A queue on the steps, created by the photographer!
A new friend at the the cromlech. 
The group at the trig point on the Great Orme. Whose been a naughty boy then?
Our wet weather lunch spot!
Our bird of the day. Photo not bad for my camara, but no match for Dave's or Paul's!Walk stats: Distance: 11.0 miles; Climb:1552'.
Time:5 hours 7 minutes; Walking average:2.6 m.p.h.;Overall walk average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Group:Martyn, Richard, Roger, Tim, Celia, Fran, Tito, Sue and Dave P.
This walk around the Great Orme was a little bit contrived to extend it from the usual 6.5 miles to 11 miles, but is an adaptation that we will do again, it avoids having to think about the usual extension to the watch tower and Deganwy castle. The weather was good to us as we climbed the steps route from the west shore to the summit, but at the trig point the weather closed in and we were soon in rain. The route around the top was completed with little rain, but reaching the summit again we were virtually in cloud. We dropped down to our bad weather lunch spot in the cemetery sheltering underneath church "lean-to". Spurred on by Fran we climbed again towards the summit before descending in to the "Happy Valley", a lovely little park type area, and dropped down to the Marine Drive. The rest of the walk, in quite heavy rain at times, was along the toll road back to the car on the west shore. Despite the rain a few of us didn't bother putting on the waterproofs, and some even used an umbrella continental style!
Birds seen or heard today included: Mute swan, Herring gull, Jackdaw, Meadow pipit, Goldfinch, Swallow, Raven, Carrion crow, Chough, Cormorant, Oystercacher, Kittewake, Lesser black-backed gull and the star bird of the day the kestrel.
After walk drinks were well received at the Britannia Inn (the star pub of the day!) at Pentre Halkyn
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