No internet available at Ellesmere so we have some catching up to do. Its a quiet little village with small shops but thats all about to change with Tesco building a supermarket to the left of the photo. No doubt that will affect the small traders dramatically. Many people catch fish in the canal just for fun and then release them. roach, bream and eels are plentiful. Then after 2 nights and after stocking the larder we moved on, taking an afternoon cruise to Whittington. There we moored up across from The Narrow Boat Inn. What we didn't realize at first was that we had stopped under a 660kv power line and so we moved the boat as the sound of electricity crackling through the wires was alarming. we walked down the tow path and across a little bridge to the pub for a substantial meal. Next morning we regretted being so close as the incessant hi pitched noise was like a power saw all night. I fell asleep trying to calculate how many volts were being transformed from the power line to Rhapsody, our steel vessel and whether we could rig up a battery charging circuit for some free power.
Yesterday we motored off to Llangollen in Wales. very convoluted canals, pretty countryside and blue and white cows. Also saw a Barbary partridge on one of the stone bridges.
Yesterday we motored off to Llangollen in Wales. very convoluted canals, pretty countryside and blue and white cows. Also saw a Barbary partridge on one of the stone bridges.
The trip to Llangollen through tunnels and across aquaducts has to be seen to be believed. The passage is slow and we had plenty of time to see the view of the river valleys far below. When you consider that these aquaducts were built before the railways they are a testament to the engineering genius of that era.
Llangollen has a basin where you moor up Marina style and connect to shore based power supply. It's a 5 minute walk to the town and the Bridge Inn was last evenings dining destination.
The Eisteddfod commences this weekend so we will leave tomorrow and get past the aquaduct's before the hoard of weekend boats descend. http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pont_Cysyllte_Aqueduct.html
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