The roof is full as we cruise back to Chirk and England

Chirk Marina to Maestermyn House Bridge (4), Llangollen Canal, 7 miles 2 locks

A sunny morning greeted us, and we pulled the pins to travel just a mile or so along the canal to where we knew there was wood a plenty.  Actually it took all morning to cut and sort the wood, some we cut into rounds and other smaller bits we left in lengths.. It was quite a handy place, must have been an old wharf I think, what for I have no idea, but it was a brick wall, and I could load the wood straight onto the roof with a bit of care!..

By late lunchtime we were on the way again, and were lucky at Chirk tunnel to arrive just as two boats were about to go through, so no waiting for us, and it was the same at the other end as we followed the hireboats over the aqueduct and back into England once more..

Look at that sky!!

This is what I mean about the Llangollen being not well maintained..

These are the visitor moorings at the northern end of Chirk Tunnel.  This is an important mooring as it is the nearest for a visit to Chirk Castle.. I wanted to go there by the way, but it is only open on Saturday and Sundays during October.  It is damp and dark in the cutting at Chirk, not a place I would want to stay at overnight, so we moved on.. but we have moved on to a mooring where the towpath has been shut.. the bit we have found is nice to moor at, not that you can walk anywhere of course, but we didn’t arrive till fairly late, and we will move off tomorrow, very peaceful here, but are BW going to fix this?

A notice on Waterscape shows that this towpath has been shut since May 2006 because of erosion.. once again not been fixed.  Come on BW please make sure this canal is maintained properly, and not just mowing the visitor moorings either!

A super days cruising today in glorious weather.  Even the hireboats were going slowly, so much so that even I caught up with one or two.. now that IS unusual!

Oh, I have updated all the albums, so that is the last few days of August, the whole of September and so far in October, so you can see all the pics of the Llangollen so far.. there are a lot too!  The links are on the left of the blog.

A very quiet weekend in store for us I think.. the weather will be good apparently, so walking will be on the cards.. least there are no mountains to climb around here.. Actually I did enjoy our few days in Wales!