Chirk Via and Aque Duct

 

Chirk Castle

 

The ornate gate is about 1-1/2  mile from the castle.

Building first began in the 13th century and remained pretty much intact until the Civil War in the 17th.

First a look around the beautiful gardens.

As they looked in the 1920s.

Beautiful. 

Gek asked me to pose like Sir Stamford.

Backpackering Two - Chirk

 

But first, back to llangollen for a train ride up the Dee valley.

Spot the kayakers.

End of the Line, Corwen. 

Lunch on a very local cafe. An added advantage  of backpackering.

A typical view on our return,

to llangollen 

Treat at the Dee Side Cafe.

One more

 

Still learning. 

Easter Saturday Walk

From the Court to the Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay and back. 

A short wait as the road lifted for a yacht to enter the lock.

Dinas Bran Castle

At the start of the climb.

And what a climb it was, 1,000 feet above the valley floor reached on a 1 mile walk.

Good excuse to take a breather on the way, to take in the beautiful scenery.

Nearly there!

 Taking a rest,

before doing the rounds.

The Pontcysyllte aqueduct,

And Llangollen, from where we started the climb.

On the way down, a sculptor with a natural sculpture.

Canal Trip

The couple were walking in step with the long boat. Looked really odd.

Keep right.

In the basin, about to cross the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

First to see in the valley below.

The crossing. Not for the faint hearted.

 

 Made it to the other side.

Llangollen

 

 2024

 

 1930's

 Grandad's photograph from his visit to the town. 

 

  

 

Lunch at the Fouzi's Cafe.

 

 

Train spotting again.

Plas Newydd, is a stone built house converted into a gothic ‘fantasy’ by its most famous inhabitants – ‘The Ladies of Llangollen'.

The ladies ran away from the life they were expected to live in Ireland in 1778 to set up a new life and home in Wales.

 The inside is decorated with tudor period wood carvings taken from old chairs and stair  rails.

A lovely formal garden. Too rainy to do it justice with a photo outside.

Canal Walk

 

A lot of rain, making a roaring River Dee.

The Canal much, much calmer.  Horse drawn long boat.

A Tree House

 

 

Passing the Chainbridge Hotel along the way,

The point where the Dee keeps the canal filled up at the Horseshoe  Falls.  Another Telford piece of engineering.

Erddig House

 A 3 mile walk in the rain to the House with our full packs on our backs. Our baptism of fire, but

we made it there, no problemo.

The 1 mile walk out back to the bus stop  through the park was just as wet.

Chester Gardens

These may look familiar, a copy of the 'supertrees' in Singapore on a Chester roundabout garden.

A walk in Grosvenor Garden down to the River.

Spring flowers on their way.

Heritage

A typical building,

with the shop fronts on the Row.

Just a little  more up to date.