Morning, good morning and welcome to the Llangollen canal. And to the narrowboat experience.
We are traveling along at warp speed towards the Chirk aqueduct. Yes.
We are definitely doing the Chirk aqueduct today I've been on YouTube last
night and watch the heap of other videos that people going over the aqueducts to
desensitize myself. If you don't already know Anna has a fear of bridges. And
not tunnels really I'm alright with tunnels I don't like being on a bridge I
don't like being under a bridge definitely wouldn't want to put water on
that bridge and then take a boat on it. But it is a engineering feat of
amazingness, so, I shall enjoy it for such thing.
I'm really looking forward to it.
I think the view will hopefully be amazing.
Yes. I'm not sure about today because it is a little bit overcast.
But there's a train bridge that runs parallel behind the Chirk aqueduct
its glorious anyway so if nothing else you're going to view those arches.
Stay tuned for that!
that we have just gone through Bridge 21 which means the next thing that we will
see is the aqueduct, and a ginger cat.
So we have seen the cat and now it's time for the aqueduct.
It's just around this corner. Is it thought? The maps are a little deceiving.
Here it is.
I think I'm gonna be fine with the Chirk aqueduct because there's big giant
pathways on each side it's the other aqueduct to the Ponte
that I'm going to have an issue in.
Oh my goodness. Morning.
Welcome to England. Thank you.
You do feel it slow right down.
The aqueduct is actually about 70 feet above ground level. It actually
feels like a lot taller than that.
I wonder if it's because of the train bridge. The aqueduct was
actually here before the train bridge and there was thought perhaps when the train
bridge was made that it was going to overshadow the aqueduct but I think what
it actually does is it adds to the majesty of the aqueduct.
phenomenal and it's really quite dizzying when you're standing here
looking over both ends I think the best thing to do is to maybe
is to just look forward if you're scared of heights.
Don't look at the sheep, tiny sheep.
We were also warned that when we hit a Chirk we would feel a change in the water
Because of the fact that the canal is fed by the river.
You can feel the current and you're going against the current. So you just feel
the boat slow down as soon as you get onto the aqueduct and there's no
point in giving it additional revs because that would just suck the back down and use more diesel.
This is arguably the most dramatic border crossing we have ever done. We are now
entering Wales from England and there is a sign that welcomes us as well
as the native- I have a native Welsh person with me.
So we have slowed right down.
The only reason we're not at stop- I have no idea
why we are not at stop- we're going so very slowly. I'm actually a little bit
worried that we might not make it. We'll never make it out. How long do you
reckon we've been going for honey? I don't know did you start a timer?
I forgot to do the timer. we are going so slow it is crazy.
It really doesn't matter if you use more throttle or... just...
I don't know- I honestly don't know all I can do all I doing is envisaging myself having
to get the front rope and pull her out.
Of you go horsey.
she is not she's not moving now she's like moving the fractionist of a
fraction.
We are tunnel people now!
We pretty much came to a stop then.
I can only assume because it's pitchblack that it was a leaf ball.
Because I had, no propulsion at all.
So I did my quick burst of reverse.
And it got us going again.
It's hard to know if it's the flow of the
the water or the leaves, at this time of year, I think having never done this before.
Well I think that you did super awesome because that was really stressful. I
actually reached out to the side and pulled it along bit I thought I'll
have to do then it looked really really shallow
Leaf ball!
Deeper boats than ours get through.
Yes, we're not that deep a boat.
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