Llangollen Canal Trip
Canal Boats at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wales This evening, I am reprising a trip on the Langollen Canal in North Wales. Location is about 50 miles south of Liverpool in NW England. First, we drove about four miles along a mountainous back road to the town of Llangollen (in North Wales) which has been a tourist destination for about 200 years. Llangollen is very tourist orientated and is a good base for touring the local region. The town straddles the River Dee, is adjacent to the popular Llangollen Canal and features a steam train which runs over a short distance of track. Video clip of River Dee at Llangollen. River Dee at Llangollen, Wales Our focus was the canal. We joined a two-hour canal boat trip which chugged through the local scenery at a sedate pace with journey culminating in a crossing of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, a stunning piece of engineering dating from 1795-1805 which transports the canal over the valley of the River Dee at a height of 38 metres (...