Woke up this morning to a really dismal day, with rain hindering our efforts of loading the car. Still nothing was going to put us off enjoying our first day of freedom in 3 months. We arrived at Trevor by midday and found the boat all ready for us to take out. Coal had been put on board and the central heating turned up so we had a warm boat to start our journey. After the usual boat checks we untied mooring ropes and got underway. It was quite windy so crossing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was a bit hairy but although I have loads of the same photos at different time of the year, Autumn colours make the view spectacular.
We negotiated the first lift bridge without incident and apart from very slow going ( even with the flow ) because of the amount of leaves on the water, made it to Jack Mynton pub and restaurant in just 3 1/2 hours. No other boats are moored here and apart from having to wait at Chirk tunnel for a boat to come through so no other boats on the move. So tonight we will eat out to celebrate our first day on board Merlin and tomorrow we booked with the Lock keeper for 12pm for the start down the Montgomery.
Pictures of Merlins interior
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| Lift bridge at Froncysyllte |
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| Nice bit of topiary |
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| New Marton Locks |
2 comments:
Have a great trip both of you, Lovely pictures as usual Irene, we are so pleased that at last you can have a trip away. Best Wishes James and Doug x
Love the photographs esecially of the Autumn colours. You can never have to many pics from the aqueduct.
Have a wonderful time away even if the weather is set to be awful, you both deserve the time away. Great to see Ian stepping across the gates, I love doing the same thing.
Hugsssssss Jo xxxxxxxxx
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