We went away for a couple of days because I wanted to go to two exhibitions. We could probably have done both in one day but it was nicer to go at a slower pace.
Firstly, we went to the Willow Gallery in Oswestry to see their current exhibition Stitch by Stitch. It was lovely to see work made by people I know including Jo Smith, Liske Johnson, Karen Herrick and Cas Holmes amongst others.
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| Jo Smith: Garden Friends - Red Fox |
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| Liske Johnson: Squinting at the Sea |
Sorry ladies about the quality of the photos - I was snatching them with my phone. It's a popular exhibition and between the people and the lighting it was quite difficult to get good photos. (well That's my excuse!)
Then we went to the British Ironwork Centre. This was part sculpture park, shop, cafe and craft studios. It was also advertising the Knife Angel but we didn't ever find it which is odd because it's very tall. I'm pleased we saw it when it was in Worcester.
From Oswestry we made our way to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct where we had lunch and a short walk beside the canal.
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| A narrowboat crossing the aqueduct |
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| The view from the aqueduct |
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| The aqueduct |
From there we drove through Llangollen and stopped at Horseshoe Falls. I thought this was going to be a waterfall but turned out to be a cast iron weir. It enables water to be taken from the River Dee to feed the Llangollen Canal.
We continued our journing to Ruthin where I had booked us into a hotel. The view from the bedroom window was fabulous.
I was going to write about both days but we did so much in each day that I will save day two for another post.
Thanks for joining me today
Bernice
