Blogs from Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

2 years ago Roisin and I were lucky enough to cruise from Genoa in Italy to Abu Dhabi in the Arabian Gulf via the Suez Canal. From pirates to dish-dashers, the adventure was certainly a once in a lifetime experience. However, during a visit to some port or other, Roisin must have approached one of those 'rub its belly and you'll return to this place' statues. Whilst I wasn't looking she had a ‘go' Roisin must have rubbed the statue up the wrong way!! I don't mean in a provoking anger sort of way but rubbed the statue anti-clockwise!! Although, not being the superstitious type it obviously worked for we ARE returning to the lands of Frankincense, Ferrari world and feckin' taxi drivers!! However, not in the footsteps of our last trip but this time we're ... read more

Geo: 53.1997, -2.87541Well after a night of partying till late, again we were up early to have our English breakfast and also enjoyed being waited on, then we went walking again into the town. Lorraine's family were heading back to Barnsley so we decided that we would do our own thing so they could spend time together. We thought we would catch a taxi but after checking out how much it was going to cost,we decided to ask the bus driver how much the fare was,and today it was a special day for the Bus Company, it was their Birthday so all fares were £1 each so we were lucky, and we went out to Cheshire Oaks Outlet Centre for more shopping while Clint and Melanie went to the Marine Aquarium. We caught up for lunch ... read more

We went to Chester. We first walked around the part of town surrounded by a wall. The streets had no cars in them, they only had pedestrian walkways. We stopped in a few shops, and went into a museum of ancients things. There were weapons that were all the way from ancient times to just before guns. There were figurines made from rock and shields made from Rhino hide. We left the museum and carried on to a cathedral. It was a really pretty place, we walked around there for almost two hours. There is more room inside than it looks like out, because it goes underground. The under ground dates back to the tenth century. It was really interesting because there we still fragments of paintings that were made hundreds of years ago. On the ... 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

0 locks, 349 in total. The Macclesfield is a beautifully scenic canal. Thomas Telford designed it to be as fast a route as possible and an alternative way to Manchester, using extensive cut and fill techniques. Much of the canal is built on embankments which have been landscaped so well that they look a natural part of the surrounding area in most places. There are some wooded cuttings too and all the locks have been grouped together at Bosley. We've spent much of the day looking down on houses, trees and farm animals and gazing into the distance at some wonderful scenery but, churlish as this may sound, the water level is generally quite low, even after the rain of the last 2 days, and progress has been long and slow even for a narrowboat – ... read more