Again, I am not sure what Welsh town I am in. But this one has an impressive river running right through it (the ruins sit above the town).
If you look closely at the small building you will discover the handy shop called "Riverside Taxidermy". I wish I had taken a picture of the display window!
The town also impresses me with its fudge shop.
We are taken to see an unusual canal feature. Canals were built centuries ago all across Europe to use as transport and trade routes. There are thousands of miles of them in the UK including locks so that the canals can travel uphill. Canal boats are unique and can be day tours, owned and lived on, or hired for a holiday. The great thing about them is you stop at pubs along the canals for meals and a pint.
This canal bridge is over 200 years old. I have never heard of one before. In 200 years it has not leaked.
To explain...you have two canals on two hills and a huge valley in between too steep to build locks on. So instead you build a canal bridge to bridge the canal over to the opposite side.
Now what looks like just a casual sidewalk and a small canal beside it is actually a towering bridge hovering hundreds of metres over a valley.
The valley.
Looking over the edge of the canal at the valley below.
This side walk is very narrow. So narrow that you sort of have to hug it to let someone going the opposite way by. Not only that, but the bars are almost a foot wide between each rung. I could fit through and a child could
definitely fall through. Not only that, but the railing isn't that high. So combine all of that: water trough on one side and sheer drop on other...and I am very nervous crossing the thing.
The view from the crossing.
Then out of nowhere, paddling-surf-board-man makes his way down the cannal...STANDING...NEXT TO THE GIANT OPEN DROP...WITH NO RAILS.
I make it to the other side and know I have to walk back over it. It is quite amazing and the return journey is less harrowing.
Again, I am not sure what Welsh town I am in. But this one has an impressive river running right through it (the ruins sit above the town).
If you look closely at the small building you will discover the handy shop called "Riverside Taxidermy". I wish I had taken a picture of the display window!
The town also impresses me with its fudge shop.
We are taken to see an unusual canal feature. Canals were built centuries ago all across Europe to use as transport and trade routes. There are thousands of miles of them in the UK including locks so that the canals can travel uphill. Canal boats are unique and can be day tours, owned and lived on, or hired for a holiday. The great thing about them is you stop at pubs along the canals for meals and a pint.
This canal bridge is over 200 years old. I have never heard of one before. In 200 years it has not leaked.
To explain...you have two canals on two hills and a huge valley in between too steep to build locks on. So instead you build a canal bridge to bridge the canal over to the opposite side.
Now what looks like just a casual sidewalk and a small canal beside it is actually a towering bridge hovering hundreds of metres over a valley.
The valley.
Looking over the edge of the canal at the valley below.
This side walk is very narrow. So narrow that you sort of have to hug it to let someone going the opposite way by. Not only that, but the bars are almost a foot wide between each rung. I could fit through and a child could definitely fall through. Not only that, but the railing isn't that high. So combine all of that: water trough on one side and sheer drop on other...and I am very nervous crossing the thing.
The view from the crossing.
Then out of nowhere, paddling-surf-board-man makes his way down the cannal...STANDING...NEXT TO THE GIANT OPEN DROP...WITH NO RAILS.
I make it to the other side and know I have to walk back over it. It is quite amazing and the return journey is less harrowing.
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You were in Llangollen, just down the road from us. I found your blog as we are renovating a Victorian cottage and just in the process of working on the kitchen.
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