Llangollan Day 2

To explore the very last 2 mile section of the Llangollan canal its necessary to forsake the Stourbridge Lion and board a horse drawn boat at Llangollan Wharf.

 The horse clops along for about two miles to the point where the river Dee joins tcanal at a point called Hirseshoe falls. Here there is a eir, built by Telford, and a hotel called the Chain Bridge hotel. Its very scenic but snow was lying and the river was running in fast. A number of canoeists wewre making the most of the fast running river tyo shoot the rapids down towards Llangollan. The journey keeps company with the railway from  Llangollan with the occasional steam train passing by. Once back in llangollan we had a relax on the boat during the afternoon before preparing a tea of Welsh lamb chops and Gurnsey potatoes bought yesterday.

The boater on the boat next to us came over for a chat. His boat seemed in a poor state of repair and he said he had found this winter particularly hard as he had spent much more money than usual on coal for his fire. He had a dog to keep him company although the dog looked very much over weight to me."keeps me safe" he said of the dog. "We are heading for Manchester next"

We went for a final walk around Llangollan before preparing for the "off" early the next day.