Tuesday 28 August 2012

A Different Look at Chester

Chester is a walled city. Surviving from Roman times the wall gives you great views of the city sights. It took us about an hour to stroll around.

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Just to the right of this arch were the stairs we climbed to get to the top of the wall.

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It was really early so there weren’t too many people out and about yet.

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Chester Cathedral. From around the other side we spied a squirrel playing under the trees. Alan got some pics of that. Funny, I always thought they were similar to our possums but the are much smaller, more like a kitten really.

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In some places the wall drops down to street level before rising back up again to protect the city from marauders.

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Across the River Dee.

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Built in 1503, hard to imagine it surviving that long. Obviously Chester doesn’t have the Dean Bros.

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We’ve completes the loop. This is looking in the opposite direction to the first picture, looking thought the decorative fret work. Off to Wales tomorrow.

1 comment:

Uniquely Yours Creations said...

It looks like you're both having a great time! Enjoy the rest of your vacation!!!