Dark Chester tour [pictured above] shines a flickering candlelight into the darkest corners of Chester’s dark-tourism heritage. You may have already seen us walking around Chester, or previously joined us for a walk through the mists of dark history. But now it’s time to explore the city afresh. And, what’s more, we’re going even darker. For …
A summer assignment for Wanderlust Magazine took me on a slow-travel odyssey along the North Wales Way. It’s one of three new routes devised by Visit Wales to look afresh at regions most people think they already know. In terms of North Wales, visitors often drive from the North Wales border outside Chester …
A trip to Criccieth, the old-school seaside town in North Wales, earlier in the summer. The assignment for the i Newspaper formed part of a summer series about classic British resorts. The story was published last weekend and outlines ideas for a weekend away by the seaside, including a visit to Criccieth’s historic castle [pictured …
Image: Stuart Robinson Photography [www.stuartrobinson.photography] Dark Chester ran some special walking tours as part of the Chester Heritage Festival this month. Each time, we finished the regular tour by doing something we’ve ever done before: going into a Chester building to hear a spooky story first hand. First up was a visit to the restaurant …