22nd-25th May 2016. To Llangollen with crew (part 2)

After the aqueduct, we navigated the shallow and narrow last few miles into Llangollen. Its was not without incident and the captain was in trouble for flouting notices and ignoring his crew. However, Sean to steering the boat like a pro and his smile was a wide as his face. There was a lot of weed in the canal which made the last section particularly slow. When Robin inspected the propeller later it was completely jammed with weed. We moored at the 48 hour moorings at the end of the navigable canal and walked the rest of the way to the horseshoe falls, a man-made structure which diverts water from the river Dee to keep the canal filled up. This was followed by a delicious meal at the Deeside restaurant, sitting overlooking the river. What a lovely day!

The narrow unnavigable end stretch of the canal

With Carole at the Horseshoe Falls

Recently restored chain bridge across the Dee

The view downriver from the chain bridge