Chester, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Imaginary Races in the rain
Jul 1, 2007

... also Nick and his family (Nick kindly sponsored our Cargill night out in Bangkok last year).  Saturday we are all due to go to Chester races.  Den and Jo are in the posh hospitality tent c/o Cargill or some supplier.  We are due to go in a ...

Home away from Home
May 28, 2007 (12 photos)

... Leigh, between Liverpool and Manchester. Having fun reminiscing with my cuz, we head out to explore the area. I drive us to Chester, a gorgeous little town on the Welsh border. It has Tudor style buildings, a medieval wall around the city and a beautiful ...

D-day cometh [aka Must. Pack. Argh.]
Jul 1, 2007

I have not packed, not even started, and my room is a complete tip. Ahh, nothing like the adrenaline rush that comes when you think you have some vital object safe in a box somewhere, only to discover it's nowhere to be found... In other news, what with ...

Begin here!
Jun 2, 2005

The Ethiopian election results have been postponed a month, and are now released on 8th July, instead of the day that we are due to arrive. Which is nice. To explain, Fred Siwak contacted me to ask if I could help him by taking some of his art to ...

Home home on the range
Aug 3, 2007

Travelled 2200km / 1370 miles over land, including a 65km trek. Plus flight of 390km. Highest point 4850m. Tally: - I only got lost once and that was in Abu Dhabi airport at the start of my trip. I lost my hat, momentarily, in the Himalayas and shortly ...

Feeling old
Apr 16, 2007 (3 photos)

Stop on the way with Tony and Kathy who are getting married shortly.  We went to uni with Tony and he hasn't changed a lot although he does have a scarily responsible job for Royal Mail.  Had our other uni mate Paul and his wife Sarah and new ...

Final entry
Aug 20, 2005

Total distance travelled - 12725km (equivalent of Washington DC to Cape Town)

Headless chicken comes good
Jun 26, 2007

It has involved a certain amount of flailing, but everything is coming together quite well: visa tomorrow [British floods permitting], the first night in Delhi is booked, Ethiad gives me a night in a hotel in Abu Dhabi on the way out, and I may not have ...

Chester
Aug 28, 2008 (37 photos)

Auntie Barbara picks us up and takes us into Chester for the day, Mom and Dad are off to see Auntie Shirl in Osset. Chester is just how I remember it it's such a neat place The Rows are stacked stores of all kinds, Chester is really busy, we've no rain ...

Another old city
Apr 11, 2008

Genug gelernt für eine Woche. Auf zur nächsten allgemeinbildenden Tour, nach Chester. Einer alten Römerstadt, mit dem größten Amphitheater Großbritanniens. Okay, das klingt wieder mal besser als es am Ende ist, denn auch wenn es das größ ...

Chester
Dec 3, 2006 (5 photos)

On our way down to Hereford we stopped in the Walled City of Chester. This is an old Roman Garrison that houses a combination of stone and Black and White buildings. We didn't have long here as we were delayed a couple of hours in the morning.

Start as you mean to go on
Feb 7, 2008

Up at the crack of dawn to start a long journey on transport that doesn't lend itself to comfortable sleep? Yup, that's what I'm talkin' about! (No cushy sleep-over in Abu Dhabi this time, dangit!) Minor excitement last night as I finished packing ...

Trip summary
May 6, 2008

8500km

Heating
Nov 21, 2007

Eine unserer Heizungen tropfte. Das fuehrt leider dazu, dass das ganze Heizungssystem Druck verliert und nicht mehr funktioniert. Schon nach zwei Tagen frieren und "ich seh meinen Atem, wenn ich nachts aufwache" hat sich der Installateur angemeldet. Ein ...

Family party
Sep 10, 2006 (2 photos)

Had a fabulous send off from all the family today even Sue (Sian's mum) managed to make it. The kids made a huge banner saying goodbye and even looked up goodbye in lots of languages to add to it. I managed to behave and not cry even though Grandma ...

Index
Jan 16, 2008

Click on the pretty pictures to go to the state/area you want to read about. (Admittedly, some of the entries aren't finished yet, but I'm working on it. There are gaps; if you reach an empty entry, that doesn't mean everything beyond that is blank.) ...

Pinch me!
Apr 9, 2006

One cold day in late January, I sat down to write a list for the Lonely Planet Bluelist Competition. I did enter in the hopes of winning, but to actually win is incredibly cool-scary. My list that won: Cloves drying on Pemba Island (Tanzania) ...

Chester/Wales
Sep 14, 2006 (5 photos)

... was sunny for the week that we were there, which is apparently unreal. After checking into our hotel, we briefly toured Chester cathedral before attending an evensong service at the same. Myself, an american southern methodist sitting next to a jew and ...

Planning
Feb 10, 2009

The planning is almost complete and so a travel blog is required. This is our first entry to try out this site....

Welcome to our blog
Mar 8, 2009

Hi all. One more week to go, welcome to our blog. You should hopefully be getting an email to let you know when we update our entries and add any photos.. let me know if you don't want to receive these. Apologies - we had some problems with email ...

That's all folks!
Jul 21, 2009

Well here we are, back in the UK for summer (wet & windy). It has been a fantastic trip, made even more special by some of the people we've met along the way (take a bow, you know who you are). We hope you have enjoyed sharing these places ...

Sold everything we own now, let's go!!!
Apr 8, 2008

Right, so we go back to England from USA and i went back to Airbus for a few months till we leave for our round the world trip again and manage to sell the house. That is done so have also arranged to get a pay off for leaving Airbus so helps with the ...

The Frog and the Nightingale, Chester, England
May 20, 2009 (55 photos)

... , with a smile on his face. What could be better in this kingdom tonight. It was a late night – I was the first to drop and get dead-tired. So I went to sleep, and Ur Anus answered in the missing phone ;D Thanks Chester for hosting our brilliant day.

Fond Farewell
Mar 15, 2006

Finished packing and was driven to Manchester to get my connecting flight to London. Said farewell to my family for the second time in 12 months, my mum welling up... I went through security, and began missing them already.... See you in 6 months guys ...

So Much Rome in Chester
Jul 22, 2005 (5 photos)

... city. it was a great walk and we had a great time exploring. for dinner we again ate at our newfound favourite pub in Chester, the same one as last night and this morning. our meals were, once again, excellent and we left with our tummies very happy. ...

Pre-departure practice
Jan 17, 2008

Compared to my last trip (also decided upon last-minute) I've given myself twice as much time to get everything sorted. Go me. I'm getting the Bangladesh visa in Kolkata, so visa-wise all I need is an Indian one. So again to the consulate in Birmingham ...

Hens Night
Sep 29, 2007

lucky

Going...going......
Jan 23, 2006

Just a bit of a try out really - and to get the first pins in the map! 28/01/06. Pick the hire car up from Liverpool John Lennon on Saturday morning - one way hire for £23 [a lot cheaper than the car park at LHR and no need to hassle friends/relatives ...

MEETING A COMBERBACH IN COMBERBACH VILLAGE!
Aug 29, 2009 (46 photos)

... some of the pieces for the service, we are so lucky to hear the organ being played.  We then head off to Chester.  It is a walled city.  It is very busy with tourists, apparently everyone comes here on the long weekends (Monday is a ...

Preparations...
Sep 28, 2007 (2 photos)

(21/9) Tickets have arrived (21/9) Ordered Footwear - delivery should be in a week or so: Beartooth Mid GTX (in Navy) http://www.columbia.com/Product.aspx?top=5&cat=510&p =5637 and Brazen casual (in Coal) http://www.columbia.com/Product.aspx?top ...