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V    Reported 31.7.25

Borderland Rotary - canal walk crosses the border twice

Borderland Rotary enjoyed their annual canal walk and dinner this year by crossing the English Welsh border twice – setting off through the canal tunnel and out across Chirk Aqueduct into England. Then back into Wales for dinner at the Castle Bistro in Chirk.

Steve Jerman, Borderland president said, “It’s just great that Thomas Telford’s engineering masterpieces from 1802 is still standing and in such fantastic condition and it reminds me of my childhood near Chirk. I have lived abroad for many years so it’s so nice to revisit my old haunts – although I still don’t like the chocolatey smell from the old Cadbury’s factory”.

The aqueduct and viaduct are such iconic symbols of the border between Shropshire and North Wales and a reminder of our industrial heritage.