A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

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.

next album: Conwy, Holyhead and the Ferry to Ireland - 21st December 2015
previous album: A London Lunch, Borough, Southwark - 15th December 2015

A crowded party room, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A crowded party room

A table heaped with party food, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A table heaped with party food

Harry roams around, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Harry roams around

Harry looks up, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Harry looks up

Isobel gets a go of Bob, the fluffy cat, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Isobel gets a go of Bob, the fluffy cat

Fred at Corley Services on the M6, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred at Corley Services on the M6

Harry and Isobel get some dirty road food, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Harry and Isobel get some dirty road food

Corley link bridge probably looked modern once, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Corley link bridge probably looked modern once

Traffic thunders by on the M6, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Traffic thunders by on the M6

The almost derelict and forgotten link bridge, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The almost derelict and forgotten link bridge

The M6 and Corley Services, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The M6 and Corley Services

There's mould and all sorts going on, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

There's mould and all sorts going on

The link bridge from outside, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The link bridge from outside

Fred poses at a window, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred poses at a window

Fred tries a ride out, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred tries a ride out

Isobel looks over by some non-standard phone boxes, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Isobel looks over by some non-standard phone boxes

Fred waves as he bounces around, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred waves as he bounces around

The boys bounce around, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The boys bounce around

The boys just love to mess around in hotel beds, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The boys just love to mess around in hotel beds

Some sort of making occurs, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Some sort of making occurs

The boys slurp on slushies, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The boys slurp on slushies

Harry in the Premier Inn restaurant, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Harry in the Premier Inn restaurant

Fred and Isobel, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred and Isobel

Corridors like every other Premier Inn, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Corridors like every other Premier Inn

Twisty stairs, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Twisty stairs

The gang heads off to breakfast, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The gang heads off to breakfast

Sunrise over Chester, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Sunrise over Chester

Gabes eats a pastry, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Gabes eats a pastry

The boys run around near the exit, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The boys run around near the exit

There's a little time to do some more bed bouncing, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

There's a little time to do some more bed bouncing

A crennelated wall, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A crennelated wall

We trundle up some wet stairs into Chester, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

We trundle up some wet stairs into Chester

Fred and Isobel wander up Grosvenor Street, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred and Isobel wander up Grosvenor Street

A Chester timbered building, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A Chester timbered building

Some stone gargoyles, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Some stone gargoyles

Harry and Fred come down the stairs, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Harry and Fred come down the stairs

Up above street level, the boys run around, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Up above street level, the boys run around

The upstairs pavement on Grosvenor Street, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The upstairs pavement on Grosvenor Street

Fred does some drawing, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred does some drawing

Grosvenor Street and a pair of K6 phone boxes, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Grosvenor Street and a pair of K6 phone boxes

A poster of David Dockney in the style of Hitler, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A poster of David Dockney in the style of Hitler

Harry points at stuff, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Harry points at stuff

A Chester shopping arcade, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A Chester shopping arcade

Hanging around outside the optician's, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Hanging around outside the optician's

A Christmas tree made up of huge silver balls, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A Christmas tree made up of huge silver balls

Fred and Harry do some drawing, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred and Harry do some drawing

Reflections in silver baubles, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Reflections in silver baubles

An old woman comes to see the boys drawing, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

An old woman comes to see the boys drawing

Fred and his book, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred and his book

The top end of Grosvenor Street, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The top end of Grosvenor Street

Walking on wet flagstones, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Walking on wet flagstones

A giant elf is handing out mysterious glasses, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A giant elf is handing out mysterious glasses

Isobel at a sweet stall in the indoor market, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Isobel at a sweet stall in the indoor market

Fred does more drawing as we buy Cheshire cheese, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred does more drawing as we buy Cheshire cheese

Harry and Fred look at a Lego frieze of Chester, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Harry and Fred look at a Lego frieze of Chester

And the walls came tumbling down, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

And the walls came tumbling down

Chester indoor market, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Chester indoor market

A thousand buttons, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A thousand buttons

A Chester button stall, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A Chester button stall

More details in the Lego Chester, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

More details in the Lego Chester

The Lego version of Grosvenor Street, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The Lego version of Grosvenor Street

Fruit and Veg stalls in Chester market, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fruit and Veg stalls in Chester market

A Christmas Tree display in Chester Cathedral, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A Christmas Tree display in Chester Cathedral

Massive Victorian radial-fin radiator, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Massive Victorian radial-fin radiator

An old depiction of Moses, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

An old depiction of Moses

The nave of Chester Catherdral, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The nave of Chester Catherdral

Fred lights a votive candle, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred lights a votive candle

Striking modern stained glass, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Striking modern stained glass

Dickens' A Christmas Carol in model form, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Dickens' A Christmas Carol in model form

The Three Wise Men, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The Three Wise Men

Chester Cathedral's Lego version of itself, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Chester Cathedral's Lego version of itself

Fred and Harry buy some bricks to contribute, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred and Harry buy some bricks to contribute

The Lego Chester Cathedral, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The Lego Chester Cathedral

The cathedral organ, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The cathedral organ

The mystery of the free glasses is revealed, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The mystery of the free glasses is revealed

Harry tries his glasses on, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Harry tries his glasses on

More Christmas trees in the cloisters, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

More Christmas trees in the cloisters

A cool beer-can bauble, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A cool beer-can bauble

The cathedral refectory, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

The cathedral refectory

Harry adds to his book, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Harry adds to his book

Fred and Isobel in the Refectory, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

Fred and Isobel in the Refectory

A heaving Eastgate, and the Eastgate Clock, A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015

A heaving Eastgate, and the Eastgate Clock

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A crowded party room

A crowded party room

A table heaped with party food

Harry roams around

Harry looks up

Isobel gets a go of Bob, the fluffy cat

Fred at Corley Services on the M6

Harry and Isobel get some dirty road food

Corley link bridge probably looked modern once

Traffic thunders by on the M6

The almost derelict and forgotten link bridge

The M6 and Corley Services

There's mould and all sorts going on

The link bridge from outside

Fred poses at a window

Fred tries a ride out

Isobel looks over by some non-standard phone boxes

Fred waves as he bounces around

The boys bounce around

The boys just love to mess around in hotel beds

Some sort of making occurs

The boys slurp on slushies

Harry in the Premier Inn restaurant

Fred and Isobel

Corridors like every other Premier Inn

Twisty stairs

The gang heads off to breakfast

Sunrise over Chester

Gabes eats a pastry

The boys run around near the exit

There's a little time to do some more bed bouncing

A crennelated wall

We trundle up some wet stairs into Chester

Fred and Isobel wander up Grosvenor Street

A Chester timbered building

Some stone gargoyles

Harry and Fred come down the stairs

Up above street level, the boys run around

The upstairs pavement on Grosvenor Street

Fred does some drawing

Grosvenor Street and a pair of K6 phone boxes

A poster of David Dockney in the style of Hitler

Harry points at stuff

A Chester shopping arcade

Hanging around outside the optician's

A Christmas tree made up of huge silver balls

Fred and Harry do some drawing

Reflections in silver baubles

An old woman comes to see the boys drawing

Fred and his book

The top end of Grosvenor Street

Walking on wet flagstones

A giant elf is handing out mysterious glasses

Isobel at a sweet stall in the indoor market

Fred does more drawing as we buy Cheshire cheese

Harry and Fred look at a Lego frieze of Chester

And the walls came tumbling down

Chester indoor market

A thousand buttons

A Chester button stall

More details in the Lego Chester

The Lego version of Grosvenor Street

Fruit and Veg stalls in Chester market

A Christmas Tree display in Chester Cathedral

Massive Victorian radial-fin radiator

An old depiction of Moses

The nave of Chester Catherdral

Fred lights a votive candle

Striking modern stained glass

Dickens' A Christmas Carol in model form

The Three Wise Men

Chester Cathedral's Lego version of itself

Fred and Harry buy some bricks to contribute

The Lego Chester Cathedral

The cathedral organ

The mystery of the free glasses is revealed

Harry tries his glasses on

More Christmas trees in the cloisters

A cool beer-can bauble

The cathedral refectory

Harry adds to his book

Fred and Isobel in the Refectory

A heaving Eastgate, and the Eastgate Clock