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Thread #56636 Message #2576235
Posted By: Newport Boy
26-Feb-09 - 05:34 AM
Thread Name: Canal songs (UK)
Subject: RE: Canal songs (UK)
Browsing the rest of this thread, I see all the tales of crossing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Very prosaic, all of them!
My first trip over Pontcysyllte was in 1959. Anne & I spent our honeymoon on the Llangollen canal, and we crossed both ways during the week. Very romantic.
Oh yes - we'd hired a camping punt - a standard Thames punt, 30ft x 3ft, fitted with steel hoops and a canvas cover. Minimum cooking facilities, and two mattresses but, hey, we were on honeymoon!!