We started at about 8.30 again with a slight downhill walk - very
unusual! It didn't last long though before we were up those hills again.
The weather was a bit mixed today, we didn't have any heavy showers but
there was quite a lot of drizzle, so everyone had to wear wet weather gear.
We seemed to make really good time to start with and Tim promised us a
car park with a proper toilet near an old racecourse after about 5 - 6 miles
which would be good for elevenses.
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| At the old racecourse |
Well I'm afraid the car park and
toilet had disappeared once we got to where it should have been, so we carried
on in the drizzle to try and find an alternative coffee stop. We tramped
a good way along the road, and I was feeling that I really did need a comfort
stop - so I mentioned to Steve W as we were walking that wouldn't it be good if
we found a church with coffee again around the next corner - well blow me down,
we went round the next corner and although not a church, there was an
equestrian centre that had a sign saying walkers were welcome to use the
facilities which were toilets; kettle; coffee / tea/ chocolate machine; chairs
etc. So how amazing was that!
After elevenses we walked on up and down hills until we eventually
got to castle Crick where we found some logs to sit
on to have lunch. Before getting there though, we met a group of D of E walkers who were training for their bronze award; the teachers were with them and they were wearing T shirts that said they were from Holly Lodge school in Liverpool, which was where Pat's Mum used to teach PE - small world!
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| Castle Churck |
After lunch it was another 4 miles or so to the end and
the last part of the walk was beside the Llangollen canal again. As we
approached the end for today we caught sight of the aquaduct that will be part
of tomorrow's walk. We found Carol and Phil who had had a great day
walking about 11 miles alongside the canal into Llangollen; they then had
scones and tea while waiting at the bridge for us; and apparently the quality
of scones was good :)
Tomorrow we will start the walk by going over the
aquaduct, but an alternative is to walk round it so you can look at it. George and Kim wanted to do both, so they set
off to walk over it this afternoon so they can walk under it tomorrow; it
didn’t take them very long, but the rest of us found the tea shop and had a
cuppa!
We drove back to the house – then – who had the
front door key? Steve Y thought he had
picked it up and handed it to George to give to Carol; all denied knowledge and
the key couldn’t be found, so it was thought that no-one picked the key up
(it’s a yale type lock that just shuts).
The owner was found who didn’t have the right key, so she went to look
for her Husband ..... hang-on ....Carol suddenly felt in her pocket and found
the key – yippee!!
The hot tub was great again; dinner is smelling
good, it’s vegetable curry tonight cooked by Pat and Steve W with head chef
Alan.
I’ve got to play snooker tonight as it’s our
semi-final. I’m not sure who is winning
at this stage, but will report tomorrow on how it’s going.
The wool round the heels worked really well, it was
comfortable and no new blisters formed and the old ones didn’t get any
worse. So I think that it is a big
thumbs up for the welsh sheep wool.
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