Captain Beeky pretended : > 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 > Thanks to the Shropshire Union Canal Society moorings are very good and provided you don't leave it to late in the evening you shouldn't have a problem. http://www.shropshireunion.org.uk/country_moorings.htm
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