First job this morning was a trip the M&S to pick up our two Sushi surprise bags for lunch today, these were £5 each reduced from £15 from “Too good to go”. We were back on the boat ready to set off at 10am from our mooring by Cow Bridge.
There were a couple of boats moored just through the bridge and we made our way down below the city walls .
Bit of a delay at the staircase locks as a boat was already in the middle chamber and had drawn the top one down when we arrived. I was able to walk down and drain the chambers behind them as they came up. We had quite a crowd around us as we locked down and one chap was more than happy helping to push gates open and closed. The moorings below the locks were full so I good job we didn’t try going down there to moor yesterday .
This is the second Steam powered Narrowboat we have seen this trip.
It looks as if they are laying a new water main parallel to the canal and excavation work is going on at several points on the route.
This chap seemed quite pleased to have his photograph taken .
We passed the boat that we shared to locks with the other day down into Chester on its new moorings. Its quite a peaceful stretch of canal until you reach the motorways at the Ellesmere Port end. One thing I didn’t expect to see today was this Baluga, I thought all the Airbus parts construction in the UK had ended a few years back. This flew almost right over my head coming straight along the canal, this was the best shot I managed to get.
There was already two boats moored at the port so just enough room for us for the night. Tomorrow morning we have a survey to see if we are safe to go on the Ship Canal to the river Weaver but that wont be for a couple of days yet.
Today’s Journey
8¾ miles with 3 locks in 3¾ hours
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