On 16 Jan 2010, at 16:27, Hudson, Michael S wrote: > We are a family of 4 planning a narrow boat trip on the Llangollen > canal. > > We plan to boat around June 21- June 25 on the stretch from Maestermyn > House Brdige #4 to Llangollen. > > We understand the typical time for a round trip to Llangolen and > back is > about 12 hours 34 minutes based > > on the Canal Route Planner on George's Canal website > > We are seeking advice. Our question is: > > Would we expect to encounter heavy boat traffic at this time of year > (June 21 -25) that would involve queuing up at locks, tunnels or > aqueducts and how long the queus might be or how much time we should > add > to the trip to account for the queues?
Michael - I am not over familiar with this canal, nor have I double checked your 12.1/2 hour estimate. That period in the summer should not be ultra busy unless it clashes with some Eistedfodd (SP!)-like event at Llangollen. If there is a clash that could be pretty grim, or it might just mean that the Terminus itself will be busy but everybody not at the event will be 2 counties away. I assume you pick up the boat late 21st. Your outbound trip will be against the flow and my usual strategy for such a trip would be to have a relatively heavy day on 22nd, getting all the way to Llangollen. You can then relax in the town in the evening and follow up with a leisurely morning 23rd, departing with the intent of getting 3 hours or so done later that day. Then you also have some slack in case of traffic on 24th, assuming you'll need to be back at base fairly early 25th. Others will be able to give better guidance than I concerning where to schedule overnights on 23rd & 24th Enjoy the trip, Cap'n Beeky SInce there i
