Day 30: Selattyn to LLangollen

We set off earlier today.

1. Because we weren't in a comfortable bed and breakfast but instead camped under an apple tree and sleeping atop the very hard and round fallen apples.

2. Because we were psyching ourselves up for a really long day to avoid the mistakes of yesterday.

Obviously Ivan was not ready to face the day








And definitely not ready to face the breakfast of left over chow mein and egg fried rice which Curt and I were finding delicious.

Leaving the Cross Keys pub:








It was somewhat sunny with a cool breeze, so perfect walking weather and time seemed to be back to normal again.


We made good time and quickly came in view of Chirk castle. You can vaguely see it above the tree tops in this picture:


Down the valley and then up by the castle to find the national trust farm shop open for business. Lucky for us because most things seem to be closed on sundays and Ivan was tremendously happy as he had not partaken in the breakfast. Tea and Bakewell tarts - yummy.

Next came chips and curry sauce in Froncycylite before walking over the impressive viaduct spanning the river Dee.


I wanted to stop for a coffee here but the boys wanted to get the next five miles over with and get settled in Llangollen

By the way in order to pronounce Llangollen correctly you have to start by forming your lips and tongue to pronounce the letter L, but instead just blow air gently around the sides of the tongue and that is the "Ll"

Try reading the next paragraph out loud. It is english but written using the sounds of the Welsh alphabet:

"Ai hop ddat yw can ryd ddys and ddat yt meiks sens tw yw. Iff yw can ryd ddys, dden yw sawnd ryt and ar redi tw gow hycing in wals. Gwd lwc and Haf ffyn."

We walked down an extremely long tow path to LLangollen.


And then got smart and got a cab to our hotel as it was a couple of miles out of town.

Spain won the world cup tonight.

Llangollen ended up being the end of Offa's Dyke trail for me, 35 miles short of Prestatyn.

Curt and Ivan needed to get back to Mick's to pick up their rental car and drive to Gatwick airport to fly home :(

I will miss them.








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