We paid for 48 hours mooring when we arrived on Monday but we liked it so much we paid for another 48, this was only allowed as the Basin is not very busy.
Moored in the Basin
Today we did a little shopping and then spent an enjoyable few hours on the platform of Llangollen Railway Station, sitting in the sun drinking Coffee while the volunteers who run the Heritage railway went about their work, I could have sat there all day.
Looking down the track from the footbridge.
It doesn't go that far anymore.
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Fancy an Engine Driving Course, they range from £200 to £395
Chuff, Chuff, Chuff.
Later this afternoon I cycled a couple of miles along the towpath to Horseshoe Falls, the place where the Canal gets it water from, the water then travels 44 odd miles to Hurleston Reservoir from where it is then supplied to taps in Chester.
Horseshoe shaped weir.
What a brilliant piece of engineering, keeping the Canal at the correct level and, moving water to the Reservoir, all this and it doesn't use any power.
Any water that doesn't go over the Weir goes through this Culvert under the Valve House.
And comes out here, you can tell by the turbulence that a serious amount of water is coming through.
Tomorrow morning we are off back to Trevor where we hope to moor until our visitors arrive on Saturday.
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