Trevor, Wales, United Kingdom
A few weeks ago I enjoyed some great uploads by @livinguktaiwan
I was asked by reply if I ever posted anything normal.
When I stopped shivering at the thought.
I had a light bulb moment.
I am seeing stuff in my own backyard that fellow Hivians probably don't even know exists.
Here is Normal.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Trevor Basin
Due to the abandonment in the early 19th C. of a proposed canal extension onwards to Chester the Trevor Basin became "end of the line" for the Ellesmere Canal; part of a canal system that was intended to link the Rivers Mersey and Severn.
The canal was extended westward to LLangollen, and this is now a popular, tourist route as well as being home to those that travel the waterways of Britain.
Day trips and barge rentals moored for over winter, let's see a return to normality in 2022, when these boats will once again ply their trade.
As will the pub, convenient, for all. I have visited in the summer and it gets very busy with bargees and non bargees alike.
The River in the Sky
A clever slogan no doubt dreamt up by some advertising executive and paid, ridiculous amounts of dosh for his troubles ( I may be in normal mode, but cynical is my middle name)
This century alone there have been seven recorded suicides and "death by stupidity" recorded of individuals falling from the aquaduct.
The slender masonry piers are partly hollow and taper at their summit.
The mortar used in the construction was made of oxen blood, lime and water. thats one hell of a lot of bovines being killed. We shall all eat heartily tonight.
World Heritage status was granted in 2009, to The Llangollen Canal, and its structures, an 11 mile stretch of waterway that straddles Wales and England.
Pontcysyllte translates as ‘The bridge that connects’.
It is the tallest navigable aquaduct in Britain and holds 330,000 gallons of water and takes two hours to drain.
If you have a good head for heights then enjoy the views of the valley and river below
Pontcysyllte is pronounced ‘pont-kur-suck-tay’.
cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon
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