‘We were dreaming of Christmas on the canal – now we’ve got to spend it in a hotel’
- Posted on December 23, 2025
- By The Independent
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‘We were dreaming of Christmas on the canal – now we’ve got to spend it in a hotel’

Geoff and Pamela Poole were planning on spending Christmas on their canal boat when a huge sinkhole opened up in Llangollen Canal in Shropshire