Word Ladder - Part Two

plaits 

spital

Spital is a suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside England (wiki).

sail

bail

oops  :-)

bridals

raids

sir

brisk 

bickers

scire 

In English law, a writ of scire facias (from the Latin meaning "to know the causes") was a writ founded upon some judicial record directing the sheriff to make the record known (scire facias) to a specified party, 

sir

dries

strider

tries