Thursday 27th April
Maesbury Marsh to Chirk
No sunshine greeted us this morning. Instead it was grey,
windy and cold. We moved from our mooring the short distance to the bottom of
the Frankton Locks to await the arrival of the lock-keeper at 9.00. (These
locks are locked (!) overnight.) He duly arrived and off we went, up these last
4 locks on the Montgomery Canal. We then turned left back on to the Llangollen
Canal. There were two more locks to do today, but it took us rather a long time
to do them as, when we arrived, there were 4 other boats waiting. However, it
was good to be able to chat with other boaters as we helped each other through.
We had a brief stop for lunch, not staying too long as we
were aware that heavy rain was forecast. The rain did indeed arrive and we
moored up a little sooner than we had originally planned.
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| Moored at Chirk Bank |
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| Our noisy companions. |
We went for a meal at a local pub, The Bridge; from the pub
you get a good view of Chirk aqueduct and its accompanying railway bridge. We
will go over the aqueduct tomorrow.
Chirk Aqueduct and Railway Bridge (the higher one)
Today’s miles and locks – 7.25 miles 6 locks
Total miles and locks – 156.75 miles
98 locks
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