Return to Llanfoist Wharf

Our first visit to Llanfoist Wharf near Abergavenny was last November when the canal-side trees were displaying magnificent colours. We thought it was time for another look at the canal and, this time, take a walk along it to a nearby village. We began our walk at the Wharf and I took this photograph from a more distant point than previously, including part of a narrow boat that was moored nearby. The sunny day notwithstanding, the colors are much more subdued than in my earlier photograph.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2

Llanfoist Wharf

At Llanfoist the Monmouth and Brecon Canal snakes across the lower levels of the Blorenge, a prominent hill that overlooks Abergavenny. Today the canal itself is used by pleasure craft, mainly narrow boats, and the towpath is populated with walkers, cyclists and dog walkers. However, after 1812, when the Monmouthshire Canal was joined with the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal, iron was brought from Blaenavon to Llanfoist's wharf by tramroad for shipment to Newport. Good business and a busy canal prevailed until the second half of the nineteenth century when the railway was built and undercut the cost of transport. The photograph shows the wharf on a day in mid November, with the buildings and wooded hillsides reflected in the still waters of the canal.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100