Offa's Dyke Day 4 - Llangollen to Llanymynech

Sunday 5th July 2015

We said goodbye to Paul in the morning whose time with us had come to an end. He headed back to Prestatyn by train to get his car and head for home. It had been a lively and enjoyable time. For me and Dave the longest and hardest of legs was about to commence.

The walking was initially gentle and very easy going as we enjoyed the canal walking and especially the Pontcysyllte Aquaduct. We then actually see the Offa's Dyke itself for the first time - maybe we'd been on it before but just didn't realise it was there all the time, but it was nice to actually see it for once - Paul had been and gone in 3 days and didn't see it at all.

As the day progressed the Dyke was very clear to see - Unfortunately the rain also arrived later on and the 25 mile stretch became quite heavy going - We were running on empty by the time we arrived at the Bradford Arms in Llanymynech. This was one of the only places that I've been to that didn't really welcome us - they seemed more bothered about the lateness of our arrival and how quickly they could get us fed and done. A tired night in a tired place at the end of a long hard day - but hey ! we had plenty to look forward to ahead of us.

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Distance: 25 miles

Duration: 10:15 hours

Ascent: 4414 ft

Difficulty: Very Hard

Accompanied By: Davy

Weather: Warm & Rain

3D outline of route

Parking

Looking back towards Llangollen after passing the Castle Dinas Bran

The Llangollen canal at (or near) Trevor

Chester and Llangollen canal at Froncysyllte - you can see the Pontcysylite Aquaduct up ahead

And there it is - One of the highlights of this walk - The Thomas Telford canal bridge over the River Dee, built over 200 years ago during the Industrial Revolution - A magnificent experience walking over it especially as the canal boats go by right alonside you.

It's a long way down to the Dee

Back to the gentle Tow Path walking

Near Caeaugwynion !! Easy for you to say - Wouldn't mess with those chaps. Don't meet any walkers on this trail but there's sheep and cows everywhere !

We spot Chirk Castle in the distance

A brief respite from the rain as we get shelter in Racecourse Wood

All change - suns out and we find a country house (Nr Moelydd) selling ice creams - well it's a young lad earning a bit of pocket money during the school holidays actually. We may have been the only customers today - lovely family though. Time to get lost afterwards - bit tricky round there !