118 Saturday 14 May Chester Castle.

 My next  choice  of  trip  was  a  chance  to  see  Chester  Castle  which  was  opening  up  to  the  public  for  a  redcoats  weekend.

We  took  the  train  via  Manchester  Victoria  where  Simon  performed  his  entry  for  the Manchester  Jazz  Festival. You  can  see  the  video  here.




We  admired  the  impressive  frontage  of  Chester  station.


We  went  straight  on  to  Chester  castle  via  the  town  wall.  The  video  we  made  can  be  found  here.


After   we  finished  filming  we  had  a  look  round  the  adjacent  military  museum.






The  guy  playing  a  Home  Guardsman  seemed  a  bit  narked  by  the  constant  Dad's  Army  remarks  so  we  didn't  snap  him. 

After  that,  we  went  for  lunch  at  the  Wetherspoon's  which  took  a  bit  of  finding.  We  then  went  to  Grosvenor  Park  to  film  a  miniature  railways  video  which  can  be  found  here.


We  then  began  our  journey  home.


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