Monday, 4 November 2013

Llangollen Basin to Chirk Bank - 1 lift bridge, 2 tunnels, 9 miles, 4.25 hours

It was a cold bright start this morning - the first frost of the winter.

We set off early 7:30 as the forecast was for a bright start, we were not the only early starters as 5 mins in we passed a boat heading to the basin to turn around.

It was lovely to have the views in sunshine, we missed this on the way to Llangollen as it was hidden in the low cloud.


The canal twists and turns luckily we didn't pass anything till after the Aqueduct.  With the flow carrying  us forward the journey back to Chirk was over an hour quicker than the journey on Friday.

We were soon back at the amazing Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.


Not sure how this gets by health and safety :-)


Just a bit nicer than on Friday!!


As we headed towards Chirk we crossed back into England.



Below is the Chirk Aqueduct and Viaduct, the first photo is taken from the canal, the second from the road, the second one is a bit dark as the heavens decided to open!


Below is tonight's tea and is included just for Michelle who requested more food pictures, we had the lovely pork and black pudding sausages from Ellesmere, with all the trimmings, definitely need to go for a run tomorrow!!!!



(EH 387.3)







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