We only have 5 hours of traveling today, so we slept in a bit. I showered, got dressed, and headed to find something fresh baked at one of the bakeries in town. I got to town around 8:30 AM, but the bakeries I was interested in wasn't opened till 9 AM, so I found a park bench and waited. At 9 AM I checked out 2 bakeries and nothing really caught my fancy, so back to the boat. I helped Tim refill the water tanks and we were underway by 9:52 AM.
Oh...by the way, here is a photo of us moored in the Llangollen Basin.
Oh...by the way, here is a photo of us moored in the Llangollen Basin.
Moored in a Basin.
Since this canal is an out and back, we have already been here on the way, but things did look a bit different heading the other direction.
Beautiful scenery
Another beautiful day on the canal.
The first time of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct I tried to make a video, but it didn't' come out very good. Luckily, I got a second chance.
So impressive! Here is one last look back. That side with just a strip of metal and then the drop....wow!
Just past the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is the town of Froncysyllte.
Froncysyllte
Since we passed through here yesterday, I knew there was a pub that I wanted to check out, so we moored up and walked up to the Aqueduct Inn. They had a couple of nice real ales on cask and a view down to the canal.
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They also had an awesome view of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct from their parking area.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Walking back to the boat we saw this sign. I have no idea. Any thoughts????
Some more beautiful scenery on the way to Chirk Aquaduct. Even a video to make this blog a bit more interesting.
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After Pontcysyllte Aqueduct you would think this smaller one wouldn't be exciting, but I kind of like it a bit more since it runs along a viaduct.
A couple more shots of the Chirk Aqueduct that links Wales to England.
We stopped about 1 mile passed the Chirk Aqueduct close to Poachers, a pub. We noticed this area on the way out and it looked like a nice place to stop and spend the night. We moored up, hung out in the boat a bit since we had to run the engine for one more hour, and then had a pint at Poachers. We returned to the boat, ate dinner, then headed to The Plough Inn. It made a nice after dinner walk of about 15 minutes each way. We shared a pint and a bottle of ale, and then returned to the boat for the night.
Tomorrow is another shorter day, so it should be fun. Until then...
Tomorrow is another shorter day, so it should be fun. Until then...
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