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Narrowboat Holiday Day 17 - Llangollen to Gledred (5 hours; 9 miles; 0 locks; 2 bridges)

4/20/2022

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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.
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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.
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Beautiful scenery
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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!
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Just past the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is the town of Froncysyllte.
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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.
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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Walking back to the boat we saw this sign.  I have no idea.  Any thoughts????
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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.
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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...
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