Last weekend, I was in Llangollen - amazed by the amount of water in the River Dee
There are quite a few tourist shops - but all quite nice (not too much tat!)
The Santa Special train was just leaving the riverside station
Queues for the next train were already forming
Fake snow on the station walls!
Here it is, the start of my walk. No, not the cafe with canal paintings...
...but the Llangollen Canal itself. We'd been hoping for better weather for photos as this is a lovely stretch
Unlike everywhere else I've been, the Winter Moorings here were busy (maybe because they have electric hookups)
I liked the grassy head!
A lift bridge
It was a murky day...
... but on the positive side, there were still some flowers blooming
Just past the bridge, we met some ramblers - 41 of them
Very determined, but they had come from the Wirral, 40 miles away, so I suppose they felt they had to walk. (Same reason I was walking!)
Amazingly green for December
There are some high hills hidden in the mist here.
Looking down the Vale of Llangollen
Not very often that I see speed cameras on the canal!
On our return, we noticed that this side of the lift bridge was bright green with lichen, whereas the other side was clean and white.
Back in Llangollen, we admired the Christmas decorations on the narrow boats
This walk would be stunning in good conditions - my original plan was to get the bus to Chirk and then walk the 10 miles back along the canal to Llangollen. But that can wait for another day: the aqueducts at Chirk and Pontcysllte Aqueduct will hopefully make it a great future trip. As it was, we walked out for about an hour, and then turned back the same way - making it a 5.5 mile walk
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