title A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015 intro There's a party round Rachel's, then on the following day we're off on day one of a two-day amble to Dublin, via a Premier Inn near Chester. imgc0484 A crowded party room imgc0485 A table heaped with party food imgc0486 Harry roams around imgc0489 Harry looks up imgc0495 Isobel gets a go of Bob, the fluffy cat imgc0496 Fred at Corley Services on the M6 imgc0497 Harry and Isobel get some dirty road food imgc0498 The forgotten link bridge over the M6 imgc0499 Corley link bridge probably looked modern once imgc0500 Traffic thunders by on the M6 imgc0502 More M6 action imgc0503 The almost derelict and forgotten link bridge imgc0506 The M6 and Corley Services imgc0507 There's mould and all sorts going on imgc0511 The link bridge from outside imgc0513 Fred poses at a window imgc0514 Fred tries a ride out imgc0516 Isobel looks over by some non-standard phone boxes imgc0519 Fred waves as he bounces around imgc0520 The boys bounce around imgc0522 The boys just love to mess around in hotel beds imgc0525 Some sort of making occurs imgc0526 The boys slurp on slushies imgc0527 Harry in the Premier Inn restaurant imgc0528 Fred and Isobel imgc0529 Corridors like every other Premier Inn imgc0531 Twisty stairs imgc0532 The gang heads off to breakfast imgc0533 Sunrise over Chester imgc0536 Gabes eats a pastry imgc0537 The boys run around near the exit imgc0538 There's a little time to do some more bed bouncing imgc0540 A crennelated wall imgc0541 The gang trundles up some wet stairs imgc0542 Grosvenor Street in Chester imgc0543 Fred and Isobel wander up Grosvenor Street imgc0544 Chester timbered building imgc0546 Some stone gargoyles imgc0547 Harry and Fred come down the stairs imgc0548 Up above street level, the boys run around imgc0549 The upstairs pavement on Grosvenor Street imgc0550 Fred does some drawing imgc0552 Grosvenor Street and a pair of K6 phone boxes imgc0553 A poster of David Dockney in the style of Hitler imgc0554 Harry points at stuff imgc0555 A Chester shopping arcade imgc0557 Hanging around outside the optician's imgc0558 A Christmas tree made up of huge silver balls imgc0560 Fred and Harry do some drawing imgc0561 Reflections in silver baubles imgc0566 An old woman comes to see the boys drawing imgc0568 Fred and his book imgc0571 The top end of Grosvenor Street imgc0572 Walking on wet flagstones imgc0573 A giant elf is handing out mysterious glasses imgc0574 Isobel at a sweet stall in the indoor market imgc0576 Fred does more drawing as we buy Cheshire cheese imgc0578 Harry and Fred look at a Lego frieze of Chester imgc0579 And the walls came tumbling down imgc0580 Chester indoor market imgc0581 A thousand buttons imgc0582 A Chester button stall imgc0584 More details in the Lego Chester imgc0585 The Lego version of Grosvenor Street imgc0586 Fruit and Veg stalls in Chester market imgc0587 A Christmas Tree display in Chester Cathedral imgc0588 Massive Victorian radial-fin radiator imgc0589 An old depiction of Moses imgc0591 The nave of Chester Catherdral imgc0593 Fred lights a votive candle imgc0594 Striking modern stained glass imgc0596 Dickens' A Christmas Carol in model form imgc0598 The Three Wise Men imgc0599 Chester Cathedral's Lego version of itself imgc0601 Fred and Harry buy some bricks to contribute imgc0607 The Lego Chester Cathedral imgc0609 The cathedral organ imgc0612 The mystery of the free glasses is revealed imgc0613 Harry tries his glasses on imgc0615 More Christmas trees in the cloisters imgc0616 A cool beer-can bauble imgc0617 The cathedral refectory imgc0618 Harry adds to his book imgc0619 Fred and Isobel in the Refectory imgc0620 Eastgate, and the Eastgate Clock