Chirk To Trevor, Then Back To Froncysylite,

2 Tunnels And Two Aqueducts.

Wow what a day!! 

Leaving our mooring at Chirk we were soon crossing the border into Wales via the Chirk Aqueduct.

The weather is just about as good as it can get at this time of year, we have the summer type sunshine without the hordes of boats that are normally here.

Crossing the Aqueduct and entering the first tunnel of the day we met a day hire boat from Trevor. You cant help thinking that this has got to be one of the best places to take a hire boat for the day, two Aqueducts, two tunnels, lunch at the pub and then back to base.....sorted.

The Pontcysyllte was soon under us as the leaves have all but disappeared and we made good time not having to reverse every five minutes.

We really were flying through the air this time. The picture above was the view from the side doors, a bit like the window in a plane.

That bit with the holes is just the lip of the tank, the actual thickness can just be made out by looking at the first square along.
About an inch or twenty five mm from a long drop.

Reaching the other end at Trevor there was nowhere to moor, the hire yard has completely taken over up there. We tried to get to the basin but this too was taken up with trip boats laying up for the winter, there was nothing for it but to wind (turn) and go back.
This is a bit of a blow to our plans for the winter as we were hoping to spend at least some time at Trevor, Llangollen itself is out of reach as BW are repairing a feeder channel and the water level is well down.


Moving swiftly on to our plan "C" we realised there is no such thing, looks like we will be making it up as we go from here.




Until next time....................





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