Llangattock to Llanfoist
At 1600 we went out again. It had turned to glorious sunshine, perfect for strolling along the towpath! I took the bike, and we walked down the drive and turned right onto the towpath. We soon got to Govilon - lots of interest here - and then to Llanfoist. It was still walking weather, despite the occasional snow flurry, so we carried on to Castle Upper Bridge 95. Here I cycled back to get the car, and Jan walked down the steep hill to Llanfoist to meet me. Having met up we drove into Abergavenny to look at the bandstand in the park (memories of stopping off there with the children on the way to South Wales with the caravan) and find somewhere to eat. I wasn’t particularly hungry, but Jan was. Found a Wetherspoon pub - the Coliseum, a converted cinema - and had good meal (liver and bacon for Jan, mixed grill for me).
Park Bridge 112
Wooden Bridge 111
Pen-pedair-Heol Bridge 110
pumping water into the marina to keep the boats afloat
Dark Bridge 109
Graig-yr-Allt Bridge 108
these people were climbing on this boat, evidently beached when the canal was drained. I challenged them and they went away, dropping litter
Dan-y-Graig Bridge 107
Sand Bridge 105
Bridges 104 to 101 should be in the previous blog entry
Humphreys Bridge 100 - the cottage we were staying at was just to the left
Llanwenarth Bridge 99
aqueduct with little headroom in Govilon
same aqueduct from above
aqueduct with drain sluice over stream
Govilon Station Road Bridge 98
footbridge in front of bridge 98
skew railway bridge
Bailey's Warehouse, Govilon
Govilon Yard Bridge 97
Lower Turn Bridge 96
aqueduct near Llanfoist
curious iron tank - what is it?
stop gate south of aqueduct
Llanfoist Wharf
Tod's Bridge 96A(?)
Castle Upper Bridge 95
showing the hill running steeply down from the towpath - it's like this for most of the length
Drove home and soon to bed. We might finish off the canal walk tomorrow! Just 14 miles to cover!
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