Blogs from Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Travel date April 30th. Writing date May 18 th Today was a 'transfer day' which translates to mean a lot of hours on a bus. Even though I had experienced several gloomy/ rainy/ cool to downright cold days, today was gloriously sunny. We were headed back to England. The bus followed the northern coast of Wales so glimpses of the Irish Sea were hinted at from time to time. Lunch stop was in the medieval city of Chester, England. Chester, although a large city of over 328,000, has a very sweet and walkable city center designed to encourage tourism. Entering the city on one of the 4 main roads that date back to Roman times ( about 79 A.D.) I was delighted to see that it was a walled city. It retains the reputation of being ... read more

Geo: 53.1998, -2.87566We joined up together for breakfast where we we so warmly welcomed by the owners, we were waited on, felt like we had our own butler!We then set off leaving the 3 girls doing their own thing but they did head in to town first, while we walked to the stairs to start walking the wall that surrounds part of Chester. We started at the main clock and headed down towards the River Dee, and the hopped off there to have a walk around by the river, The sun was out, although you could still feel the cold air but it was just so perfect. We got a phone call from Lorraine's sister to say they had arrived in Chester so we then headed back to the clock bridge. We all met up and ... read more

We left Dublin in the morning and went to Wales on a ferry. Then grabbed the train from Holly Head to "Manchester United Football Ground Railway Station". We were going Glasgow so we got off at Warrington, then to Chester were we stayed the night. In the morning we walked around the town of Chester and saw the oldest part where the wall goes around the town. There were facts along the path on what it looked like, the life style of the Victorian times and the uses of the wall and it's fortifications. We walked by the water and 2 swans 2 ugly ducklings and a bunch of ducks followed us as we walked the rivers edge. There is a strong Roman influence in the town. While we were eating lunch a group of children ... read more

Working part time certainly has its advantages. When the weather is fine it is possible to just make a spur of the moment decision to do something. That something may be just a walk locally, a wander down the lanes to admire the scenery and the flowers, a trip to a local attraction or even going further afield. Today we woke to bright Autumnal sunshine and decided to visit Chester. Although Chester is just down the road we don’t often get there. Perhaps we take it so much for granted. I guess you do that with the towns on your doorsteps. But today we decided to treat it as a tourist would. If we found a Chester with all its history when abroad we would head there as fast as we could. There is so much ... read more

Op 28 april was het de beurt aan Rosanne en mijn ouders om een bezoekje aan Chester te brengen. Rosanne had toen schoolvakantie, dus ze verbleven een hele week in een stacaravan op een camping vlakbij het prachtige kustplaatsje Prestatyn in Wales. Zaterdagochtend verwachtte ik ze om 11 uur bij mij thuis, maar door een vertraagde vlucht, wat kleine problemen met de huurauto en het vinden van de weg stonden ze uiteindelijk om half een voor de deur. Leuk om ze aan te zien komen rijden in een gloednieuwe Vauxhall (Opel in Nederland) Insignia. Na een lunch met eieren en spek gingen we met z’n vieren richting Prestatyn waar ik de rest van het weekend met hun zou verblijven. Het was voor mijn vader wel eventjes wennen om aan de verkeerde kant van de weg te ... read more