Bumping down the Way

 

Friday was a damp and rainy day almost all day. Everyone slept long and deep. Bruce made Avocado Toast that was wonderful.  We decided to leave Llangollen and begin to explore other areas. We went back across the Pontcysyllte aqueduct. Even though the skies were cloudy the view was still spectacular. We almost immediately ran into a traffic jam and many boats. Kathryn hopped on the bow and began a conversation about our intended direction and it was all quickly solved.

What a peaceful and scenic ride. Christopher drove some of the time. His steering has gotten much better. It always amazes me when it appears we are really away from civilization that we ride beside a busy roadway with cars going by.

 

We moored for the evening at the beginning of a long tunnel. Kathryn, Bruce and Olli decided to walk up the hill to a Bistro on the edge of town. Someone they talked to recommended it to them. 

Christopher, Jim and I divide into three pieces the three pies Kathryn had bought in town. We had bacon & brie, steak and cheddar, and steak and ale. We each had a piece on all three and did a taste test. Actually we couldn't tell much difference in taste- just texture.  

Jim at the salon table

Bruce made Mojitos which were delicious.  We did have fun listening to Christopher’s impressions of life at Boston College.

 

The Castle Bistro diners returned about 10:00PM and we chatted a little, and they were off again to explore the tunnel in the dark. Not something we wanted to do. Their mission was to find some snails and they found some really big ones. 

 

It is now 8:30AM on Saturday morning. Olli and Jim are still sleeping. Christopher, Bruce and Kathryn are off for a walk to see an 13th century castle. We have tickets in the morning for some sort of short extra step-lock. Not sure what that means,  so we’ll see when we see when we see it. When we reached the lock the actual opening time was 9-12 and it was about 12:35. So we will see how the schedule gets adjusted for later today and tomorrow.