Chester

June 19, 2019

The Travelodge at which we are staying is just within Chester's main historical precinct so after a few hours of work we walked out of the door and onto the ancient city walls. Just below us were the Roman Gardens.

Then it was onto the amphitheater next door to the gardens.

After that we strolled along the city walls passed Eastgate and paid a visit to the cathedral. Mostly various Gothic arches but, with so many seemingly unrelated additions over the years, it seemed quite disjointed.

An interesting sculpture depicting John 4:14.

Then we wandered about The Rows, taking care of a few chores, such as buying new gas canisters and topping up our mobile data, along the way.

Chester Cross - the Town Crier was more interesting than the cross.

After a lunch of giant Yorkshire puddings stuffed with pork and vegies we headed back to our digs to catch our breath for the afternoon's session of site seeing. This involved mostly a lazy walk around the south-western side of the cit before returning to our digs to finish off some work.

The River Dee flowing strongly over the weir.

The Grosvenor Bridge built in 1832. At the time the longest single-span arch bridge in the world.

We had just gone to sleep when suddenly the fire alarm started sounding - very loudly ! The hotel was evacuated and we all stood on the pavement while they took a roll call and the fire brigade was summonsed. After about half and hour we were allowed back to our rooms.

Roll call - sleepy hands make for shaky photos.

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