Fruit picking at Chester

There was one good day, bright and peaceful. We all woke up early to celebrate the joyfulness. Sharp at 11 am, we departed from Newcastle to Chester. According to the navigator, we expected to arrive at 2 pm which then gave us two and a half hours to pick and pose.

There are a lot of fruits available at the farm. They are apples, pears, plums, and berries. The first row of plants we went was apple. There were a lot of apples, be it edible as raw or for cooking. We picked apples from the trees without hesitating. The apples were red and crunchy. We posed and jumped to take pictures. All were excited in photography rather than picking apples itself.

Finished with apples, we walked to berries field. There were a lot of berries and I could not remember which is which. The one that I know for sure, we picked blueberries, redcurrant, and raspberries. Only few berries were available at that autumn time as berries are good to harvest during summer.

Pears on the trees rather looked like golden bells on Christmas trees. With bright sunshine, the pears looked shiny and tempting. We plucked some from the trees and ate them fresh. They were sweet, crunchy,  and juicy.

We had not really seen plums as there were not a lot left on the trees. Same as damsons. When we arrived at the farm owner to pay for what we got, only then we saw damson. I took damson from the box and ate it just right in front of the uncle. He smiled to me and I dared not to say anything.

Finished with fruit picking, we went straight to Cheshire Oaks designer outlet for shopping time. I was too absorbed by the on going sale at every shop and boutique. What I had got were Verbena perfume and selected toiletries from Loccitaine, and an orange watch from Fossils. I wanted to see a lot but there were no time left as the shops closed at 7 pm and we were there at 5 pm and there are over 140 branded shops to browse.

I will definitely go shopping again!