Tag: Llangollen
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Llangollen International Eisteddfod – Welsh 100 No 56
Where else in the world can you come across more than 27 different nationalities in a small town with a population of just of 3500 souls outside of a Untied Nations Convention? Llangollen is the place you need to be! Every year since 1947 this small, beautiful town has played host to musicians and dancers…
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Water in the sky – Pontcysyllte Aqeduct. Welsh 100 – No 28
After the previous day the morning dawned bright with blue skies. Finally some sun on a Bank Holiday Weekend. The original plan was to try and get into a barge trip and float/sail/navigate across the Pontcysyllte Aquaduct. What do you do in a barge? Navigate I suppose, as there are no sails. You do float…
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Offa’s Dyke: Llangollen to Llandeglar
A fantastic days walking on so many accounts, with such a wide variety of landscapes and wildlife to marvel at along the way. We started just outside Llangollen, with the wide Dee Valley at our feet, where we had finished last night and finished almost 15 miles later on the moors above Llangdeglar. For those…
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Offa’s Dyke towards the end. Pontcysyllte to Llangollen
I’ve left Aunty behind for a few days, and traded her in for a brother in law and a grumpy old jack russell. I driven the caravan to North Wales to finish the Offa’s Dyke long distance path. We started this in South Wales five years ago, but other things got in the way of…
Travels With My Aunt 