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This morning we walked into Crickhowell which, according to Wikipedia, is a name is derived from Crug Hywel, meaning 'Hywel's mound' although our guide to the canal says it means 'Howel the Good' which sounds more romantic.
The towns castle is in better nick than Bishop's Castle, it was built in the 13th century by Sir Grimbald Pauncefoot. He then went off on a crusade, was captured and his wife, Lady Sybil, had her right hand cut off and sent to the Turks as a ransom, they then released her husband! How did the Turks know it was his wife's hand? She might have paid a hand donor and anyhow surely gold would be a more useful ransom, it poses rather a lot of questions.
There is also a large water fountain in the centre of town dedicated to John Lucas! It seems he was a local doctor who was obviously well regarded or perhaps paid for the fountains construction.
If you look closely in the picture you might just spot my head as I peer down the boat whilst negotiating a particularly low bridge this afternoon. We are now moored a mile from Abergavenny although we might not visit the town until the return journey.
Tomorrow will be our last day going south, we will then turn round and start heading back towards Brecon.
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