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The Eastgate Clock

Posted in around the UK, cities and towns of the UK, Domesday Villages of England, Historical, project 101, Travel, tagged baby boomers travelling, Eastgate Clock Chester, explore England, project 101, Roman cities of England, Roman city walls in Chester, solo travel, travel writing on March 12, 2018| 1 Comment »

I spent a couple of days in Chester last week and finally got to see the Eastgate Clock.

I’ve often seen photos of the clock on the internet; on instagram and travel sites, but didn’t realise at the time that the clock resides on the actual Roman city walls.

The Eastgate Clock in Chester

When I arrived in Chester on Wednesday, the first thing I did was walk into the city to see the clock. It was quite late and already dark, so all I managed to do was take a couple of very dark images.

The following day, at the Tourist information office is when I discovered to my delight that it was situated right above the city walls, and a walk around the city walls was on my list of things to do.

How amazing it was to not only see the clock up close, but to be able to walk along the beautifully preserved walls, along which Roman soldiers had once tramped in their leather sandals.

Roman city walls in Chester

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Wise Pilgrim’s Guide Map

Posted in Camino 2018, European travels, Fun Stuff, Historical, My European travels, project 101, walk 1000 miles 2017, tagged Camino de Santiago, camino routes in Spain, Wise Pilgrim's Guide map on March 12, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Whoo hoo, my Camino map arrived. It shows all the different Camino routes in Spain and from beyond the borders ; its stunning.

Looking at the map I’m made aware of the fact that despite having walked 240kms from Porto in Portugal to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, my route really was just a very very short distance in comparison to many of the others.