Day 81 - Chester rest day !

Yes I know its only been 3 days since our last rest day but this one was needed for a number og reasons 1) to give us time to work out an escape route out of Chester and into the peak district 2) I needed disc pads (non existing brakes) for my rear wheel and Kev needed a mew tyre 3) We were buggered after our late arrival and had no time to look around this beautiful city !

One of the best preserved walled cities in Britain Chester has many restored medieval buildings yet a modern sense of purpose. Nearly 2,000 years old Chester owes its existence to the Romans who set up base here in AD 79 !

After seeking out a bike shop to get a new tyre and brake pads we wandered back through the lovely streets just in time to watch the town crier do his midday thing ! Unfortunately for me i was part of the act getting dragged in to film the crowd as the crier got the crowd to wave towards my camera while filming !

Left to our own devices Kev wandered until he dropped while i took in the city walls for great views of Chester, the Cathedral and the River Dee.

On our agenda also was to find info to assist our way out with the net indicating that the Cheshire cycleway passes through Chester even though the tourist info people knew nothing of it !

Some time was spent in the afternoon working on our bikes I.e when Kev could actually remember where the bikes where in the maze of our hotel !

All done and a bit of relaxing before we wandered back into town for dinner this time Indian - the 2nd time on tour for H !

Having sighted some city cycling maps we have a degree of confidence (about 1%) in getting out of the city without incident !