A towpath walk to the finish.

I can’t believe this weather, it’s more like April than January, anyway after breakfast I decided to stretch my legs and walk the last couple of miles of canal down to Horseshoe Falls, and having traveled 45 miles down the Llangollen it would be sinful not to see the end.

So I set off along the very well maintained and surfaced towpath towards the terminus for powered boats and where I had expected to be moored, there are 32 empty berths here at the moment, in the summer these will be full every day, it’s about 400 yards from my mooring.

And this is the reason I am not there, bridge 45W closed.

Although powered boats are not allowed further than the mooring basin and winding hole horse drawn trip boats are and they travel between Llangollen Wharf and the end of the canal at Horseshoe Falls.

Llangollen Wharf

It’s a very lovely 1¾ mile walk, following the course of the River Dee on the left of the canal, nestled in the valley with lovely views wherever you look.

The canal ends at Horseshoe Falls with a small valve house governing the flow of water into the canal from the River Dee

This is Horseshoe Falls, a crescent shaped weir some 460 feet long which creates a pool of water which can then flow into the Canal.

Walking back and passing the Chainlink Bridge and Hotel over and on the banks of the Dee.

The Dee with it’s fast slow and rocky bed is very popular with practising canoeists, but only a couple out there today.

Tomorrow weather permitting a walk around the town.