Leaving Trevor Basin, looking back at Jones the Boat’s base, now no longer operating.
The CRT lease hasn’t been renewed, and the buildings associated with the trip boat company have been demolished. Local word suggests that Anglo-Welsh will be taking over the wharf. It might relieve some of the congestion between Scotch Hall Bridge and the junction.
A sharp right turn took us under Rhos-y-Coed Bridge and along the concrete-lined and tree-fringed channel. The trees thin out after a quarter mile or so, just as the channel gets really shallow.
We scraped along to the next bridge where there’s more water under the base-plate. It’s never deep on this final stretch, making progress for anything with a deeper draught than a washing-up bowl pretty slow.
Looking back down the valley to Cefn Mawr.
If you look closely you can see the grey line of the aqueduct just above the tree line. There used to be more visible, but trees grow…
The channel winds along, with the river Dee down on the left, and, as it approaches the moorings and pub at Sun Trevor, the Llangollen Road on the right.
Following the pub the first of the two single-width sections is encountered.
At this time of year you can hope that nothing is coming and carry on, but in the summer, forget it!
Looking up the valley.
The road is left behind at the end of the narrows as the canal ducks under Wenffrwd Bridge, then it’s about a half mile to Llandyn Lift Bridge (locked open), closely followed by the final narrows ending at the moorings above the town.
You can understand why they weren’t prepared to make the channel full width!
The winter moorings, normally quiet popular are almost empty this year, just two boats up at the town end.
Passing along above the town.
The mooring basin is off-line at the end of the navigation, at least to powered private boats. The horse-drawn boats from the wharf take passengers up to Chain Bridge Hotel, just a short walk from Horseshoe Falls and the feeder for the canal.
Moored in Llangollen Basin.
It’s about as busy as we expected, just 4 or 5 boats occupying the 30 berths. Not been here in the summer, though…
Locks 0, miles 4½
2 comments:
Geoff I don't think Waiouru would have made it in the summer. We really dragged the bottom inching our way up to the basin. It was a very slow trip. The bridge just upstream of Sun Trevor was a major issue. It was on a bend and the current kept pushing the bow against the bank. However we did have the basin to ourselves!
Tom
Yes, there's no point in rushing anywhere along the final stretch from Trevor. You just finish up bouncing off the bottom!
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