We decided to stay put for the day today, but did move the boat closer into town in the morning. We also turned around so that we’d be heading in the right direction tomorrow morning. The canals are narrow, and even though we have one of the shorter boats at 48 feet, you can’t just spin around anywhere. There are designated spots along the canal for doing the equivalent of a 3 point turn. I think it would be more than that if we had a 70 foot boat. There are lots of those on the canal – ours is just enough space for us and fairly easy to maneuver.

Once we were situated on a mooring in town, we had our breakfast and waited for the drizzle to stop. This is vacation, so we are allowed to just hang out and relax. 😀

The head of the canal is about 1 1/2 miles from the town wharf. Private boats cannot travel that stretch, but there are tour boats that go down – some horse-drawn. The canal begins at Horseshoe Falls, a manmade dam that diverts water from the River Dee into the Llangollen Canal. 12 million gallons of water per day flow into the canal. A friendly fellow playing fetch with his dog told us to walk up the path to a little church. It was Sunday mid-day, the church was open and there were fresh flowers, so maybe it’s an active church. We wandered through the graveyard and saw stones from the 1700’s up to the 2000’s.

We finished off the day with dinner in town. We did get that table overlooking the river, and the food was delicious!