Chester Another beautiful old walled city, southeast of Liverpool
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Love these narrow canal boats | | We saw these fire assembly points EVERYWHERE in England. Obviously some overdone government regulation. |
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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. |
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Along the city wall | | The Dee river in Chester |
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| | The horse racing track |
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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 |
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| | This boat was actually the one associated with the Mill Hotel, where we stayed |
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On the way to Conwy Castle in Wales - another castle visible in the hills | | Heading up the castle walls |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1434.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1442.jpg) | 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 |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3928.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3930.jpg) | Lots of places that you needed to be careful! | | Picnicking in the castle |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3934.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1515.jpg) | | | We waited a long time, until nobody but Kenny was on this tower |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3966.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1543.jpg) | All the road signs were in Welsh first, then English | | Along the canal in Chester |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3968.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1545.jpg) | | | The Chester Cathedral had a Lego exhibit, and was building a Lego reproduction of the cathedral to raise money |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1546.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1554.jpg) | The Titanic, in Lego | | The beginning of the Chester Cathedral, in Lego. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1555.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3977.jpg) | 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 |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3978.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3980.jpg) | These gentlemen buskers sang really well | | The Central Perk, based on the tv show Friends! Unfortunately, they had just gone out of business. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3981.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3983.jpg) | 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 |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3990.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3991.jpg) | 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 |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3994.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_4000.jpg) | A very pretty bird - the Moorhen | | Helping a lady get through the locks |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_4002.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1571.jpg) | | | At a playground very close to our hotel - the kids loved it |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1575.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1576.jpg) | This piece of playground equipment went up and down and around like an amusement park ride. | | | | | | | | | | |