Chirk to Chirk (via Llangollen Basin)
Llangollen Canal
Pontycysyllte Aqueduct
£600pp
15th - 18th June (3 nights)

This trip will start from Chirk Bank – probably the Poachers Pocket pub (as they are quite chilled out about a car being left in their car park) … Alternatively, we can start at the Western Entrance to Chirk tunnel for an easy walk from the train station which is a few hundred yards away.

 

 Total distance is 18 miles and 0 locks . There are 4 moveable bridges of which 2 are usually left open; 2 small aqueducts or underbridges and 4 tunnels (Chirk Tunnel (459 yards long) and Whitehouses Tunnel (191 yards long)) – a total of 6 furlongs underground and 4 major aqueducts (Chirk Aqueduct (237 yards long) and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (336 yards long)).

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Guests will arrive approximately 1.30pm on day one and after an introductory blah blah (and most probably glass of something fizzy) we’ll chug off to begin our adventure.

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 We should be able to have a nice leisurely trip and probably spend our first night just before the Ponty what’s it called aqueduct so as to facilitate a walk down to the river for a photo opportunity.

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Pubs on route include;   Lion Quays Hotel (if we make a detour to turn around)The Poachers Pocket and the Sun Trevor.

NB – pub visits are NOT compulsory … just encouraged by Capt. Ellis.

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At the end of the trip, we’ll have been up to Llangollen Basin for our 2nd night and then returned to Chirk , where   guests will depart following breakfast on the final morning.