AN OLD FAVOURITE.10-7-12.

Today i took Clive on one of my favourite local walks,the circular walk from Froncysyllte Aqueduct,along the Offa's Dyke path to Castell Dinas Bran and then down into Llangollen,and then the canal walk back to the aqueduct.Clive drove us to the aqueduct car park and we started walking in light drizzle and leaden skies picking up the canal path for a short distance before heading for Trevor.

Crossing the A539 in Trevor we headed for the wooded area above Trevor Hall.At least here we were sheltered a little from the rain which had got really heavy by now.The path was slippery and very muddy,the worst i have ever seen it and we took our time,not wanting to have an injury and hoping the rain would stop before we got from under the trees.As luck would have it just as we reached the open ground it stopped raining and we stopped high above the Dee Valley for a break and to take some photo's.

Walking up to the Panorama we came across an area that was full of hundreds of foxgloves,i've never seen so many.

Walking towards the castle the skies started to brighten up and the clouds began to lift.I gave Clive the option of bypassing the castle but he wanted to walk up to it so we did,and we had our lunch in the castle ruins.

We took the steep path down to Llangollen passing the school and stopped for a pint of Unicorn in the Bridge End.The sun was trying its best to come out as we crossed the river and made our way to the bakery where we both bought an Oggie,they are the tastiest in North Wales ! As we crossed the bridge again a steam train pulled in so we walked down to the station to have a look at it.

We walked back up to the canal and followed it all the way back to Froncysyllte and when we got back to the car Clive couldn't find his keys,he had dropped them somewhere.We walked to the Thomas Telford Inn and got a phone number for a local taxi and he drove us back to Llangollen.First stop the bakery where somebody had handed them in,phew.The taxi took us back to the car and we drove to the Hampden Arms,Acrefair for a pint.We walked 9 mile with 1,800 feet of ascent.

MILEAGE WALKED    320
ASCENT                       75,100
TOPS                            69.