June 9, 2025 - We're renting a 64 foot narrowboat from Anglo Welsh Waterways for a week of exploring the canals of Wales and England. We got a 1 hour tutorial from Matt at Anglo Welsh and someone from Anglo Welsh came with us for the first 20 minutes to be sure we were OK with handling the boat and then we were on our own. We left at 3:30, so we didn't have much of a day of cruising, but we made it to the first pub for dinner and got a good night's sleep!
The view as we're getting ready to leave Anglo Welsh
We immediately went over the Pontcysyllte Aquaduct, along with a bunch of canoers and walkers.
The Pontcyssyllte Aquaduct carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee and is 126 feet high. It was built in the early 1800's. When you look over the edge it is straight down
There were quite a few people walking across as well as canoeing
The views over the edge were pretty
Next we came to our first lift bridge. We jump off the boat and take a windlass (which is a crank handle) and crank the bridge up. The boat motors under the bridge and then we crank the bridge down and hop back on the boat
Kevin and Jim at the helm
lots of pretty bridges
Our first tunnel (with a biker on the walkway in the distance)
it's getting lighter
pretty colors as we come out of the bridge
Here's our boat...the living room with a chair for each of us and a table that opens nice and wide for dinner and playing games
nice that the chairs move around so we can sit with the view we want
It has 2 bedrooms. Ours is in the middle of the boat, so you walk through it to get to the other end of the boat. We each have a bathroom too. There are sliding doors that separate our bed/bath from Jim & Jeanene's bed/bath.
lots of pretty cruising
another tunnel
We are crossing the Chirk aquaduct
with views of the Welsh countryside through the Chirk Viaduct
Welcome to England!!
Kev's getting the hang of it
The bridges are very very tiny...are we going to fit?
We parked just down the way from the Poachers Pub at Chirk and walked there for dinner.
The pub is right on the canal
Unlocking the doors after we walked back from dinner. We're staying here for tonight.
View from our room before bed
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