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heritage<br />
messing about in boats<br />
llangollen canal<br />
If it’s good enough for Harrison Ford and<br />
Calista Flockhart. The famous couple took a<br />
romantic break back in 2004 piloting a<br />
narrowboat along Llangollen Canal.<br />
They were in good company. About 15,000<br />
vessels do the same thing every year. Making<br />
it “one of the busiest and most beautiful<br />
stretches of waterway in the UK,” according<br />
to Julie Sharman of British Waterways.<br />
The canal is 41 miles long and takes at least<br />
three days to cruise – each way. If you don’t<br />
have the time to spare, just take a stroll along<br />
the towpath, which passes through isolated<br />
sheep pastures, ancient peat mosses and<br />
tree-lined lakes.<br />
marinas<br />
You can hire your own boats from the popular<br />
marinas at Chirk and Trevor. Or you can book<br />
a pleasure cruise. That way you don’t have to<br />
worry about navigating locks or banging into<br />
other boats. The seriously laid-back can even<br />
take a horse-drawn canal boat trip from<br />
Llangollen Wharf.<br />
01691 690322 www.canaltrip.co.uk<br />
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