As today is handover day we spent many hours preparing Oliver for his next voyage. He was lovingly cleansed from top to toe and prepared in immaculate fashion.

Toby and Sarah arrived in good time to unload Zena and upload Oliver after sorting out some confusion about the entrance point as a result of a cricket match on the sports field. We then headed off for lunch at the Corn Mill a fine location that we had, of course, felt obliged to check out the previous evening.

It was rather sad to have to say goodbye to Oliver after three weeks together but we felt sure we would soon meet again for another adventure on the waterways. We felt better knowing he would be in good hands with Toby and Sarah.

After a relatively quick lunch we drove to Trevor to acquaint Toby and Sarah with the aqueduct where we took a few more photos.

The four of us then drove to our campsite at Abbey Farm (now deleted from our list of desirable campsites) from where we took a strenuous but scenic route to the Horseshoe Falls, the source of the canal.


We stopped for tea at the Chain Bridge Hotel before parting company. We headed back to our campsite while Toby and Sarah walked along the towpath back to the Llangollen Basin.
We hope they enjoy their journey as much as we did.