Llandyn Lift Bridge
Looking down at the Dee from the narrows near Sun Trevor.
We arrived at Trevor after an uneventful trip, only passing one boat. Pulling in to Trevor Basin we were surprised to see half a dozen Anglo-Welsh hire boats breasted up against the island.
Still plenty of room for us and they were moved back to the wharf on Saturday.
There are plans afoot to re-open a good part of the Plas Kynaston Canal, almost to it’s original terminus below the Queen’s Hotel. The restored section will end in a small marina, but the whole development depends on clearing or isolating the contaminated ground left behind by the now-demolished chemical works.
I’m not sure if it’s related, but Jones the Boat’s operation in the arm to the left of the “island” is now closed, the lease for the land not having been renewed. Anglo-Welsh will be using the water space from next year to free up congestion on the wharf.
A couple of trips up to Tesco in Cefn Mawr over the weekend have topped up the cupboards (not stockpiled!). Even going up first thing in the morning didn’t avoid the crowds…
Val and John came to visit on Sunday for the afternoon, maybe the last time in view of the latest government advice to stay indoors. John’s recovering from a quad bypass operation so is clearly in the “at risk” group. Hopefully though we’ll all stay bug-free because we’re supposed to be staying with them for a few days at the end of the month.
Monday was fine, sunny and warm, a good day to remove the glass from the galley window. It’s a sliding window, half fixed, half sliding behind the other. The felt runners the sliding section runs in were badly worn and growing moss, in need of replacement. So I sourced some flock lined rubber U channel to install instead.
Fresh air window!
Glass and framing cleaned and ready for refitting…
…when I’d replaced the old seal with the new.
The slider is a bit tight on the new seal, but I’m sure it’ll bed in…
I was out with Meg in the late afternoon when a couple walked past. The chap came back having seen the boat name –it was Maffi, off the Milly M with his partner Susan and dog Molly. We didn’t immediately recognise each other, it’s been a few years!
They were in Wales visiting family and decided to stop to walk over the aqueduct before driving back to Oxford. Their return trip was delayed somewhat as we caught up over tea and cookies.
Maffi, Susan and Molly
Good to see you both.
This morning we pushed off again, out onto the junction and across Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
After filling with water we negotiated Fron Lift Bridge, cruised along the channel above the valley then turned away from the river under Irish Bridge.
Canine water sports…
Another 10 minutes saw us tied up on the rings just north of Whitehouse Tunnel.
We’ll stay here a couple of nights before moving up to The Poachers for the weekend.
Hi Adam. Thanks for the comment regarding the government’s possible plan to allow us to keep using red diesel for domestic use. (See http://seyellas-journey.blogspot.com/2020/03/loafing-around-llangollen.html)
That will be fine for those boats that have a separate tank for their heating system so they can segregate the two fuel types, assuming marinas are willing to stock both white (road diesel) and red, which is unlikely.
But for us, the cost of installing such a tank in order to supply our heating which uses just 0.8 lltres a day is uneconomic. I reckon on using the engine for 1½ hours per day as a generator for domestic power, cruising or not. But that will have to be fuelled from the main tank containing derv. So being able to use red for domestic use really doesn’t apply to us, or, I imagine, the majority of boaters.
And I forgot that, although the difference between red diesel duty (11.14ppl) and white diesel duty (57.95ppl) is as I suggested around 48 pence, white attracts a full 20% VAT while red is discounted at only 5% VAT. So expect to be paying around 60 pence per litre more when the new legislation is applied!
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