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A weekend break in Chester

   A friend of mine from Chester recently started talking about her home town during a dinner party recently, and by the end of the discussion I was sold on a visit to her city!

So on the 18th of October, for £14 one-way, £28 return I had a cheap but windowless 2hr40min train ride, first with Virgin from Euston with a change in Crewe to Arriva, which was easy to manage.

A different way to enjoy Cumbria

We were invited up to Cumbria for a team away day last week and were looking forward to an easy day out. A few hours later, we were hanging off the edge of a cliff with a sheer drop of several hundred yards below us. We were doing the Via Ferrata, accessible from the slate mine near Honister Pass. The activity is a mix between hiking and climbing - everyone is strapped to a steel rope with a harness and two clips - which is quite consoling when you're looking into the abyss. Definitely a fun and challenging day out, with amazing views over the valleys and lakes over the Northern Lake District. The day can be rounded off with a tour of the slate mine, one of the last working mines in England with a fascinating history.

 

More info on www.honister.com.

 

Enjoy England Explorer: Anke Suessmann

Editor's adventures - The witches of Pendle

"What's that over the hill?" asked Ian. I turned my gaze from the fields below and squinted at the bright April sky. Four small but distinct shapes were visible, silhouetted against the clouds. Soaring over the hill's brow the dark figures danced and weaved catching the wind's currents and then dropped down to the valley below.