January isn’t the best month for long, dark, rainy drives up the M6 so, having enjoyed a lovely Thai meal with friends in Chester, we stayed the night at one of our favourites: Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden.
The next morning we breakfasted well and, after a look around Hawarden’s St Deiniol’s church, headed into Chester and to its fine cathedral. A couple of hours later we were home, enriched by our morning’s wanderings.
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| Gladstone’s Library |
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| The west window, by Burne-Jones, in memory of Gladstone |
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| Chester Cathedral |
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| Looking towards the west window |
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| The ceiling above the choir |
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| Detail of the choir stalls |
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| The quirky carvings date from 1380 |
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| The organ |
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| What appear to be paintings on the north wall… |
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| …are in fact mosaics |