Hanging out with Kathryn in Crewe, Liverpool, Chester and Nantwich
After we came back from Brilliant Berlin, we caught the train up North to Crewe to visit Kathryn (who's also doing the UK thing at the moment). We met her extended family and Barney, who fell in love with me and Tam. Me mostly. He kept jumping into our laps when we sat down and even woke us up by jumping up onto our bed in the mornings. Barney's a little dog, if you hadn't guessed.
Kathryn took us up to Chester (which was going to be their nation's capital but they changed their minds) for the day. Aside from having a cool name, Chester is the only town/city in England that still has its city walls.
Here is a shot of the second-most snapped clock in Britain, over the main street in Chester. I think the arch used to act as the main entrance into the town as it is part of the wall.
This is a cool view of the high street and the funky old buildings.
It was very cold and the sky was a shade of yuck. We tried to take a walk around the city along the top of the wall (as you an still do that), but managed to lose it somehow. Here's a pretty shot (minus the streetlamp and speed sign).
It' so cold even the ground has frozen!
This is not the main cathedral at Chester, which is constructed in the shape of a horizontal crucifix. I think this is the town hall or something. Still impressive though.
No, do not adjust your monitors! That's right, that's real snow. Falling in England (but not in London still... yet. Maybe tomorrow! ;) Yeah right). Spot the Australians who haven't seen snow before. After our trip to Chester, we came back to Crewe and went to this fantastic pub/restaurant called The Rising Sun for dinner with Kathryn and her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth could spy small snow flakes through the window outside, which she initially thought was bugs. So we high-tailed it outta the pub and out into the snow fall. Very very light fluffy snow.
Didn't taste like anything though.
Out at the local: this is at the Duke of Bridgewater. After a quick drink we "crawled" to The Earl, where I ordered three bourbon and cokes. They didn't have any bourbon or coke, so we ended up with three Jack Daniel's and Pepsis.
The next day we went to the home of the Beatles (and Harry Kewell, for those who care), Liverpool. This is their Radio Tower that we think looks like where the Jetsons live. Liverpool, as you can already see, is much more fun than London.
Outside Liverpool Lime St train station with the old buildings and museums.
Down at Albert Dock, which reminded us of Cockle Bay and Darling Harbour. You can see the nice Liverpool skyline in the back.
Some guy outside The Cavern Pub. This place is one of the most famous pubs in the world. The Beatles (and any other band that mattered in the day) used to play here all the time.
We came in for some Diesels (aka Snakebites - beer, cider and raspberry cordial) and to soak up the atmosphere and daydream about concerts that had been played here. (Yup, that's Jon Bon in the bottom-left corner. He played here too, as well as Bryan Adams, and the Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, BB King, Queen, Elton John, The Shadows and The Who).
Cool Yellow Submarine Jukebox!
We came back to Crewe and went out ten-pin bowling with Kathryn's family and then headed back over to The Duke where I spied this flyer posted up on the window of the pub. On one side in huge letters it says "WHO IS DES?" On the other side it has stuff like "CHEERS DES", "WE (HEART) DES" and "GO HOME WITH DES TONIGHT". Turns out that this was not in honour of me, but is part of the propaganda of the campaign to curb drinking driving.
"I'll be DES - The designated non-drinking driver"
We had a funny night that night, people were speaking French, got my ass kicked by some scary pool shark, and some other guy was trying to pick a fight. Had a nice new drinks as well, which Edge the barkeep let me try. It's called a Black Velvet and is half cider and half guinness. Creamily yummy.
We also visited upmarket Nantwich before we came back to London. I think I enjoy the villages more than the actual cities. It's like what real Britain is all about. We'll definitely go up again to visit you Kathryn. We had such a great time. Thanks alot :) We still have to check out Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and more!
Kathryn took us up to Chester (which was going to be their nation's capital but they changed their minds) for the day. Aside from having a cool name, Chester is the only town/city in England that still has its city walls.
Here is a shot of the second-most snapped clock in Britain, over the main street in Chester. I think the arch used to act as the main entrance into the town as it is part of the wall.
This is a cool view of the high street and the funky old buildings.
It was very cold and the sky was a shade of yuck. We tried to take a walk around the city along the top of the wall (as you an still do that), but managed to lose it somehow. Here's a pretty shot (minus the streetlamp and speed sign).
It' so cold even the ground has frozen!
This is not the main cathedral at Chester, which is constructed in the shape of a horizontal crucifix. I think this is the town hall or something. Still impressive though.
No, do not adjust your monitors! That's right, that's real snow. Falling in England (but not in London still... yet. Maybe tomorrow! ;) Yeah right). Spot the Australians who haven't seen snow before. After our trip to Chester, we came back to Crewe and went to this fantastic pub/restaurant called The Rising Sun for dinner with Kathryn and her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth could spy small snow flakes through the window outside, which she initially thought was bugs. So we high-tailed it outta the pub and out into the snow fall. Very very light fluffy snow.
Didn't taste like anything though.
Out at the local: this is at the Duke of Bridgewater. After a quick drink we "crawled" to The Earl, where I ordered three bourbon and cokes. They didn't have any bourbon or coke, so we ended up with three Jack Daniel's and Pepsis.
The next day we went to the home of the Beatles (and Harry Kewell, for those who care), Liverpool. This is their Radio Tower that we think looks like where the Jetsons live. Liverpool, as you can already see, is much more fun than London.
Outside Liverpool Lime St train station with the old buildings and museums.
Down at Albert Dock, which reminded us of Cockle Bay and Darling Harbour. You can see the nice Liverpool skyline in the back.
Some guy outside The Cavern Pub. This place is one of the most famous pubs in the world. The Beatles (and any other band that mattered in the day) used to play here all the time.
We came in for some Diesels (aka Snakebites - beer, cider and raspberry cordial) and to soak up the atmosphere and daydream about concerts that had been played here. (Yup, that's Jon Bon in the bottom-left corner. He played here too, as well as Bryan Adams, and the Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, BB King, Queen, Elton John, The Shadows and The Who).
Cool Yellow Submarine Jukebox!
We came back to Crewe and went out ten-pin bowling with Kathryn's family and then headed back over to The Duke where I spied this flyer posted up on the window of the pub. On one side in huge letters it says "WHO IS DES?" On the other side it has stuff like "CHEERS DES", "WE (HEART) DES" and "GO HOME WITH DES TONIGHT". Turns out that this was not in honour of me, but is part of the propaganda of the campaign to curb drinking driving.
"I'll be DES - The designated non-drinking driver"
We had a funny night that night, people were speaking French, got my ass kicked by some scary pool shark, and some other guy was trying to pick a fight. Had a nice new drinks as well, which Edge the barkeep let me try. It's called a Black Velvet and is half cider and half guinness. Creamily yummy.
We also visited upmarket Nantwich before we came back to London. I think I enjoy the villages more than the actual cities. It's like what real Britain is all about. We'll definitely go up again to visit you Kathryn. We had such a great time. Thanks alot :) We still have to check out Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and more!
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