We had just finished breakfast when Diana noticed the hire boat that had passed earlier had stopped for water at the next bridge, marked on the map with W. So we chugged by and waited in the lock for them, they didn’t realise we were waiting so dropped onto the 48 hr moorings for one of the kids to have a shower, Diana walked back and they joined us all the way into Chester.
One of the unusual things about this stretch of canal are the old lock access ladders right in the mouth of the lock so you could climb off the bows of a barge to work the lock.
The water tower doesn’t stand out so much as you approach Chester as the trees have grown up. but looking back the birds were making good use of the aerials.
In Chester its self there are some large pipes running along the towpath taking up a few moorings, I don’t know if they are water or sewage.
There were 3 or 4 mooring spots free between Bridges 123E and 123D so we carried on to the winding hole before mooing, the fist spot was too short right in front of the Lock Keepers Inn and the next too shallow, we were still a good two foot from the edge so it was up nearer Bridge 123D and this just left space for the next boat down the locks to moor.
Today’s Journey
2¼ Miles 5 locks in 2 hours
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