Chester Canals

The Canals at Chester are intriguing. We only had a short walk along them, after which we veered off to see the city walls and other things.

The canal at this point does a major altitude gain: three tall back to back locks, plus a few other locks and a switchback.

It ends up in a deep notch cut into the red sandstone bedrock.

A stretch of old city wall looks over the canal.

Red Sandstone

 If you make your house out of red sandstone, it is evidently a good idea to put roofs over any parts exposed to the weather.

 Otherwise your sandstone house might melt.

An old church in Chester, one of the reddest towns that we saw in England.

The Posts of Spurn

Spurn

Spurn is the 5 mile long sand bar that stretches South into the mouth of the Humber River in Yorkshire. We visited it on our way out of Yorkshire as we headed to Liverpool for a week.

Looking back, I feel that it ranks up there with the Southwest coast of the Isle of Wight for favorite spot. I'd like to go back just to walk it again.

On the land side is a huge tidal mud flat. The tide is out now, but it must fill fast when the tide comes in.

The old road onto the peninsula is eroded and washed away. Everything on Spurn is washed away.

Something lives in the mud flat.

Critter castings...

Lots of critter castings!

Cycling is a good idea. It's a long walk.

Ominous notices. They leave you with the impression that the sea tends to wash over the whole place every week or two.

A piece of road on the lee side has taken a beating.

The Land of Lost Lobster Traps. This is on the seaward side.

There are an unsurprising amount of military installations along the way.

Another piece of ocean artwork.