Llangollen was our stay for the last 3 days in Wales. The small town is in a valley on the River Dee, is popular with tourist on the weekends and has a lot happening. There is a steam train along the river for rides, canals throughout for canal boats and small town cafes and shops. Lots of people in good weather.
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| Aqueduct |
Very close is the Fontcyssilte aqueduct, built in the early 1800's, to connect existing canals, without a lock system. The canal sits up 126', and is just an artificial canal, 5'3" deep and flows across the valley to another canal. It was quite a project and took 10 years. He also built a weir on the river to provide water for the aqueduct! Then there are canal boats, for rent, for sale, for traveling full time. In addition, the town of Llangollen has a horse drawn canal boat to ride on. It's all very peaceful. While walking along the canal, we watched a boat come through, have to raise a small bridge, go through, lower it, then motor on. All in all, a very nice town and area and we had outstanding weather.
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| Will it make it? |
Llangollen was our stay for the last 3 days in Wales. The small town is in a valley on the River Dee, is popular with tourist on the weekends and has a lot happening. There is a steam train along the river for rides, canals throughout for canal boats and small town cafes and shops. Lots of people in good weather.
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