Chester (Visit Hawarden)
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] SEPT. 29, 1909 [September 29, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
  Cloudy with a few brief intervals
of sunshine. Calm. Rather warm.
C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] went to Liverpool at
9 A.M. returning to lunch. Mrs. Allyn,
Miss Howard & I started out at 10.15
We went first to St John's church
partly a ruin, most picturesque,
partly rebuilt about some fine
Norman arched interior. Robins &
Starlings singing in churchyard. Next
to the arcades where I bought some
books, neckties & shirts & saw some of
the old timber houses again. 
In P.M. (2.45 - 4.45) C., E.R.S., Miss H.
& I went to Hawarden in a motor.
It is a most beautiful place the 
old ruined castle especially interesting,
the park grounds hilly with noble trees
& a big "clanging" rookery near the newer
castle. Fully 500 Rooks & Jackdaws there.
[?] of Mallards in little pond. 
[margin]Great numbers of Gulls & Lapwings in fields along road.[/margin]

Chester. (Trip to "Cranford")
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] SEPT. 30, 1909 [September 30, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy, calm, cool.
  Spent entire forenoon shopping.
Bought a beautiful old English colored print
(285), a number of brass hooks, a small
kit bag (125), 6 hot water jars, 4
neckties, 2 copper cans for hot water.
  We all went to Cheshire R.R. station
at 2 P.M. to find we had made mistake
in time of train for Knutsford = "Cranford".
  We had to wait over 2 hours finally starting
at 4.10 & arriving at 5.17. Got Victoria &
drove about town visiting Mrs. Gaskyll's [Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell]
house, her grave in Unitarian church yard
& the old inn where she went to balls etc.
  Had supper in a new tea room, temperance 
house where they gave us delicious cakes,
scones, tarts & other food. Took 7.15 train
back to Chester arriving about 8.20.
Saw fully 500 Lapwings in one field of
about 6 acres.