Windermere - Chester.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. [Monday] SEPT. 27, 1909 [September 27, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy & cool with rain at morn & eve.
Took a walk about Windermere
village in forenoon. Bought a couple
of books (Robinson Crusoe & Jungle Book)
and went through large nurseries where
I saw many interesting plants & the
strangest mixture of things in full bloom
among them roses of many kinds, including
pink & crimson ramblers & rugosa, purple 
clematis, lupins both blue & white, phlox,
[?] wild asters, heather of several
varieties. The roses included many which
with us cease blooming before July. There 
were simply bushels of the flowers. Bluebirds
very numerous in this garden. Also Robins.
  We took 2.20 train south changing
once & reaching Chester at 6.10 & joining
Miss Allyn there. It was a gloomy 
ride. Saw Gulls by hundreds in hilly
pastures. Also many Lapwings.
[margin]We have taken rooms at Blossom's Hotel, comfortable but second class.[/margin]

Chester.
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. [Tuesday] SEPT. 28, 1909 [September 28, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy & cool with occasional showers.
Little or no wind. They rarely seem to have
any really strong wind in England, at least
at this time of the year. Since I landed on
August 5 there has been only two or three
windy days & these not excessively so. 
  Spent forenoon in hotel, writing
letters & talking with the ladies of our party.
  We were all out in afternoon, singly
& in couples, in shopping district, meeting
one another repeatedly by chance & finally
by appointment at 4 P.M. at Cathedral.
It is an impressive & beautiful cathedral
if somewhat less so than several others.
  We had afternoon tea in a most
attractive lunch room in the arcade.
Miss Allyn bought a big kit bag for
her nephew. I made no purchases.
We had reading aloud in one of our
bed chambers in the evening. After that
[margin]I sat up late in smoke room downstairs talking with two Englishmen 
one a rank liberal[/margin]