Chester

Chester Another beautiful old walled city, southeast of Liverpool

Love these narrow canal boats		We saw these fire assembly points EVERYWHERE in England. Obviously some overdone government regulation.


A pigeon house very close to our hotel, that marked the spot where we would get off the town wall to walk to our hotel		View from the Eastgate tower. It was quite busy when we first walked there, but everything shut down tight around 5 PM - first time I've seen that in England.


Along the city wall		The Dee river in Chester


		The horse racing track


These black and white houses were very popular in medieval Chester, but more of these are Victorian reproductions		On the city wall, looking down at the Shropsire Union canal


		This boat was actually the one associated with the Mill Hotel, where we stayed


On the way to Conwy Castle in Wales - another castle visible in the hills		Heading up the castle walls





Conwy castle is a very typical looking, sand-castle type castle		There were almost no intact interior rooms with ceilings, but the towers were fun to climb into


Kenny, working on the treasure hunt








Lots of places that you needed to be careful!		Picnicking in the castle


		We waited a long time, until nobody but Kenny was on this tower


Usually it was like this:


Castle interior		At the shore - lots of crab pots


Fishing for crab		View into back yards from the town walls





All the road signs were in Welsh first, then English		Along the canal in Chester


		The Chester Cathedral had a Lego exhibit, and was building a Lego reproduction of the cathedral to raise money


The Titanic, in Lego		The beginning of the Chester Cathedral, in Lego.


For 1 pound, you could put in a lego piece.		A fancy hand-washing station - first water comes out, then soap, then a blast of hot air


These gentlemen buskers sang really well		The Central Perk, based on the tv show Friends! Unfortunately, they had just gone out of business.


Some of the "rows" - the upper story of the shopping arcades.		I found this strange - there were a tremendous amount of charity shops - second hand stores, raising money for various charities. I had no idea why there were so many, and right next to oneanother


More locks


The Chester Shot Tower - where they used to drop molten lead to make perfectly spherical shot. It was in use until 2001!		More canal-side shots


A very pretty bird - the Moorhen		Helping a lady get through the locks





		At a playground very close to our hotel - the kids loved it


This piece of playground equipment went up and down and around like an amusement park ride.