Thursday 11th July 2024
After a very quiet night on a peaceful mooring, unusual for being moored right outside a pub, we set off at 10am to make out way to the very end of the canal. We struggled through the abundant weed, past the newly built but un-used marina, and down to the 5 locks basin which is now the limit of navigation.
When we last did this canal in 1980, the limit of navigation was Pontymoile basin and so we have now completed just over 2 miles (each way) of completely new canal to us. Once tied up in the basin, we walked down the abandoned locks, accompanied by a Kingfisher which we disturbed at the second lock (61). We continued past the flight of five ex-locks but then turned to return to the boat at the top lock of the next flight. We met a lovely local couple who told us a lot about the local area whilst their impatient dog waited to continue his walk.
Back on the Countess, we set off again through the shallow weedy waters, and Cwmbran tunnel back to Pontymoile basin where we stopped in the gauging lock to fill our water tank. Then continued North past Mamhilad and Penperlleni until we moored for the night just before Goytre wharf at 4:15pm.
Before dinner we took a walk around the wharf ‘heritage’ area as a recce for a possible visit tomorrow morning. Well, we’ve now seen everything apparently so we won’t bother tomorrow.
G&B
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