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When? Started: 1993 Who? Started with staff and friends from U H S, Chester. Organiser: Martyn Harris We walk every Wednesday and Saturdays, New Years day and May Day. How many walk? Walks take place as long as there are at least 2 wanting to walk on that day. More walk on a Wednesday than on a Saturday. Most ever: 29. Current group size walking: 2-7 in mid-week and 2-4 on Saturday. Where do we walk? Saturday: Anywhere in North and Mid-Wales, Peak District, Shropshire and the Long Mynd and as far North as the Trough of Bowland. Thursday: Anywhere within about 40 miles of Chester. Type of walk: Distance: 6 – 14 miles (but usually under 10 miles). Climb: up to 4000’ (but usually very much less!). People involved on walks in 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Saturday, 9 August 2008

Snowdon 9th August 2008 - The walk that never happened.

We had abandoned the idea of going up Snowdon quite early on, but even our bad weather alternative of walking from Bedgelert past Llyn Dinas to Nantmor and back along the Fisherman's path quite quickly in the procedure.
The weather was so bad today that the furthest that we walked was a mad dash from the car to the toilet block in Beddgelert and a similar, but not quite so wet experience in going from the car to our usual spot in the Britannia Inn at Pentre Halkyn.
The J.W. Lees bitter was in good form, and was the highlight of the day, a reward we didn't deserve.
It is a long time since I have seen it rain so hard for so long and with the cloud base so low. It was quite impressive to see the water gushing down the hillside like waterfalls in places where normally no streams exist! We were back in Chester soon after lunch and there wasn't any cricket at the Oval to compensate!
The group hoping for a walk included:Martyn, Richard, Roger, Celia and Sue Powell joining the group for the first time this year.
The ascent of Snowdon will be attempted again on 20th September 2008 - weather permitting!

Sue kindly left Martyn with enough money to buy the drinks next time we go walking, even if it is at the Glasfryn!
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