Back in Hull on the morning, we had that boring time when the ferry has to negotiate the lock gates to enter the Queen Elizabeth dock. The ferry from Rotterdam was already offloading, as it doesn't have to enter the dock.
Off the ferry, the traffic in Hull was as bad as usual but we didn't head for the cafe at the bridge for breakfast as usual. I wanted to stop off at the marina, to look at the Lightship that is berthed there. We had passed it many times and always said we would stop someday, well today we did.
We Parked near the sea life centre (The Deep), but I did not like the look of the car park, so we moved round the corner an parked outside a little cafe. I popped into the cafe to ask if it was ok to park there, it was, for two hours, I also asked where the nearest toilets where and they were not far away on the sea front. The girl asked where we were from and as we lived close to her home town, she let me use the toilets in the shop. We bought bacon butties, as a thank you, it pays to be nice and we needed breakfast anyway.
Instead of going straight to the Lightship (we could see it from the cafe), we walked round to the sea front and along to The Deep. We didn't go in, we only went for the walk to the river Hull and over the bridge there, then back to the marina.
We walked round the old Humber Dock and over the lock gates, as far as the Lightship then crossed over the main road to the new shopping centre (not my idea).
I was not up for shopping, so I had a sit and waited for dot to look in some of the shops. I was quite impressed by Hull town centre, next time we go this way, we will have to spend more time there.
Then it was back to the car but before we set off for home, we bought a cup of tea each from the nice friendly cafe. Tasty, at 5 Humber Place, we will use it again, if we pass this way again.
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