Davidt, your post has highlighted that some pilots, yourself included, are talking to Liverpool Appr in the LLR - is this because 119.85 is a quieter frequency?
At the moment 119.52 is the 'designated' frequency for LLR traffic - as a regular user I listen out on that frequency as I know that this is where I expect the transiting traffic to transmit.
Spiney is working on proposals for amending the LLR service, but out of interest would you agree that it's best for all traffic in the route to be on a common frequency?