The Seal and the Stonemason - Chapter 1
Cheshire, historically, has been unremarkable as a county. Sitting in the armpit of north west England and Wales, she's bordered by five cousin counties and an estuarial ribbon known as the "Dee", which flows into Liverpool bay. It rains in the winter, and it rains in the summer. That's England, but it's especially true in Cheshire. Woe be the visitor expecting smiles and sunshine, though the trees grow tall, and the greens of the pastures stop only when they reach the rolling tides of the sea.
