Monday, July 3, 2023

2 July 2023 Chester: The River Dee Excursion

 


After the Zoo and some lunch back at the place we headed off to a boat excursion on the Dee River.  This trip was similar to our Windsor trip but the houses along the banks were on average much nicer.  The trip was for 45 minutes and we were happy to have the windows that we could open or close depending on the wind.  The river was very clean and the residences were all very upkept.  


Big places with a dock and a boat


The Queens Park bridge


Chester College


A wee little boat


Its your birthday!


She has a cake and a driver, not bad for being 62


We saw three or four different excursion boats




A very fancy foot bridge


To the queens park


And we are off!


Random turret #1


Think Pink


A cozy AirBnB


A wee ferry


Horse sense


House sense


Serious attention to the lawn


I would like to ride in this boat


A college building


A refreshing color


From the trees to the boat house to the glass in area of the house 


A boat shed for rowers


The row boats in the background


Just a canoe outside this one


Oddly overprotected by barbed wire


Maybe a bit too much for Leslie and Me


A wilder garden


A less wild garden


Dusted with sugar


Pulling out all the stops


Winner!



Four or five plastic rhinos were on this property


As well as a QE2 and a gargoyle


As well as an elephant, a peacock and a greek godess



A row of houses with different colored doors


When you want to bring your garden out for the weekend on the river


A foot paddle boat, rowing skull, a fishing boat and a floating restaurant all in one picture


Row!


The restaurant barge


Removing the skull from the water



Back in town


A town of many turrets


A quiet moment alone


The birds were spooked by the two youths


If you look close there is a man at tree height , top left side, who is walking on the top of the town walls


A picture postcard couple 


A john boat hot dogging with his boating skills


The old bridge


A salmon ladder


The weir dam



Windy a bit


The old walls are massive


Soon we will have our Sunday roast




It has been 1 year and 27 days since we began our Migration