Day # 69 Chester, England to Flint, Wales

Remains of Flint Castle.

Departed the Ormond Guest House with a complimentary breakfast and a detailed set of routing instructions to navigate Chester’s rather complicated circular road arrangement. With several helpful re-confirmations picked up en route, I successfully picked up the most walker friendly road to Queen’s Ferry avoiding the dangerous dual carriage major roads. A couple of miles outside of Chester, I crossed the national border and entered Wales. Nothing too formal, just a simple sign at the road-side saying bilingually “welcome”.

          The heavy rain shower of early this morning had completely abated by the time I was on the road at 7.30am and the strong sunshine made it feel quite warm, forcing me to peel layers as I strode forth. Perhaps it was a lazy spring Sunday morning, but I decided to limit my walking distance today to just 20kms/12 miles and enjoy the charms of the industrial town of Flint/Fflint that lies along the banks of the Welsh side of the River Dee. Located an economical room, with self- catering included, for the night, in a local pub on the main street.

        Visited the ruins of Flint castle, built in the 13^th century as part of the defensive chain constructed by the English King Edward, to isolate and contain the Welsh threat---that threat still exists, of course---big time. On the rugby field of course!

20.0 kms. walked today per pedometer.                Cumulative kms. covered: 1662.2

Hours of walking today including rest stops: 5.0

Type of accommodation: Ship Inn Pub

Cost of bed & breakfast: pounds. 20.00, self-catering kitchen.

Please go to Flickr.com (traveller6666) to view pics of the walk.

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