Date: 12th April 2007
Lunch in Cwm Coed. Location isn't everything when there is a need!
At the highest point on Moel Hiraddug
Walk stats:
Distance: 10.4 miles; Climb: 1600'; Time: 5 hours 23 minutes; Walking average: 2.4 mph.
Group: Martyn, Celia, Richard, Gordon, Paul, Dave and Sylvia J, Dave and Sue P.
A rather hazy day to start but the sun did make an appearance after lunch. Much of the initial walk crossed fields on the approach to Marion Frith and Cwm. This indeed was a day where Spring/Summer was very much in evidence. A day when lambs were being born and one swallow was seen around a farm. Other birds seen and/or heard were chiffchaff, song thrush, chaffinch, great tits and yellowhammers. The views over Rhuallt to Snowdonia left much to the imagination. whilst being distant, they were also somewhat hazy. Nevertheless it gives us an excuse to repeat the walk on a crisp Autumn day. Spring flowers were also showing their colours and in some places Bluebells were out, suggesting that the traditional Bluebell walk may have to be earlier than the third week in May this year. The highlight of the walk was Moel Hiraddug, the hill fort that until recently was not accessible. The destruction by quarry workings at the Northern end was quite dramatic.
Suitable refreshments were taken at the Britannia at Pentre Halkyn. Several J.W.Lees bitters going down well1
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