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Posted on: Tuesday March 21, 2017 at: 7:52 pm
A view from the top of the aqueduct today – a beautiful, spring morning (click on the images for a larger picture):
View from the top
It was, however, rather windy. In fact it was pretty much blowing a gale, which is unnerving when you are looking at a view like this from the stern:
Far below, the River Dee – and yes, those are full grown trees down there, not bushes!
You can see how thin the offside edge of the aqueduct is. You take comfort from the fact that thousands of boats have crossed this over the years, but it is still pretty scary. Not least because at least two people fell to their deaths from here in 2016. (Not, however, from boats).
Hi Paul, good to hear from you. It’s nice to know that others are following our adventures. Maybe you should get Lynne to read our blogs as well – you never know 😉
Hi looks like a great time – very jealous but a firm follower of the grand voyage!