Start your canalside walk in Llangollen and your towpath stroll transforms into a white-knuckle walk as the hillside drops away and you find yourslf 126ft up on Thomas Telford's amazing aqueduct, which carries the canal for 1,007 feet straight across the river Dee below. The canal mostly winds lazily following the contours of the hills, the wooded banks giving way now and again to spectacular views of mountain and the beautiful Dee valley.
There's a full spectrum of activities: languid rides on the steam railway or horse-drawn boats, or white-water rafting, kayaking, abseilling, climbing and mountain biking – not forgetting the famous Eisteddfod and the museum for culture vultures. Accommodation ranges from the four-star Llangollen hostel (01978 861773, llangollenhostel.co.uk) to luxury narrowboats from Anglo Welsh (anglowelsh.co.uk, 0117 304 1122). The best B&B is the Bryn Merion (01978 861911).

From Llangollen, Snowdonia, to Nantwich, Cheshire, (canaljunction.com/canal/llangollen.htm

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The stretch of canal around Llangollen is one of the most scenic anywhere. Just follow the towpath and you will eventually find yourself walking on air, crossing Thomas Telford's majestic Pontcysyllte aqueduct 126 feet above the valley below. Even scarier on a boat - there's no handrail that side!

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