At 9.01am on Tuesday, 17th June, our luxury coach pulled away from St Paul’s for the start of a great day out. The coach was filled with 36 guests, many of which had never been to the Staffordshire city of Lichfield before. Conversations broke out with people catching up with friends. The most common theme was on what people hoped to get out of the day. At just after 10 am we disembarked into bright sunshine in the city centre.
A Private guided tour of the Cathedral was booked for 1.30pm so most people set out to boost the local economy in various coffee shops, restaurants, ice cream vans, shops and pubs. The Samual Johnstone and Toy museums were popular morning destinations.
When the various groups started to congregate at the Cathedral ready for the tour an atmosphere of relaxed joy was discernible. John and Neil were excellent guides that brought to life the Cathedrals history and architecture.
Once the tour was complete the Erasmus Darwin museum proved very popular as did the Ice Cream parlour in the park!
On the return journey to St Paul’s the coach was filled with animated and joyful conversation as people recounted the many highlights of the day. The sun shone and we all had a great day in Lichfield.
MIRTH 