The landlady at our B&B told us we had to go to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and see the canal boats running through it.
She was a teacher and had at one time decided to kayak the aqueduct with a bunch of her students. “The aqueduct is high in the sky and has a narrow channel of water running through it…” She was afraid of heights so it was a terrifying experience and she never did it again!
Sign for the walk to the aqueduct.
This angle, looking down the channel, gives no sense of how high up it was.
A canal boat making its way down the narrow channel of the aqueduct.
The front of a different canal boat where you can see how high up it is.
Looking down at the river from above.
Way down.
There’s a walk along the bottom of the aqueduct.
Here is an overgrown bench down on the walkway.
A view of the river from below. 
An artwork made of pickaxe heads celebrating the mining history of the area.
Looking up from below.
- More of the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Change Your Perspective.
- More about our 2016 trip to Wales.
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Great post! So many perspectives!
It was certainly a place to explore from all angles…
Ha! Great perspectives. Love the pickax vertabrae.
I love sculptures made of local historical materials – there’s always some sort of surprising twist…
Many moons ago my friend’s family had a spare berth on their canal boat holiday so I went along with no idea about the route. I don’t like heights so imagine my amazement when we crossed over the aqueduct.
I can imagine what a surprise it would be to find yourself boating along that narrow channel so high up in the air!
A perfect place for angles and perspectives – well chosen!
Wales was my favourite place for what I call ‘Up, Down and All Around’ photography – so many different angles and points of view…
I can see that!
It wasn’t until the end shot that I really realized how high up the aqueduct is. Scary!! Your images give us a great sense of the adventure.
I’m not overly scared of heights but I couldn’t imagine kayaking down that channel, especially with a bunch of students, like my landlady. It would be a true adventure!
Great shots of the aqueduct, Albatz! I’m afraid of heights, so I was holding on something as I read your photos, haha! Excellent choices of perspectives.
I’m glad you had an adventure just reading about the experience!
I did, Albatz. On one trip to Maui, I wanted to take the photos of a cliff looking down. I had my husband holding on to me!!
A great subject for this challenge, Elizabeth. I had no idea of how high the canal is until your last few shots. Amazing! I really enjoyed the shot of the front of the canal boat –photo #4.
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