A TALENTED artist has produced a series of illustrations to keep children amused while they are visiting Lion Quays Hotel in Chirk.

Peter Taylor, of Penycae, is a graphic designer whose creative skills are usually applied to designing brochures and other promotional material for businesses, but he was delighted when the hotel commissioned him to produce pictures which very young guests or diners could have fun colouring in.

The pictures feature families of lions holidaying on the Llangollen Canal, enjoying a meal on Lion Quay's waterside terrace and exploring the walled garden.

Molly Jenno, aged three-and-a-half, whose father Colin is manager of the hotel, was asked to try out the illustrations and pronounced them 'very good'.

Colin Jenno said: 'We are very pleased with the illustrations and they will be available along with other playthings to provide families with a happy reminder of their time spent at Lion Quays.'

The hotel is located on the A5 road at Moreton, between Chirk and Oswestry, beside the Llangollen Canal.