The recently renovated St. Marcella's Church.
Crossing one of the many fields.
On the ramparts of Denbigh Castle.Walk stats: Distance:11.5 miles; Climb:677'.
Time 5 hours 48 minutes; Walking average: 2.5 m.p.h.; Overall walk average:2.0.m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Richard, Roger, Dave J. Michel and Sue, Celia, Fran, Annie R., Annie H. and Sylvia.
The forecast for today sugested that we would probably be walking in rain most of the day, but thankfully this proved wrong and after the first hour it hardly rained at all and at one point we almost had some sunshine. Very little wind and temperatures that must have been in double figures made this unusually warm for this time of the year.This pleasant low level walk in the Vale of Clwyd turned out to be rather wet underfoot, but I don't think anyone was complaining about wet feet at the end of the day. Having walked in this area a few times after completing most of the first walk we crossed the stile by the first bridge when it should have been the second bridge. We were now startting on the walk that visited the church that has the wonderful Jesse window. After a bit of O.S. map work we managed to join up with the second planned walk to Denbigh Castle with a few more miles on the clock than we originally expected to do. and few new paths under our belt.
The only challenging climb of the day was up the steps to Denbigh Castle. as it was open some of the group climb the ramparts too.
After walk drinks were at the Britannia Inn at Pentre Halkyn. It's always good to be back there with a good pint of J.W. Lees bitter in your hand.
Birds seen or heard today included: Black-headed gull, Herring gull, Long-tailed tit, Blue tit, Wren, Robin, Grey Heron, Dipper, Blackbird, Greylag goose, Mute swan. Mallard, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Buzzard, Grey wagtail, Pied wagtail, Cormorant, Snipe, Woodpigeon, Common sandpiper, Goldfinch and Rook.
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