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Friday 27.05.2011 - we reached Chester late afternoon and found our digs, the Bridge Hotel and checked in.
The parking for the bikes was around the back via a narrow, cobblestoned alleyway beside the hotel that was covered with moss and very slippery. As Greg said 'good location for bike dropping me thinks.'
After safely negotiating the alleyway we secured the bikes, ditched our gear and headed off for a walk around town. Chester is famous for two things, (that we know of anyway). The first is its Tudor style architecture.
The Tudor architecture is magnificent and many buildings date from the 16th century with some older still. They are of course, listed with the National Trust and therefore heritage protected.
The second is its wall which completely surrounds the town.
We decided to walk the wall around the entire town. We set off full of beans but after 3/4 of the way around we were tuckered out, or "walled out" as Kerrie put it, so we left the wall behind and found somewhere to eat.
After eating Kerrie decided we needed to find a hole in the wall to top up our cash reserves. Looking, looking, looking - no hole in the wall. Dispair! She then spied the 'Tardis' (for younger readers the 'Tardis' is a red telephone box that is really Dr Who's time machine and its name stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space aka Tardis). After a serious warning from Greg not to mess with the unknown and to be extra careful because if she entered the Tardis she might emerge in ancient Troy with Brad PITT (not a bad option says Kerrie) or on some distant planet in the future being pursued by Dialeks, she insisted on having her way! Luckily for her the Tardis was mascarading today as an ATM - it even dispensed real money!
Before leaving the wall, we discovered that during the English civil war Chester had remained loyal to King Charles and the town had been beseiged by Cromwell's roundheads, with the wall forming the defensive perimeter before the city finally fell.
In the morning the dreaded alley way leading from the car park was even more slippery due to overnight rain. Remembering that Greg said the alleyway was a prime 'drop bike' location, Kerrie carried the two panniers to the front of the hotel so Greg could ride the gauntlet with minimum weight. It worked a treat as he managed to negotiate the alleyway with ease; Chris did likewise.
On leaving Chester we set off for Padgett's in Batley. Who or what is Padgett's you say? Well, you will have to read the next entry to find out!
The parking for the bikes was around the back via a narrow, cobblestoned alleyway beside the hotel that was covered with moss and very slippery. As Greg said 'good location for bike dropping me thinks.'
After safely negotiating the alleyway we secured the bikes, ditched our gear and headed off for a walk around town. Chester is famous for two things, (that we know of anyway). The first is its Tudor style architecture.
The Tudor architecture is magnificent and many buildings date from the 16th century with some older still. They are of course, listed with the National Trust and therefore heritage protected.
The second is its wall which completely surrounds the town.
We decided to walk the wall around the entire town. We set off full of beans but after 3/4 of the way around we were tuckered out, or "walled out" as Kerrie put it, so we left the wall behind and found somewhere to eat.
After eating Kerrie decided we needed to find a hole in the wall to top up our cash reserves. Looking, looking, looking - no hole in the wall. Dispair! She then spied the 'Tardis' (for younger readers the 'Tardis' is a red telephone box that is really Dr Who's time machine and its name stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space aka Tardis). After a serious warning from Greg not to mess with the unknown and to be extra careful because if she entered the Tardis she might emerge in ancient Troy with Brad PITT (not a bad option says Kerrie) or on some distant planet in the future being pursued by Dialeks, she insisted on having her way! Luckily for her the Tardis was mascarading today as an ATM - it even dispensed real money!
Before leaving the wall, we discovered that during the English civil war Chester had remained loyal to King Charles and the town had been beseiged by Cromwell's roundheads, with the wall forming the defensive perimeter before the city finally fell.
In the morning the dreaded alley way leading from the car park was even more slippery due to overnight rain. Remembering that Greg said the alleyway was a prime 'drop bike' location, Kerrie carried the two panniers to the front of the hotel so Greg could ride the gauntlet with minimum weight. It worked a treat as he managed to negotiate the alleyway with ease; Chris did likewise.
On leaving Chester we set off for Padgett's in Batley. Who or what is Padgett's you say? Well, you will have to read the next entry to find out!
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