Leaving Chester we have the delight of cruising alongside part of the city walls.
Northgate staircase lock ahead..
looking back towards the city.
Hewn out of solid rock, these three staircase locks lower the canal by 33 feet.
Before we can descend the bottom two chambers have to be emptied
This one impressive gate paddle lets the water out of the top lock and into the second.
Lock side canal art
At the bottom of the staircase it is a sharp turn right to Tower Wharf. Here the line of the original Chester Canal once lead straight down, via two further locks(now abandoned) into the River Dee.
The dry dock and boat building yard where the Shropshire Union carrying fleet was once built and maintained.
For whatever reason few boats travel the 8 miles from Chester to Ellesmere Port. Pearson's guide says of it being "remote pastureland of no great beauty"
So.... anyone for golf....
air display......
wildlife...
and in the distance Stanlow Oil Refinery
or retail therapy.
Moored on the water point at the Boat Museum. There are 48 hour moorings here or for a small fee there is secure mooring in the Lower basin of the National Waterways Museum.
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