(Sitting On) The Manchester Ship Canal (with some chalk)

It was sunny in Salford. I couldn't believe my eyes.

I made the most of it by using my lunch break to wander around the Manchester Ship Canal, aided with a piece of chalk...

There's something calming about water...

And when you've spent the last 20 minutes weeping with laughter after watching Kermit the frog singing 'Once in a Lifetime', you know it's time to go outside to calm yourself down...

Come on, though...

It is funny, innit...

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'Group Therapy' and a little bit of chalk...

Today, I visited a new exhibition in Fact, Liverpool, which looks into the relationship between technology, society and mental health...

It was brilliant. 

There was a desk covered in chalk, in an unlit room, inviting people to write out or draw, whatever is on their mind.

I haven't chalked in so long!

And I haven't been to such a cool exhibition in a while either...

If you're in the area, you should check it out.

For info that will explain it way better than I ever could (I've already typed out 3 different versions of what I think happened), head here: 

'Group Therapy: Mental Distress in a Digital Age'

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London, UK: I Love Tuesdays

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Baltic Triangle, Liverpool: Hunting for bread...

It was a Monday. We had the day off again.

My original plan of taking a trip to the recycling plant to get rid of 300,000 boxes was a winner. But it was also a plan that only took about 15 minutes to complete...

So, we stayed in the car and went on a mini adventure. This one would have us spending an hour or more searching for a bakehouse (that was shut), and another inside a run-down skate park, dreaming big...

I took this photo of a dog 'open to business' after Adam told me off for asking someone how to find the bakehouse.

This dog didn't know how to get there either - I just liked how he sat beneath the sign on the window...

YOU, weird cat things, where is the freshly baked bread?

Spiky umbrella with no protection from the wind, SHOW US WHERE THE PASTRIES LIE...

oOOh.

What's this?

One day,  I'm going to open a skate park with a cafe.

The one above is a bit run-down, but I like that it was made by local skaters, and funded by them too.

I also like that it distracts me from the fact that the bread I have been hankering for, is behind a locked door.

BOO to closing on Mondays...

My cafe will always be open on Mondays.

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Sefton Park, Liverpool: Frozen Birds

I think these birds are frozen to the lake...

See that back row of white birds?

I swear they were all stood in that same spot just yesterday...

Checking to see how thick the ice is/how likely it is that their feet are actually frozen to the surface...

HAA HA HAAAAA HHHAA

(This wasn't meant to happen)

(The birds flew off about a minute afterwards.)

*follows Mr. Frostbite back to Lark Lane*

Oh, hi there!

You...waiting for someone?

Your friend is coming any minute to buy a wheel from this shop, you say?

Okay...

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Autumn, Sefton Park, Liverpool: Can I take the park home with me?

I love Autumn

You can't really tell on here, but these leaves were MASSIVE. Like, the size of my face.

And the colours of them (plus pretty much everything else in this park) look awesome.

Look!

Give

me

all of it.

Every tree, fallen leaf and tiny blade of glass.

Every city should have a park like this.

All it needs is...

...MORE squirrels.

I mean, I know we have some here but...

...they just won't come out of the trees.

And you, Dog, are not helping this situation at all.

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Exploring the Lake District

The Lake District is one of my favourite places in the UK.

...and not just because it's a place I can chalk without being told off...

'I got soaked writing this'

Not from any waves.

But from this suspicious- looking tyke who is now pretending to have spotted something in the water.

I don't care though.

It's really cool here and I feel good.

You probably can't read this but it says 'I am Queen'

He thinks he is king...

But he's not.

I am the Queen of the lakes. And that is all.

We found a secret spot behind a hut on one of our adventures...

I was super tempted to run and jump off the edge...

LOOK AT MEEE

CHALKING AND HAPPYY

I should totally be a poet...

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