A Visit from Sam, Amy and George.

 Saturday 23rd July 2022 in Chester.

Today we had a visit from M's nephew Sam, with Amy, his wife, and ten month old George.

They now live locally, having moved up here from Reigate. It was great to see them and to meet George for the first time. After a guided tour of MM, we sat down for lunch in relays so that there was always one of us keeping an eye on George who was very mobile and curious about his new surroundings.

George is the youngest child we have had on MM! Naturally, we don't have any toys suitable for such a young lad on board. So, several wooden and plastic kitchen implements were co-opted and proved to be very popular; he particularly enjoyed banging the coasters together!

George behaved impeccably and was very smiley. It was so nice to see the three of them and have a catch-up over lunch.

It was soon time for George's afternoon nap so the three of them set off home.  This is our last full day in Chester. so we wandered back into the city to pick up something from M&S which we had ordered online, only to discover that it had been delayed and would not now arrive until next week - when we shall be long gone.

Instead, we wandered around looking at the lovely old buildings, like this one dated 1395!

Although not everything is what it seems to be. This splendid example looked really old but is actually dated 1888. The Victorians were very good at "faux"!

Chester is famous for "The Rows" where two shops are built one on top of the other as can be seen in the photographs above and below. Wandering along the upper level is always most enjoyable.

The shop "To Let" on the right is Ye Olde Boot Pub, now sadly closed.

"The Rows" extend along most of Eastgate Street and all down Bridge Street.

 Finally, we returned to MM via the Roman Wall past the Eastgate Clock.

MM's last day off as we leave Chester tomorrow morning.