Day 21 day off in Llanymynech

Sunday : Great sleep in The Dolphin Inn. Landlord John kindly put on a laundry load for me and allowed me to peg it out on the line in the yard beside the pub. I was keen to get it drying in the glorious weather before the forecast thunder storms this afternoon. Walked to the nearby Bradford Arms for breakfast and to collect a packed lunch.

11:00 Church Service at nearby St.Agatha's. I had texted Vicar last night to verify service times as boards outside are often out of date. This one displayed 09:00 so good job I checked.

After getting in dry laundry, I walked 5 minutes to Llanymynech Lime kilns. An absolutely fascinating museum. I had no idea there had been so much industry here including the largest intact Hoffmann ring kiln in the UK.

Then visited the nearby canal wharf. A group of volunteers had created a visitor centre and museum from a canal building and were operating a barge the short distance along the navigable section of the Montgomery Canal. I stopped with them for ages learning that much of the canal was navigable and what was not was in water. There was only a short dry section of 2 miles. They are hopeful the whole Canal will be navigable in the next decade or so. The demo boat engine would not start so the trip did not happen but I was able to assist moving the boat to its overnight mooring and was shown the archived museum collection that was not on display to the public.

Quirk of Llanymynech village is that west of the main street is in Powys and the east is in Shropshire. So my pub, the shop and café are in Wales. The two other pubs, the church, the Lime kiln museum and Canal wharf are in England - crazy!

2 miles around Llanymynech completed at end of 21st day of walking.
Total miles so far : 216
Weather : Sunshine and glorious until 5pm, then rain for an hour but not the forecast Thunder storm. Overcast for the rest of the evening but remained warm.
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