At the weekend we stayed with friends at their house in the Welsh borders, where the scenery is exceptionally pretty. In the far distance is Shropshire and the Ironbridge Gorge.

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Its stone-built dam, built in the 1880s, was the first of its kind in the world. The Nature Reserve and the area around it are jointly managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and Severn Trent Water. It was built for the purpose of supplying Liverpool and Merseyside with fresh water. It flooded the head of the Vyrnwy Valley and submerged the small village of Llanwddyn.

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The reservoir was created by its stone-built dam, built in the 1880s, which was the first of its kind in the world. The Nature Reserve and the area around it are jointly managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and Severn Trent Water. It was built for the purpose of supplying Liverpool and Merseyside with fresh water. It flooded the head of the Vyrnwy Valley and submerged the small village of Llanwddyn.

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The countryside in the Welsh borders, near Oswestry, is beautiful with rolling hillside, valleys, scattered farmhouses and the occasional attractive village.

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The aqueduct at Pontcysyllte near Llangollen in North Wales carries the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee. It was built by Thomas Telford and was completed in 1805. It is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain, a Grade I Listed Building and a World Heritage Site.

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