HOLIDAY: Crowne Plaza (Chester)

As I couldn't think of anything I wanted for my birthday I asked Rose to take me back to Chester for a night. We pretty much did the same things we did last time we were in Chester, we stayed at the Crowne Plaza, we had our evening meal there, we went to Kuckoo for cocktails and we looked in the shops. 

We also went to the cathedral this time, which was quite good. To be honest cathedrals are quite catherdrally and once you've seen one, you've seen the vast majority of them. It was still nice to see the gothic carvings and stuff though, and we popped into the cathedral cafe for a panini (which wasn't bad).

There were quite a few TAG dealers in Chester we noticed this time (we had more time to go around the town this time) and I tried on three watches altogether. There was also a few other brands about and we saw the completely nuts Breitling Avanger Hurricane 50mm!

We also looked in Pia, and some other shops (including gazing longingly at the cakes in the window of Patisserie Valerie), but we didn't buy much. We also visited Hotel Chocolat and bought a few goodies there and then we went back to the hotel.

Rose went on the treadmill and I went for a swim (85 lengths in 30 mins this time) and then we went downstairs to dinner. We had burgers again, which were really nice and then we shared a blackcurrant bakewell. After that we toddled off to Kuckoo for cocktails, this time I had a Caramac (which had an actual Caramac bar stuck in it) and a Kuckoo Kolada again... although I have to say I think the Caramac came out on top. Rose had a Wham Bar Sling (with a Wham bar stuck in the top) and a Strawberry and Marshmallow Shhhwing, both of which were also very nice. Then, after a quick visit to a late opening Sainsbury's we headed back to the room to watch First Dates.

In the morning I went for another swim, although I could only manage 65 lengths this time as I was in a lot of pain with my back. At breakfast we saw our Welsh waitress from our last visit 'Aimee' who it turned out was leaving to be a P.A.

Oh yes, I almost forgot! On the way down we stopped at an ice cream parlour called 'Snugbury's' (actually it was more of a case of stopping for the loo and buying an ice cream for the use thereof...). The ice cream was nice (mint choc chip in a basic cone, would have preferred a waffle cone but you had to have two scoops and they were quite big), and in the field next door there was a huge straw sculpture of Peter Rabbit. Quite something!