we hopped off up the road. In passing we stopped by the Liverpool war memorial and the Superlambanana, after posing to take many photos we arrived at the cathedral and raced up the couple of hundred stairs to the summit. We had an immediate feeling that it looked like a circus tent and when we entered the cathedral, we didn’t really like it. The art was too modern and confusing and it felt unfinished, (which we later found out was true). We liked the crypt of the church, but we felt the brickwork wasn’t as good as the CoE. All the staff of the cathedral were really friendly and told us about the crypt and its history.

We bought rosaries and badges in the store and splurged on coffee and tea.

We debated how to get to China Town, ate our meals (the crispy duck was excellent) in a family owned basic restaurant  and then went shopping in a Chinese supermarket. The variety of unfamiliar food and drink was confusing but Jacob used his superior knowledge to select what he needed for his next culinary creation.

Beth, Jacob and Sam.

Ms Lambie says: the students were a credit to the school. Their intellectual curiosity and willingness to explore the unfamiliar was very impressive.