Even if she doesn’t succeed, this warm and funny duo will have still enjoyed some of the best landscapes you can imagine on this spectacular route.A collection of some of the best documentaries in Wales
She’s hatched a plan to whisk him away to explore the four Welsh canals. Even though everything around them happens slowly, avoiding hitting obstacles along the way proves no easy feat. Now in his 70s, the rugby legend is busier than ever and constantly racing from one thing to the next. The aqueduct was designed by Thomas Telford in 1795 and carries the canal over the River Dee on 19 vast arches. After a pub lunch, Gareth and Maureen return to find their boat has drifted off and blocked the entire canal.Somehow, Wales’s much-loved couple still find time to appreciate the breathtaking scenery. A thrilling Lions tour of New Zealand has seen the four-quartered badge celebrated this week in a way few predicted it would be just a few short months ago.So it is somehow appropriate that Wednesday is a day to celebrate the life of one of the greatest Lions of them all.His athleticism, skill, game-intelligence, and poise saw him go on to become, in the eyes of numerous respected rugby analysts, the greatest player the game has ever seen.Sir Gareth Owen Edwards will turn 70 on July 12, still as revered for his rugby exploits throughout the Seventies as ever he was.The miner's son from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen won his first cap for Wales in 1967 against France in Paris. Gareth Edwards, once voted the greatest rugby player of all time, is not quite so coordinated when put in charge of a seventy-foot narrowboat. Spouse (s) Peter Tulloch.
Maureen Edwards (born c. 1939) is a New Zealand -born actress. Even now it’s not for the faint-hearted, and a good head for heights is needed before setting out to cross the 200-year-old structure.Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen cause chaos when they take charge of a narrowboat on the Llangollen Canal. "I chat about lots of stuff with both my daughters-in-law, they're great fun. Maureen, meanwhile, has some previous experience of driving a barge so knows the perils but also struggles when she jumps in the driving seat. Maureen, wife of rugby hero Gareth Edwards, was eventually persuaded to take part by her daughter-in-law, Eirlys. As no narrowboat is allowed to go more than three miles an hour, she figures that exploring the Welsh canals is the one way to finally get him to relax.
But the plan is not entirely successful as Gareth’s stress levels go through the roof once he is in charge of his narrowboat.
Maureen hopes Dai will finally manage to slow Gareth down. "When this came up I was dithering a bit, I asked Eirlys what she thought and she told me to just go for it. Now Dai has left international sporting success behind him to focus on alternative therapies. Dai Davies was goalkeeper for Wales between 1969 and 1987, but he and Gareth go back further than that. Now in … It ended in a 20-14 defeat but was in no way a portent of things to come.He is still regarded by many as the greatest ever rugby player, and these pictures help us savour Gareth Edwards as he reaches a landmark birthdaySo as he reaches his age milestone, let's savour him via these brilliant pictures from the WalesOnline archive....By the time Edwards played his last international 11 years later in Cardiff - also against France on a day Wales won the Grand Slam - he had won 53 caps and played in 10 Test matches for the Lions, being part of the victorious tours to New Zealand in 1971 and South Africa in 1974. While young men, still dreaming of sporting success, they were flatmates. Gareth Edwards, once voted the greatest rugby player of all time, is not quite so coordinated when put in charge of a seventy-foot narrowboat. Edwards and his wife Maureen on their wedding day in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen in July 1972 Staying with the wedding theme here's Edwards with three Lions team mates clowning around after the … The scenery is breathtaking but things don’t entirely go to plan.Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutesBinge-watch all of your favourite Wales seriesGareth takes an opportunity to catch up with an old friend who lives near the canal. She initially trained to become a teacher, before becoming interested in theatre, appearing at the Globe Theatre in Dunedin in the 1960s and becoming an administrator for the gateway players.
Rugby legend Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen’s canal adventure continues in style as they are entrusted with a classy craft on which to explore the … Which is why his wife, childhood sweetheart Maureen, has determined he needs to chill out more. The Llangollen canal is one of the most scenic canals in Britain, with stunning landscapes and the 300m long Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.