Llangollen Canal & New Friends

 All the while we have been on the Llangollen canal and heading to Llangollen we have been going against the flow of water as the Llangollen is a feeder canal to Hurleston Reservoir and is used to move 12 million gallons of water a day from River Dee to the Reservoir.

Well Tuesday morning we opened the curtains and it was raining Cats & Dogs so over breakfast we decided to stay put for the day. There was a boat moored just in front of use called Jessie May, we got talking to Mike and Karel  and they are heading to Llangollen so we decided to join up with them for the journey to Llangollen.
We left on Wednesday morning planning to get to Chirk Marina which meant a trip over Chirk Aqueduct and through Chirk Tunnel. The Nicholson warns that it will be hard going on the Aqueduct and through the tunnel, well although we were ready for the slow passage we were not expecting it to be so slow we had to keep the revs up a little. No Photos this time but will get some on the way back.
So we moored at Chirk Marina for the night, its free to moor there if you use the clubhouse which we did and we all agreed that the food was excellent.
Thursday mooring are plan was to get to Froncysyllte which is just before the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Friday was the big day and are trip over the Aqueduct so we set off both very excited and a little apprehensive. As you can see there is NO railings on one side

A Bit Scary 

 Sharon took this picture it is a shadow of Tacet going over the Aqueduct it shows both me and Sharon at the back of Tacet, if you can zoom in you will also see that I am wearing my favourite hat. We done Sharon.

 A view from the Aqueduct its like we are flying.













It got a bit congested as we approached the tight left hand turn at Trevor.

You really notice the force of the water when on this section of the canal but we made steady progress to Sun Trevor Bridge where we moored for the night.
Today Saturday we sent Sharon and Carol off in front as the canal narrows allowing only one boat to travel. Its a windy slow canal and where the narrows are the water makes it a struggle to make headway but slowly does it, the views are fantastic we are moored in Llangollen Basin for the next 2 days















Time travelled  Wednesday 1.5 hours Distance 2 Miles, 1 Aqueduct 1 Tunnel 459 yds 
Time Travelled Thursday 1 Hour Distance 1 Mile 1 Tunnel 191 yds
Time Travelled Friday 2 Hours Distance 3 Miles 1 Aqueduct FANTASTIC.
Time Travelled Saturday 2 Hours Distance Travelled 2 Miles and more Narrows
Total Distance Travelled is 164 Miles 

 56 Locks (Broad) 74 single locks and 89 Tunnel's, Total Tunnel length 7157  yards   
Total Time 86.5 hours  
WE ARE LOVING IT