As we come out of another lockdown, Chester veterans took advantage to feel some fresh air and have a ‘knock’ (in a group of six of course).

Lovely autumn sunshine, leaves turning, hoops being run, lawns being maintained … all’s well with the world ?

Lovely afternoon (7th Oct) , for once there were more holes in the ground than in my play but croquet continues in between essential lawn maintenance tasks and the obvious disciplined social distancing.

Lovely afternoon (7th Oct) , for once there were more holes in the ground than in my play but croquet continues in between essential lawn maintenance tasks and the obvious disciplined social distancing.

Fed up of M6 Traffic Jams? – Travel the Chester Way

High flying Chester club was thinking ( laterally and vertically ) of ways to make next season even more exciting. Why not take a seaplane trip from the River Dee up to the estuary of the River Crake to play the eponymous club? Or a helicopter ride to Pendle to avoid both the M6 and the M65?

As a winter social outing, 18 members of Chester club visited the Aviation Park at near by Broughton to learn more about the airfield where Wellington bombers were assembled in WW2 and now a whole variety of planes are parked. The privately owned small planes and helicopters we expected but were staggered to discover the airfield was a dumping ground for a multitude of planes from the former USSR. Some were complete but others were in bits.

In the Spring we are planning a second Broughton outing – to see and learn about the 21st century technology used in the manufacture of Airbus wings.

Not sure it will improve our croquet but it was good fun”