A walk along the Brecon and Monmouth canal
On another lovely day, last Sunday, George took me and the dogs to Crickhowell. He kept it secret where we were going; just saying that it was south and would take about half an hour to get to.
He turned off the main road up a teeny side road that crossed over the Brecon canal. With a look of absolute disbelief his plan fell apart as we saw that the canal path was CLOSED!! Undaunted by this we followed the little road until we met up with the canal again at Llangattock. Just after the village we found a suitable place to park the car and then set off along the path. It was beautiful!
He brought with him a useful little book on Welsh Canals, the Shropshire Union, Llangollen, Montgomery and the Monmouthshire and Brecon. I have been fascinated in the track of the Brecon canal since, about two years ago, it collapsed, causing a huge flood at a little place called Gilwern. It seemed to run so high on the hillside.
Anyway, we walked from just to the west of Llangattock to Llangynidr. It really was a lovely, lovely walk. Even in winter and I can imagine it would be even more beautiful in summer. We often recommend that people staying with us take a day trip on the canal from Brecon towards Abergavenny. I know that it is something that we plan to do on a quiet couple of days next spring.
We ended our walk (as we often do!!) in a pub on the canal-side. The Coach and Horses at Llangynidr. We had a very warm welcome, the food (roast beef) was delicious and the roaring log fire made for a cozy lunch. We had chatted with the owner about coming down from Builth for our walk, saying that we often recommended to visitors of our campsite that they had a trip on the canal. After our meal he came up to us to say goodbye and said, thoughtfully, "I know a campsite at Hundred House”, we said that's the one.....he said "well, you showed me round the cottage you have for sale". Isn't that EXTRADORINARY, I had spent the meal thinking he looked familiar and there it was.
Well, it is guaranteed that if you go to the Coach and Horses at Llangynidr and mention that you have stayed at Fforest Fields and read this on here you will get a VERY warm welcome!!
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
The dogs absolutely loved it too, there was no one else walking and the peace and quiet was wonderful. Meggie swam across at one stage to hunt bunnies on the other bank! They are doing repairs along the whole stretch but these are hoped to be finished by April 2009 when it will be fully open again.
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Show/hide commentswritten by Harry Adams, December 17, 2008
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dictionary checking my words, I hope you can. It is embarrassing to ask, but I wonder how many more people it would help.
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