Bokkie's Travels: Lady Margaret's Park, Chirk

Sunday 23/05/21

Most of yesterday was spent indoors, waiting for a break in the weather. In fact, it was after 14:00 before we ventured out for a walk and, although it was still drizzling from time to time, we even had the odd patch of sunshine.

Our planned route was thwarted by a missing bridge

When we got back to Bokkie it had stopped drizzling and we were able to get our chairs out and sit outside for a while, bliss! We cooked some Welsh lamb on the Cadac and, as we were packing up I remembered that one of the indicators was playing up when we arrived.

As we had to drive again in the morning I had a look at it and soon we were both battling to get it to work again. The bulb was fine but poor Bokkie's wiring is showing signs of ageing in places and we needed to temporarily re-wire a section to get it work. Even the simplest jobs usually take much longer to finish with such an old girl; she'll cross 100,000 miles on this trip.

The road follows first the river Conwy and then the Dee, neither flow in a straight line.

This morning we headed off early with a stop planned in Llangollen for some shopping and to have a look around the town. Again, the weather was a bit drizzly but it really is a lovely town. Soon, however, it was time to complete our journey and book into the last campsite for this trip.

Approaching Llangollen

An angry river Dee in Llangollen

Once settled in we set off for a walk to see the nearby Chirk viaduct and aqueduct, smaller than the more famous Pontcysyllte viaduct nearby, but impressive all the same. The Chirk aquaduct was completed in 1801 by William Jessop & Thomas Telford, and is 710 foot long - it carries the canal 70 feet above the beautiful river Ceirog.

We were lucky enough to see some canal barges (and some ducks) cross the narrow waterway. The views from the walkway were absolutely stunning.