I have been very touched by the friendliness of people in the Marina and this area in general. In a week and a bit that we have been here we have had two lifts into the shop and an offer of another one, been invited for drinks twice and have had lovely conversations with fellow boaters about how nice it would be if we were to stay here for winter and that I should not worry not having a car and being a bit remote as I can always ask for a lift.
Yesterday we hired a car!. I forgot how lovely it is to drive.. well in this area as there is hardly any traffic. Up and Down hills, through country lanes.. its just fantastic. Did take me a while to get used to it, especially as on the canal you 'drive' on the other side, but I love the freedom of a car and the joy of not having to wait for a bus which on our trip to Wrexham on Tuesday was 20 minutes late. The car is a Silver Vauxhall Meriva 10 reg, this was one of the basic models, but it is lovely and so easy to drive.Today we went for a drive in the country over a 'mountain pass' looking at the hills in the background. A bit bleak but very pretty all the same.
We carried on driving to Denbigh Castle. Which was built in the 13th Century high on the hill tops with a 360 degree view. I think the pictures really speak for themselves as to how pretty it is. We ended the day with a walk along the Aqueduct at Trevor.In writing this blog I have always written about the interesting and nice aspects of the journey, however, today we were on the Aqueduct and we saw a young lady looking a bit forlorn, she was by herself and looked a bit out of place as she was wearing work clothes with a black jumper, about 10 minutes later we discovered that she had committed suicide by jumping from the Aqueduct. My thoughts are with her family at this time.
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