Anglesey Menai Bridge walk Five miles.

A fine day in Wales, where can we go? as we needed to go to Bangor we decided to Park by Menai Bridge and do a local walk there. We decided to do the walk to Brittania Bridge. We set off over the bridge with stunning views down the Straits, then turned to go down into Menai Bridge to get down to the water, turning under the bridge the Straits were flowing very quickly and it would soon be high tide, before long we were  on the Belgian Promenade with that classic view of the bridge, then we proceeded past Church Island and up to the road, we decided to walk along the road to the other bridge and come back along the waters edge, when we reached our return path we thought we should go further and then come back under The Brittania Bridge so on we went. We then decided to go past our path and visit the Church and the Statue of Nelson on the Straits, we took photographs and then headed beck and were soon passing under the bridge where we found a seat and stopped for lunch. The path was then on a board walk through the woods and easy going along a fenced off path. The last field was a disaster very wet and boggy but we were soon through and then back along the road to the car.

Five miles around Chester

Saturday again, where can we go? Chester was the idea we came up with, at Tarvin we thought we had made the wrong decision but the queue soon vanished. Driving into Chester we noticed a new Aldi and Home Bargains on the right so when we got round the triangle we doubled back and parked there. Soon we were on the canal passing the Water works and then the old shot works. A new Waitrose appeared and a lot of new flats, wildlife everywhere. Before we new it we were at Gorse Stacks and soon we were on the walls. New offices had appeared by Gorse Stacks and some of the car parks had gone. The towpath was closed on the canal beneath the walls here. Soon we were passing the Race course, a funfair in situ complete with ice rink. Then we passed Chester Castle the car park below being full of cars and buses. Before long we were sitting by the river having our picnic and being serenaded by a Frenchman playing an accordion. When we were finished we walked along the river to the Boathouse pub, memories from the past, this was the place to be at night. Then up the road and soon we were back on the towpath heading for the car. A nice five mile walk but not one for a Saturday again, too many people.