Abandoned, eerie Royal Albert Dock

 

Like so many tourists' attractions around the world, Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool looked eerie with no tourists and visitors around - at the start of the Summer season.

The pavement was already equipped with information signs to keep 2 metres apart. 

The lockdown measures had been softened a bit and the end of April but during May and June only essential shops, garden centres and some major stores could re-open. The rest remained closed. 

People had been allowed to go outside more and had been hungry to experience some folks around, even in a long queue in front of B&Q store. Everything in Albert Dock was closed, so no point going there.

For us, it was quite a fun - to have Royal Albert Dock, normally packed with crowds - entirely to ourselves!

We could look at the place from a different angle, to notice things that we could not while with many diners and passers-by around.

The stillness was disturbing to our senses - on one hand, on the other - we felt like kids in a new place, keen to explore every corner.

The marina in Salthouse Dock was packed with canal boats but even here non of its residents to be seen.

The place looked like there was a major pandemic and everybody had been hiding away or died.

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Below you can explore the Royal Albert Dock area in a moving picture (with some some people around)