Chester

Arriving in Chester was a little complex, as there are many one way roads and junctions that are not straight forward. The worst was realising that we were driving in a bus lane, we turned left to much tooting of horns. It was then that we realised that we had turned into a one way street, the wrong way! We eventually found the Tesco's car park and parked on the roof.

Chester is a Roman town, complete with Walls and Baths. There is a project in which they are attempting to reconstruct the Roman relics, click here for more information.



MLR,AJR and Me on the Roman Wall, Old Dee Bridge and Weir with new St Mary's Church in the background.

More information on the River Dee.

The main shopping street has covered galleries, known as the Rows. It is an amazing feeling, walking along what is effectively a veranda all the way along the shop fronts. We stopped in the "all you can eat" Chinese restaurant on the corner, which was ordinary, but the kids loved it. How many fried spring rolls and oily prawn toasts can you eat? Lots according to my kids. On the same level we found a shop selling armour, any size you like, along with swords and other medieval memorabilia. Here is a picture of one of the armoured items we bought in Chester.



It was interesting talking to the proprietor about the problems he had in his store. It is heritage listed so he cannot make any structural changes. He gets dust through his floor boards from the Roman baths two storey's below.