Directing Change 2013 ~ 2014 Xmas Competition - where in the world is this?

1. Seasons Greetings from Directing Change
A Christmas Competition: Where in the world is this?
Donation to the Charity of your Choice*
At the end of 2013, to wish everyone a fantastic Christmas
and an even better New 2014 Year, I sent this Christmas card.
I was trying to decide which of the many, worthy charities to
make a donation to and looking for a good photograph for my
4th Christmas Card when I thought why not get into the
Christmas Spirit: spread the fun and cheer at Christmas?
I said ,
*A competition: if you win, I will donate the money that I would
have spent on Christmas Cards to the Registered Charity of
your choice. All you have to do is identify as accurately as
possible, the location of where this photograph was taken at
Christmas time, last year in 2012. In the event of receiving
more than one correct reply by the 12th of January 2014, I will
draw the names out of a hat. In the event of no correct replies,
I will donate the money to a Registered Charity of my
choice. Come on lets have some fun!

2. So where is this amazing place?
Built between 1795 and 1805, at a cost of £47000,
126 feet up in the air
Yes, it is a iron trough, carrying water and the
Llangollen Canal, narrow boats with only an old
piece of iron work between you and 126 foot drop to
the valley below. But read on…..

3. A picturesque view of the River Dee running through the Town of Llangollen with
the Steam Railway on the North Bank
The plaque on the North side of the Aqueduct, detailing this fantastic feat of Engineering
when it was built over 200 years ago

4. Looking down on to the river Dee 126 feet
below
So where was the photograph taken?
Answer: on the stern of a canal, narrow boat,
overlooking the tiller, looking North, nearing
the South end of the Pontcysylite Aqueduct,
on the Llangollen Canal, 126 feet above the
River Dee, in the Llangollen Valley , Wales

5. Some people thought the aqueduct was the Chirk Aqueduct. Close but not correct.
It is on the same canal, and sits on the border of England and Wales. But the Chirk Aqueduct has two pavements (one either side)
and a train viaduct running above and to the left or West. (see map and photo’s)
Both are truly amazing Aqueducts with terrific views

6. So which of my 640 Linked In Contacts and the others that visited my website got the right answer?
Well I received 55 replies (from an Internet marketing point of view – an 8.6% response is that good?
24 of the replies were on the correct canal, some with more information than others.
I did say “All you have to do is identify as accurately as possible, the location of where this photograph was taken”. So , I believe the most accurate
answers ,with the most information, were the four from:-
Trevor Fillary ”I think it's a place that I've been to, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct that carries the Llangollen
Canal over the valley of the River Dee in Wrexham County Borough in north east Wales”
Nigel Jowitt “This is the aqueduct at Pontcysyllte, near Llangollen in North Wales (or the river in the sky
as my kids call it!) – very near home for me :o) If you want me to be very precise, you are heading away
from the Pontcysyllte basin and Llangollen and heading towards Chirk!!
If I win please can the donation be made to TAMBA (Twins and Multiple Births Association)”
Kate Brooks “Not a difficult one! ( I hope I am right!) I did have to look at Wikipedia for the names of the villages at each end!
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɔntkəˈsəɬtɛ], full name in Welsh: Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that
carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in Wrexham County Borough in north east Wales. Completed in 1805, it is the longest
and highest aqueduct in Britain, a Grade I Listed Building[1] and a World Heritage Site. When the bridge was built it linked the villages of Froncysyllte,
at the southern end of the bridge in the Cysyllte township of Llangollen parish (from where it takes its name[2]), and Trevor (Trefor in Welsh), at the
northern end of the bridge in the Trefor Isaf township of Llangollen parish. Both townships were later transferred to Wrexham County Borough
following local government reorganisation.”
Ben Couzens “The photo is taken over the stern and tiller of a canal boat on the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct cruising away from Llangollen. The boat is
nearing the end of the aqueduct”
There were lots of great and worthy charities mentioned in the replies, but only one charity was
mentioned in the four replies above. Consequently my donation is being sent to Nigel’s: nominated
charity of TAMBA (Twins and Multiple Births Association) a registered charity number 1076478,
That leaves me only to wish you a great year ahead.
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