A winter's tale

摘要

Some boaters say the Llangollen Canal never freezes because of the continual flow downstream feeding Hurleston Reservoir with water from the River Dee. Perhaps because of this, a number of liveaboards retreat to it in the winter months. Speaking to a winter moorer at Llangollen who has returned for the last 10 years, it did freeze in winter 2009/10: the winter we all remember for a white Christmas. We were iced-in on the Oxford Canal for seven weeks that year, fortunately among boating friends and near a pub!