A short train trip from where I was staying took me to the impressive offices of the Mersey Ferry Company by the Liverpool Building and Beatles statue.
I easily exchanged my voucher for bus and ferry tickets, and as I had just missed a ferry, they run on the hour, I had a short wait for the open top bus. The bus which leaves from outside the ferry offices, was quite full, but I managed to get a nice seat at the front.
The trip around the inner city was very interesting and our guide was very informative with a story or joke for every occasion. The trip took about 40 minutes, and returned us to the ferry offices.
I queued for the ferry which wasn't long in coming, and boarding was easy, I managed to get a nice seat on the upper deck.
The ferry itself was very tired and quite noisy, and it was quite disappointing not to be either to hear the pre recorded commentary at times, as it was either too quiet or the engine noise drowned it out! I understand a new ferry is being built but this will not be commissioned soon.
It would have been nice to have a live commentary to pick up on things like the new Everton Stadium, and the labour party conference which was being prepared.
It was nice on the River which did make up for some of the shortcomings, and there were good photo opportunities, so not all bad!