WALES TO ENGLAND

TUESDAY 10^TH   We went off after breakfast and found the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over a deep gorge (World Heritage Listed) allowing narrow boats to travel on the Canal from Llangollen via Trevor on route to Froncysyllte.  Quite a marvel of engineering.  It was impossible to photograph the whole structure because of it’s immense size however interesting watching the boats going along the canal.  We then drove on to Chester and parked in the Park and Ride and took the bus into the city.   This is a very old walled city and we did the walk around the wall which was up and down and around about 2 miles but felt like 20.   We then found a nice little French café to have some lunch before going back to the car and taking the M road from Chester to Preston and then out to Lytham St Ann’s where we are tonight. 

Although it has only been about 180 ks it has been a long day and was even worse when we had trouble finding a bed for the night.  Finally Ian went for a walk and found two places.  The first had a room but no sheets of the beds so sent him next door which thankfully had a room.  This is the first time we have had trouble finding somewhere to stay.  Hopefully it is not a sign of things to come in England.    One thing we won’t miss in England are the Welsh signs.  Everything is now in both Welsh and English and it was really hard reading the signs.  Welsh is not a language you can relate to.  Apparently it is the same in Scotland too.  All very PC. 

OLD ROMAN BRIDGE INSIDE THE WALL AT CHESTER