Landscape Llangollen canal holiday

Llangollen canal holiday · 12:05 PM

Had a wonderful weeks holiday on the Llangollen canal in Wales, cruising along in a narrow boat, great weather and loads of photo opportunities along the route.

IgorZ · 06-07-2016, 01:41 PM

Looks beautiful! What was the purpose of the canal?

**Kerrowdown** · 06-07-2016, 02:55 PM

Looks fairly restful, your now no doubt gonna tell us all it's hard work.

Top banana · 06-08-2016, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by IgorZ

Looks beautiful! What was the purpose of the canal?

Hi IgorZ

The canal originally would have carried coal, iron ore, limestone and many other materials within the area. This canal is not far from
what is seen as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in England (at Ironbridge, where cast iron was first produced)

Also the canal pre-dates the coming of railways as a form of goods transport, so would also have carried perishable goods such as food, etc.

The Aquaduct you can see in the photo is now a UNESCO world heritage site due to it's importance as part of our industrial history.

---------- Post added 06-08-16 at 11:46 AM ----------

Originally posted by Kerrowdown

Looks fairly restful, your now no doubt gonna tell us all it hard work.

I would never have thought that crusing along at 4mph and stopping at canalside pubs to have some nice beers could be so tiring....

veato · 06-12-2016, 01:16 AM

Just got back from Wales myself. Such a beautiful country. Nice captures.

tgchan · 06-12-2016, 01:51 AM

What a place... So many nice places to visit so little time... The 3rd and 4th photos are my favourite.

ThomasHemming · 06-12-2016, 09:50 AM

Mai da iawn! I like the wormhole effect in the tunnel in picture 4!

**Mikesul** · 06-12-2016, 09:53 AM

These make me want to visit Wales real soon!

**bpv_UW** · 06-12-2016, 01:40 PM

great toning on the building shot

tyee · 06-12-2016, 02:25 PM

Lots of different skills resulting in some great shots.

theskonesdad · 06-12-2016, 10:23 PM

Like the moving effect in the second photo! Hope the weather will be as nice when I get there.

22codfish · 06-15-2016, 01:45 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Top banana

Had a wonderful weeks holiday on the Llangollen canal in Wales, cruising along in a narrow boat, great weather and loads of photo opportunities along the route.

When I was a boy, my mum wouldn't buy "soft" Cape Breton coal for our home furnace. "Not good enough, not enough heat in the coal and would leave clunkers." She had to have imported good Welsh anthracite, "hard" coal which would burn clean. I had to shovel it. I grew up believing Wales was one big coal mine. These pictures of the canal Wales are great. It looks like the canal goes over a bridge and through a tunnel. I bet the Welsh coal I shoveled came from the mine to Liverpool for export to Nova Scotia.

slowpez · 06-17-2016, 08:39 PM - **1 Like**

Thanks for taking me along on your canal trip. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Peter Nutkins · 06-17-2016, 10:24 PM

Great images...especially no. 2 and 4.

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Top banana Veteran Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 339 Original Poster	Originally posted by IgorZ Looks beautiful! What was the purpose of the canal? Hi IgorZ The canal originally would have carried coal, iron ore, limestone and many other materials within the area. This canal is not far from what is seen as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in England (at Ironbridge, where cast iron was first produced) Also the canal pre-dates the coming of railways as a form of goods transport, so would also have carried perishable goods such as food, etc. The Aquaduct you can see in the photo is now a UNESCO world heritage site due to it's importance as part of our industrial history. ---------- Post added 06-08-16 at 11:46 AM ---------- Originally posted by Kerrowdown Looks fairly restful, your now no doubt gonna tell us all it hard work. I would never have thought that crusing along at 4mph and stopping at canalside pubs to have some nice beers could be so tiring....

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veato Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Nottingham Posts: 543	Just got back from Wales myself. Such a beautiful country. Nice captures.

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tgchan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Poland, Radom Posts: 277	What a place... So many nice places to visit so little time... The 3rd and 4th photos are my favourite.

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ThomasHemming New Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 21	Mai da iawn! I like the wormhole effect in the tunnel in picture 4!

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Mikesul Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,594	These make me want to visit Wales real soon!

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bpv_UW Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 765	great toning on the building shot

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tyee Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Curridabat, Costa Rica Photos: Albums Posts: 30	Lots of different skills resulting in some great shots.

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theskonesdad Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Creston,B.C. Posts: 73	Like the moving effect in the second photo! Hope the weather will be as nice when I get there.

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22codfish Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 44	Originally posted by Top banana Had a wonderful weeks holiday on the Llangollen canal in Wales, cruising along in a narrow boat, great weather and loads of photo opportunities along the route. When I was a boy, my mum wouldn't buy "soft" Cape Breton coal for our home furnace. "Not good enough, not enough heat in the coal and would leave clunkers." She had to have imported good Welsh anthracite, "hard" coal which would burn clean. I had to shovel it. I grew up believing Wales was one big coal mine. These pictures of the canal Wales are great. It looks like the canal goes over a bridge and through a tunnel. I bet the Welsh coal I shoveled came from the mine to Liverpool for export to Nova Scotia.

06-17-2016, 08:39 PM - 1 Like	#13
slowpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Carolina, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 18,462	Thanks for taking me along on your canal trip. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

06-17-2016, 10:24 PM	#14
Peter Nutkins Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Exeter Photos: Albums Posts: 442	Great images...especially no. 2 and 4.