Many years ago we had arrived in Llangollen on a canalboat. This time as we walked along the canal towpath into town we passed the Basin where we had tied up the barge overnight. The town is on the River Dee and from the bridge you can watch the popular whitewater rafts coming though the rapids at the end of their trip down the river.

It’s a popular tourist town with visitors coming for the music, the scenery, the canal or even the heritage railway. No steam trains running today but we took the scenic trip to Corwen and back on diesel railcars built in the 1950s

After the train ride we walked back up to Llangollen Wharf on the canal and tried what must have been the most relaxing journey of the whole holiday – a horse drawn boat trip (even though the rudder snapped!).