Tuesday 14 October 2008

C Walk Llangollen November 2008

Walk Leader: Norman Jones
Distance: approx 6.5 miles
Height Gain: 875 ft ( including going up to Castell Dinas Bran)

We head north out of Llangollen over the River Dee bridge and up to the quayside of the Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal. This is where the horse drawn and other boat trips are operated. After 1.5 miles along the pleasantly wooded towpath, passing the Royal International Pavilion on the left, we cross the canal and main road to join a footpath. This goes past the ruins of the Valle Crucis Abbey and continues through fields and woodland, with a view beyond the Eglwyseg River Valley to the traffic of the Horseshoe Pass about 1.5 miles away.

A short section along a lane, then through fields to join the Offa's Dyke Path with the prominant cliffs of Eglwseg on our left. After about a mile we leave the path and reach the base of the hill topped by Castell Dinas Bran ruins. The top is a superb viewpoint in reasonable weather and we can decide whether to go to the top, or around the base, when we get there.

After the hill, it's gently downhill for about a mile into Llangollen.

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