It’s always an adventure and you always have to be ready for plan B or C. We took the train to Ruabon, 3 stops and then on to catch a bus to Llangollen. Finding the right bus at an old station with no one around is challenging. We need the T3. It was an hour from now. A couple walked by and asked where we were going? They said if we moved to the street we see more buses. Hmmmm so we went to the street. Both sides had a bus stop. Hmmmm we flagged down the T2 bus and asked if we were on the right side. He wasn’t happy about stopping, and kept asking us the repeat our ask? “They” keep saying our accents are so strong. I find that most amusing. Have you chatted with a Welsh person??? Enough said 🤪
We got the bus to Llangollen. They said we could get a taxi. NOPE but we spied one letting someone out. For 10 pounds he’d take us 1.9 miles. 👍 he dropped us at the river rafting Bearded Men Adventures. We could walk to the canoe drop off, but one of the guides offered us a ride. We made sure to book a taxi pickup, we were in the middle of a sheep farm. Sorry short story really long, but just another day of JEllens Adventures.
The Llangollen Canal (Welsh: Camlas Llangollen) is a navigable canal crossing the border between England and Wales. The waterway links Llangollen in north Wales, with Hurlston in south Cheshire, via the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. The name, which was coined in the 1980s, is a modern designation for parts of the historic Ellesmere Canal and the Llangollen navigable feeder, both of which became part of the Shropshire Union Canals in 1846.
So we joined the Bearded Men Adventures tour to canoe the aqueduct.
Grab a canoe
Load up without tipping
Travel the aqueduct
A nice relaxing paddle along and keeping us straight and hugging the side when a canal boat was heading towards or passing us.
After a few stops and avoiding the peeps in our group that have never canoed and just banged side to side nearly tipping with the slightest tilt of their weight. We arrived at the highlight 40 (131 feet) meters above the ground.
Ella was our expert guide, a local who loves the water and after was on her way to teach swim lessons
What an absolute blast and a first for both of us. We grabbed a cab back to the train station and after a slight delay made it back to Shrewsbury.
The delay allowed a us a quick walk to the corner pub…to cool off and have a wee pint. Cheers!
Tomorrow off to Snowden Mountains…
