Nr Barbridge to Llangollen Bridge 5 - 4 locks, 5 miles, 5 hours

We set off nice and early as rain was forecast from lunchtime onwards.

We turned onto the Llangollen canal.

As we were preparing to enter the flight of locks at the start of the Llangollen proof positive that Rodney doesn't listen to anything I say, but pretends he does :-)

Me - Rod you need to pull over as we have to lift the fenders for this lock

Rod - yes (accompanied by a nod of the head)

5 mins later the boat is still sitting in the middle of the canal

Me - Rod did you actually hear what I said?

Rod - No

What more can I say!!!

Anyway the reason that we needed to lift the fenders was because the bottom lock of the flight is really narrow, the woman on the boat in front of us (who was giving instruction to the couple with her) said it is the narrowest lock on the network, not sure if that is true, but it was a pretty tight squeeze.

As we progressed up the flight George was really pleased to see 3 dogs, he initially thought one was Kayla. 

We made it to the top of the flight without further incident.  It is certainly nice to be back on narrow locks, the gates are so much lighter than the double locks we have been through recently.

We have moored up in a lovely rural spot, the forecasters were not wrong the heavens have opened on and off through the afternoon and evening, still at least that meant we got the log burner going and George promptly sat himself down next to it.

(EH 353.3)