Our last full day before we return to Trevor

God we were cold last night! The fire had gone out and as we never leave the gas central heating on,  our  first task was for Ian to fire up the boiler and get some warmth in the boat.   Ian then went to take Jade out and nearly fell off the boat!! The deck was covered in black ice and the ropes had frozen solid. To add insult to injury a blanket of fog surrounded us and, as it hadn’t lifted by the time we set off, we had to travel with the headlight on for mile upon mile, praying that no other boater would be as daft as us and be on the move toward us. Eventually it did lift and the morning didn’t turn out to bad after all. Once over Chirk aqueduct ( which again was really slow going ) the tunnel loomed in front of us. There is a slight bend before you get into the tunnel entrance and  Ian had just put the boats nose in when I noticed another boat entering from the other side.  Ian did the gentlemanly thing and reversed out and it must have been a good 10 minute wait before it finally came through. No other boat  was following so in we went and was very surprised that, even against the flow, we made reasonable headway. All to soon we arrived at the Junction at Trevor and headed off toward Llangollen. After a quick stop for lunch ( we had put the TV on for the weather and the map for this region was for torrential rain by 3pm.) we pulled pins and made for Llangollen to do a quick turn around to get us back to The Sun Trevor for a meal tonight. The weather forecaster got it wrong because the heavens opened by 2 pm and the last half hour was dismal, cold and wet. Still, the final day was grand and tomorrow we are back to a Free Spirit having thoroughly enjoyed our 5 days away.

Foggy start to the day

Chirk aqueduct

Air vent in Chirk tunnel. Looks blocked to me!

Seems they start the kids boating early in these parts.

Lunch time mooring on the way to Llangollen

Lovely views. Shame its so misty.

The narrows

A very cold Jade. She wouldn't go below so we covered her up instead!